US housing price/ft² at $453.12; up 1.63% over 30 days
Parcl's US $/ft² index is 453.12 on Sept. 7, up 0.17% day-over-day, 0.54% over 7d, and 1.63% over 30d (z 1.04). Question: real late-summer firming, or smoothing in the index?
2026-09-08
Real Estate
The top of the housing market decoupled from interest rates, and what carry, transfer taxes and illiquidity do to the headline gain. Plus the 1031 exchange and the DST industry built on it.
Desk data as of 2026-09-08 · Invest Alternative radar
IA sub-index
Luxury Real Estate
Built on Zillow top-tier ZHVImonthly
101.04
as of 2026-09-08
- 1D
- 0.00%
- 7D
- 0.00%
- 30D
- 0.00%
- 1Y
- +1.04%
90 days
IA sub-index
Housing
Built on Parcl Labsdaily
97.75
as of 2026-09-08
- 1D
- 0.00%
- 7D
- +0.55%
- 30D
- +1.89%
- 1Y
- -2.25%
90 days
DSTs / 1031 sub-index · accruing history
Target weight 0.5% of the IA Composite · accruing monthly activity history — Mountain Dell via AltsWire
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Data we track
The observations the desk collects each day, unadjusted. Change is against the prior observation, so a monthly series shows a monthly move. Each row carries the date of its last observation.
| Series | Trend | Latest | Change | Source | Last |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DST Form D filings, trailing 7 days9 obs | 6 | -14.29% | SEC EDGAR | 2026-09-08 | |
| Parcl US price per sq ft68 obs | $453.12 | +0.17% | Parcl Labs | 2026-09-07 | |
| Zillow top-tier home value, US319 obs | $715,426 | +0.12% | Zillow | 2026-07-31 | |
| DST equity raised, monthly3 obs | $985.1M | +34.69% | AltsWire | 2026-07-01 |
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