Table 11.  Vacant For-Sale-Only Units, by Selected Characteristics for the United States:
                  1960, 1970, and 1975 to 1996
          (Percent distribution may not add to 100, due to rounding)

Characteristic         1960     1970     1975     1980     1981     1982     1983     1984

Rooms in unit, total    100      100      100      100      100      100      100      100
  3 rooms or less..    (NA)        8        8        9        8        9        7        9
  4 rooms..........    (NA)       18       20       16       18       19       18       19
  5 rooms..........    (NA)       26       25       24       27       24       25       25
  6 rooms..........    (NA)       23       23       22       21       21       23       23
  7 rooms or more..    (NA)       25       24       29       26       27       27       25
Median number......     5.4      5.4      5.4      5.6      5.4      5.4      5.5      5.4

Bedrooms in unit, total 100      100      100      100      100      100      100      100
  1 bedroom or none       7       10        9       11       10       10        9       11
  2 bedrooms.......      28       32       33       29       34       33       32       32
  3 bedrooms.......      53       39       43       43       40       40       42       42
  4 bedrooms or mor      12       19       15       17       16       17       17       16

Units in structure,total100      100      100      100      100      100      100      100
  1 unit...........      95       87       73       79       76       74       78       76
  2 units..........       4        7        5        5        6        6        5        5
  3 units or more..       1        6       22       16       18       20       16       17
  Mobile homes.....    (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)

Duration vacancy, total 100      100      100      100      100      100      100      100
  Less than 1 month      17       15       13       13       12       11       11       12
  1 to 2 months....      13       11       11       12       12       10       11       11
  2 to 4 months....      21       18       17       19       18       17       17       14
  4 to 6 months....      12       13       13       16       15       13       15       14
  6 months or more.      37       43       46       40       43       49       47       44
    6 to 12 months.    (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)
    1 to 2 years...    (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)
    2 years or more    (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)

Year built, total..     100      100      100      100      100      100      100      100
  1970 or later....    (NA)       31       45       42       41       44       41       44
  1960 to 1969.....    (NA)        7       13       13       13       12       13       13
  1950 to 1959.....    (NA)       17        8        9        9        9       11       10
  1940 to 1949.....    (NA)        8        6        7        7        8        8        8
  1939 or earlier..    (NA)       37       28       29       30       27       27       25

Sales price
specified total/1..     100      100      100      100      100      100      100      100
  Less than $10,000    (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)        3        3        3        4
  $10,000 to $19,99    (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)        9        8        7        5
  $20,000 to $29,99    (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)       12       10       12       10
  $30,000 to $39,99    (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)       13       12       13       12
  $40,000 to $49,99    (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)       12        9       11       11
  $50,000 to $74,99    (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)       20       25       23       24
  $75,000 to $99,99    (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)       13       13       13       14
  $100,000 to $199,    (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)        9        9        9       14
  $200,000 to $299,    (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)        5        5        4        3
  $300,000 or more.    (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)        4        6        6        2
Median price
(Actual dollars)...  13,400   17,000   29,000   50,000   51,200   57,200   54,800   57,800
(1996 constant doll  75,500   64,600   81,000   95,300   89,200   93,900   86,300   87,300


Characteristic         1985     1986     1987     1988     1989    1989/r    1990     1991

Rooms in unit, total    100      100      100      100      100      100      100      100
  3 rooms or less..       9        9        9        9       12       12       11       11
  4 rooms..........      16       17       19       20       18       20       20       19
  5 rooms..........      30       28       28       27       27       27       27       26
  6 rooms..........      20       23       22       20       19       18       20       19
  7 rooms or more..      25       23       22       24       24       22       22       24
Median number......     5.3      5.4      5.3      5.2      5.2      5.1      5.2      5.2

Bedrooms in unit, total 100      100      100      100      100      100      100      100
  1 bedroom or none      11       10       11       11       13       13       12       12
  2 bedrooms.......      30       31       33       33       33       36       35       34
  3 bedrooms.......      44       45       42       41       38       37       39       38
  4 bedrooms or mor      15       14       14       14       15       14       13       16

Units in structure,total100      100      100      100      100      100      100      100
  1 unit...........      76       78       78       76       74       67       68       69
  2 units..........       6        6        6        5        5        5        7        6
  3 units or more..      18       16       16       19       21       19       17       17
  Mobile homes.....    (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)     (NA)        9        7        8

Duration vacancy, total 100      100      100      100      100      100      100      100
  Less than 1 month      12       11       11       10        9        9        9        9
  1 to 2 months....      11       10       10       10       11       11       10        9
  2 to 4 months....      16       17       17       17       17       16       18       16
  4 to 6 months....      13       13       15       13       14       14       14       13
  6 months or more.      48       48       47       49       50       50       50       53
    6 to 12 months.    (NA)     (NA)     (NA)       18       20       20       18       19
    1 to 2 years...    (NA)     (NA)     (NA)       17       17       17       19       19
    2 years or more    (NA)     (NA)     (NA)       14       13       13       13       15

Year built, total..     100      100      100      100      100      100      100      100
  1970 or later....      46       43       43       46       44       46       47       47
  1960 to 1969.....      11       11       11       11       12       13       12       11
  1950 to 1959.....      11       12       12       11       11       10       12       10
  1940 to 1949.....       8        8        9        9       10        9        9        8
  1939 or earlier..      24       25       25       23       23       22       20       23

Sales price
specified total/1..     100      100      100      100      100      100      100      100
  Less than $10,000       4        3        4        3        3        7        6        6
  $10,000 to $19,99       5        6        8        7        8        9        8        7
  $20,000 to $29,99      10       10       10       11        9       10        9        9
  $30,000 to $39,99      13       15       13       11       12       12       12       11
  $40,000 to $49,99      10       12       12        9        9        9        8        9
  $50,000 to $74,99      24       24       21       20       18       16       15       15
  $75,000 to $99,99      15       12       13       13       13       11       11       11
  $100,000 to $199,      15       14       13       17       18       16       18       19
  $200,000 to $299,       3        3        4        5        6        6        8        8
  $300,000 or more.       2        2        2        4        4        4        6        5
Median price
(Actual dollars)...  58,600   54,300   53,200   59,200   59,500   54,200   62,700   63,700
(1996 constant doll  85,400   77,700   73,500   78,500   75,300   68,600   75,300   73,400


Characteristic         1992     1993   1993/r     1994     1995     1996

Rooms in unit, total    100      100      100      100      100      100
  3 rooms or less..      10        8        8       11       10       10
  4 rooms..........      18       19       19       21       19       19
  5 rooms..........      28       27       27       27       26       26
  6 rooms..........      20       21       21       22       23       23
  7 rooms or more..      25       25       25       20       22       22
Median number......     5.3      5.3      5.3      5.2      5.2      5.2

Bedrooms in unit, total 100      100      100      100      100      100
  1 bedroom or none      12       10       10       11        9       10
  2 bedrooms.......      34       36       36       36       35       35
  3 bedrooms.......      40       40       40       39       41       40
  4 bedrooms or mor      15       14       14       14       15       15

Units in structure,total100      100      100      100      100      100
  1 unit...........      69       69       69       70       73       73
  2 units..........       5        6        6        6        5        5
  3 units or more..      17       17       17       14       13       13
  Mobile homes.....       9        9        9       10        9        9

Duration vacancy, total 100      100      100      100      100      100
  Less than 1 month       9       10       10       12       11       11
  1 to 2 months....      10       10       10       11       12       12
  2 to 4 months....      17       17       17       16       18       18
  4 to 6 months....      14       15       14       15       15       16
  6 months or more.      50       48       48       46       45       43
    6 to 12 months.      18       18       18       20       20       19
    1 to 2 years...      17       17       16       14       13       14
    2 years or more      15       14       14       12       11       10

Year built, total..     100      100      100      100      100      100
  1970 or later....      50       47       47       45       47       48
  1960 to 1969.....      12       12       12       14       13       11
  1950 to 1959.....      10       11       11       12       12       13
  1940 to 1949.....      10        9        9       11       11        9
  1939 or earlier..      18       21       21       18       17       19

Sales price
specified total/1..     100      100      100      100      100      100
  Less than $10,000       5        5        5        5        5        4
  $10,000 to $19,99       7        6        6        5        6        7
  $20,000 to $29,99       8        7        7        5        6        6
  $30,000 to $39,99       9        9        9        8        7        6
  $40,000 to $49,99       7        9        9        8        6        7
  $50,000 to $74,99      15       17       18       21       19       17
  $75,000 to $99,99      13       12       11       15       15       16
  $100,000 to $199,999   23       23       23       24       25       27
  $200,000 to $299,999    7        6        6        5        7        6
  $300,000 or more.       7        5        5        4        5        5
Median price
(Actual dollars)...  73,300   69,900   69,600   72,200   77,500   81,200
(1996 constant doll  82,000   75,900   75,600   76,400   79,800   81,200

  rRevised.
  1Limited to one-family homes on 10 acres or less and no business on property (including mobile homes).
  NA Not available.