HPI (2025)FHFA
373
Metro Series · West · Rank #18
Home Price History in San Diego
FHFA all-transactions House Price Index for the San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA metropolitan statistical area — annual data, 1975 through 2025, rebased to 100 in the year 2000.
YoY changeFHFA
+0.7%
5-yr changeFHFA
+54%
Since 2000FHFA
+273%
San Diego is one of the most expensive MSAs in the U.S. by absolute price level. The 2000–2006 boom and 2007–2011 bust were both severe (the index roughly doubled, then fell -32%). The post-2012 recovery was quick; by 2017 the index was back at 2006 levels. The 2020–2024 era has been a fresh acceleration, with 2024 HPI roughly 2.9× the 2000 base.
The 2007–2011 housing crisis cut the San Diego HPI by 34.7% peak-to-trough — from 221.6 in 2006 to 144.7 in 2011. For context, the U.S. national HPI fell roughly 24% over the same period, so San Diego was meaningfully more affected than the national average.
The pandemic-era surge brought the San Diego HPI from 235.2 in 2019 to 373.4 in 2025 — a cumulative +58.8% move in 6 years. Compared to the U.S. national HPI's roughly 50% gain over the same period, San Diego appreciated roughly in line with the national rate.
Located in the West region of the United States, San Diego is one of the 100 largest U.S. metropolitan statistical areas by population. Long-run housing appreciation in San Diego reflects a combination of regional employment trends, in-migration patterns, and local supply constraints. The full year-by-year FHFA HPI for San Diego is in the data table below.
To compare San Diego to the national U.S. housing market, see the national median price history dashboard. Other metros in the West region: see the full metro index. For state-level data, see the state index.
Annual data — San Diego
FHFA House Price Index, 2000=100. Annual data; not seasonally adjusted. Source: U.S. Federal Housing Finance Agency.
| Year | HPI (2000=100) | YoY change |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 373.45 | +0.67% |
| 2024 | 370.98 | +7.31% |
| 2023 | 345.70 | +5.74% |
| 2022 | 326.94 | +18.17% |
| 2021 | 276.68 | +13.77% |
| 2020 | 243.19 | +3.38% |
| 2019 | 235.24 | +2.87% |
| 2018 | 228.68 | +6.01% |
| 2017 | 215.71 | +7.08% |
| 2016 | 201.45 | +7.42% |
| 2015 | 187.53 | +4.35% |
| 2014 | 179.71 | +12.00% |
| 2013 | 160.45 | +10.31% |
| 2012 | 145.46 | +0.52% |
| 2011 | 144.71 | -4.78% |
| 2010 | 151.98 | -0.57% |
| 2009 | 152.85 | -11.74% |
| 2008 | 173.19 | -16.86% |
| 2007 | 208.30 | -5.99% |
| 2006 | 221.58 | +3.19% |
| 2005 | 214.73 | +20.61% |
| 2004 | 178.03 | +23.08% |
| 2003 | 144.64 | +12.27% |
| 2002 | 128.83 | +14.87% |
| 2001 | 112.15 | +12.15% |
| 2000 | 100.00 | +17.12% |
| 1999 | 85.38 | +7.80% |
| 1998 | 79.20 | +9.62% |
| 1997 | 72.25 | +2.50% |
| 1996 | 70.49 | -0.28% |
| 1995 | 70.69 | -1.64% |
| 1994 | 71.87 | -2.59% |
| 1993 | 73.78 | -4.11% |
| 1992 | 76.94 | -1.43% |
| 1991 | 78.06 | -0.67% |
| 1990 | 78.59 | +6.03% |
| 1989 | 74.12 | +22.69% |
| 1988 | 60.41 | +14.00% |
| 1987 | 52.99 | +7.42% |
| 1986 | 49.33 | +6.18% |
| 1985 | 46.46 | +4.71% |
| 1984 | 44.37 | +5.57% |
| 1983 | 42.03 | +7.71% |
| 1982 | 39.02 | -6.43% |
| 1981 | 41.70 | +6.95% |
| 1980 | 38.99 | +8.22% |
| 1979 | 36.03 | +19.23% |
| 1978 | 30.22 | +22.75% |
| 1977 | 24.62 | +23.59% |
| 1976 | 19.92 | +15.81% |
| 1975 | 17.20 | — |
Methodology
The FHFA House Price Index is a weighted, repeat-sales index that measures average price changes in repeat sales or refinancings on the same single-family properties. The all-transactions index incorporates both purchase mortgages and refinance appraisals; the index is calibrated to the West census region and rebased to 100 in the year 2000. Coverage begins in 1975 for San Diego.