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1 Mortgage interest rates and home prices

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3 X VARIABLE Y VARIABLE
4 30-year mortgage
5 Year interest rate (%) Median home price
6 1988 10.30 $183,800
7 1989 10.30 $183,200
8 1990 10.10 $174,900
9 1991 9.30 $173,500
10 1992 8.40 $172,900
11 1993 7.30 $173,200
12 1994 8.40 $173,200
13 1995 7.90 $169,700
14 1996 7.60 $174,500
15 1997 7.60 $177,900
16 1998 6.90 $188,100
17 1999 7.40 $203,200
18 2000 8.10 $230,200
19 2001 7.00 $258,200
20 2002 6.50 $309,800
21 2003 5.80 $329,800
22 Average 7.75 $180,550
 Demand estimation using linear regression

Y X1 X2 X3
City Number of weekly riders Price per week Population of city Monthly income of riders
1 192,000 $15 1,800,000 $5,800
2 190,400 $15 1,790,000 $6,200
3 191,200 $15 1,780,000 $6,400
4 177,600 $25 1,778,000 $6,500
5 176,800 $25 1,750,000 $6,550
6 178,400 $25 1,740,000 $6,580
7 180,800 $25 1,725,000 $8,200
8 175,200 $30 1,725,000 $8,600
9 174,400 $30 1,720,000 $8,800
10 173,920 $30 1,705,000 $9,200
11 172,800 $30 1,710,000 $9,630
12 163,200 $40 1,700,000 $10,570
13 161,600 $40 1,695,000 $11,330
14 161,600 $40 1,695,000 $11,600
15 160,800 $40 1,690,000 $11,800
16 159,200 $40 1,630,000 $11,830
17 148,800 $65 1,640,000 $12,650
18 115,696 $102 1,635,000 $13,000
19 147,200 $75 1,630,000 $13,224
20 150,400 $75 1,620,000 $13,766
21 152,000 $75 1,615,000 $14,010
22 136,000 $80 1,605,000 $14,468
23 126,240 $86 1,590,000 $15,000
24 123,888 $98 1,595,000 $15,200
25 126,080 $87 1,590,000 $15,600
26 151,680 $77 1,600,000 $16,000
27 152,800 $63 1,610,000 $16,200
average 160,026 $49.93
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