Housing Starts

Welcome to the HDAdvisors blog! This is where we’ll share insights on affordable housing trends, policy research, and data visualization.

Example R Code

library(ggplot2)
library(dplyr)

# Sample data - replace with your actual data
housing_data <- data.frame(
  year = 2015:2025,
  median_price = c(220000, 230000, 245000, 260000, 275000, 
                  292000, 325000, 375000, 400000, 410000, 415000)
)

# Create a visualization
ggplot(housing_data, aes(x = year, y = median_price)) +
  geom_line(color = "#2C3E50", size = 1.2) +
  geom_point(color = "#E74C3C", size = 3) +
  scale_y_continuous(labels = scales::dollar) +
  theme_minimal() +
  labs(
    title = "Richmond Area Housing Price Trends",
    subtitle = "Median home prices have nearly doubled over the past decade",
    x = "Year",
    y = "Median Price"
  )

Example visualization