Similarly, the average yearly rent is up to $10,448.09, which shows a rise of $4,872.80 (or 87.4%) in the same amount of time. Over the course of fifty three years (from 1960 to 2013), the average price of a house has gone up by $211,695.03, or 1465.5%. The average yearly rent has gone up by $9,638.54, or 1190.6%. In this case, there is a difference of 274.9%, with home prices on a faster incline than rent prices.