According to ATTOM Data Solutions’ newly released 2020 Year-End U.S. Home Sales Report, home sellers nationwide in 2020 realized a home-price gain of $68,843 on the typical sale. That figure is up from $53,700 in 2019 and $48,500 two years ago.

ATTOM’s latest home sales analysis reported that profits rose in more than 90 percent of housing markets with enough data to analyze, while the latest figure, based on median purchase and resale prices, marked the highest level in the U.S. since at least 2005.

The report noted that the $68,843 profit on median priced single-family homes and condos represented a 34.7 percent return on investment compared to the original purchase price. That figure was up from 29.4 percent last year and 27.2 percent in 2018, to the highest average home-seller return on investment since 2006.

ATTOM’s 2020 year-end analysis also showed that both raw profits and ROI have improved nationwide for nine straight years, and last year’s gain in ROI marked the largest annual increase since 2017. According to the report, profits shot up as the national median home price rose 12.8 percent in 2020 to $266,250 – a record high