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Crisis and Response: An FDIC History, 2008–2013

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Part 1: Financial Crisis and Response

Chapter 1 - Origins of the Crisis

Figure 1.2. Real Home Price Index, 1890-2013
Year Real Home Price Index Great Depression Years World War II Years 2000s Housing Boom Years
1890 100.00
1891 88.01
1892 95.42
1893 92.30
1894 123.98
1895 117.46
1896 100.30
1897 106.52
1898 110.18
1899 103.85
1900 101.57
1901 87.33
1902 100.47
1903 93.07
1904 101.85
1905 87.25
1906 103.53
1907 109.32
1908 100.82
1909 95.38
1910 93.11
1911 97.54
1912 102.37
1913 95.41
1914 96.98
1915 88.15
1916 93.72
1917 85.01
1918 75.57
1919 70.51
1920 66.07
1921 65.61
1922 74.80
1923 76.35
1924 74.29
1925 78.16
1926 72.49
1927 71.38
1928 73.28
1929 72.61 Yes
1930 69.49 Yes
1931 68.65 Yes
1932 68.34 Yes
1933 72.87 Yes
1934 73.28 Yes
1935 78.07 Yes
1936 79.41 Yes
1937 79.72 Yes
1938 78.46 Yes
1939 78.55 Yes
1940 81.73
1941 73.82 Yes
1942 68.50 Yes
1943 70.92 Yes
1944 80.31 Yes
1945 87.75
1946 106.51
1947 109.33
1948 101.22
1949 100.05
1950 105.89
1951 103.90
1952 103.97
1953 114.71
1954 114.22
1955 116.27
1956 115.44
1957 113.77
1958 112.52
1959 111.33
1960 110.92
1961 109.53
1962 109.98
1963 108.88
1964 109.30
1965 110.30
1966 109.66
1967 106.97
1968 105.49
1969 105.82
1970 107.16
1971 109.35
1972 110.46
1973 109.15
1974 104.27
1975 103.70
1976 102.21
1977 105.60
1978 113.46
1979 120.58
1980 119.47
1981 114.51
1982 110.75
1983 107.71
1984 108.23
1985 109.46
1986 113.55
1987 122.67
1988 126.87
1989 130.08
1990 128.53
1991 120.07
1992 117.29
1993 114.64
1994 114.47
1995 113.95
1996 112.88
1997 112.38 Yes
1998 115.46 Yes
1999 120.79 Yes
2000 126.76 Yes
2001 133.47 Yes
2002 140.68 Yes
2003 150.32 Yes
2004 162.57 Yes
2005 179.68 Yes
2006 195.12 Yes
2007 193.16
2008 173.44
2009 151.38
2010 143.18
2011 135.10
2012 126.66
2013 134.12



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