The Most Expensive States to Buy a Home (2000–2026)

Which states are the most expensive places to buy a home? Typical home values in all 50 states and D.C., month by month from January 2000 to August 2026. In 2000 Massachusetts led at $198,523. Today Hawaii is #1 at $833,340, 4.3 times its 2000 value, followed by California ($764,158) and Massachusetts ($661,896). Chapters 0:00 Where it starts: Jan 2000 0:29 Easy credit fuels a housing boom 1:10 The housing bubble bursts 1:26 Lehman Brothers collapses 1:57 The housing recovery 3:06 The pandemic housing boom 3:21 30-year mortgage rate hits a record low of 2.65% 3:33 Mortgage rates double 3:47 The boomtowns run out of buyers 4:01 Nobody wants to sell Data: Zillow Home Value Index (ZHVI), all homes, mid-tier, smoothed and seasonally adjusted, state level. Early months for New Mexico, Montana, North Dakota and Wyoming are chained to the FHFA state house price index. #homeprices #housingmarket #realestate