Real house prices during each president's tenure
Every president since 1991, ranked by how real house prices changed from their first day in office. Politare shows what happened during a tenure; it does not claim the office-holder caused it.
| # | President | In office | Total | Per year | Chart |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | PT Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva | 1 Jan 2003 – 1 Jan 2011 | +130% Dec 2002 → Dec 2010 | +11.0%/yr | |
| 2 | PT Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva | 1 Jan 2023 – now | +1.5% Dec 2022 → Jul 2026 | +0.4%/yr | |
| 3 | PL Jair Bolsonaro | 1 Jan 2019 – 1 Jan 2023 | −2.1% Dec 2018 → Dec 2022 | −0.5%/yr | |
| 4 | PDT Dilma Rousseff | 1 Jan 2011 – 31 Aug 2016 | −4.0% Dec 2010 → Jul 2016 | −0.7%/yr | |
| 5 | MDB Michel Temer | 31 Aug 2016 – 1 Jan 2019 | −8.3% Jul 2016 → Dec 2018 | −3.5%/yr |
Sorted by total, highest first. Every row is indexed to the last month complete before the first day in office ("from" marks a start that had to move because that period had no data, or because the period cut it); Levels are per cent changes, rates are differences in %; "per year" compounds levels and divides rates. Tenures with under 12 months, or under three observations, are left out. index, in today's money · Central Bank of Brazil IVG-R residential property price index (SGS 21340), from mortgage appraisals, adjusted for inflation with the IPCA · Brazil data · as of Sep 2026.