We've looked back through the US Census Bureau's data to see how the prices paid for new houses have changed each year since 1963, along with a key event from each 12 months. Find out how much you’d have paid for property over the years.

1963 went down in history for all the wrong reasons, at least in the US. Buying a new home that year would have cost you around $19,300 (equivalent to $153,760 today).

This was the year the world went crazy for The Beatles with the likes of I Want To Hold Your Hand and Can’t Buy Me Love. It wasn’t just their singles you could buy on the cheap though – the average new-build went for $20,500 ($161,226 today).

As the Vietnam war worsened and a crowd of 35,000 gathered in Washington to protest, house prices continued to rise – a new home cost around $21,500 ($166,264 in today’s money).

You can’t look back on the mid-60s without remembering the fashions, with bold patterns, flowery shirts and miniskirts ruling the roost. In the housing market new-builds were selling for an average of $23,300 ($175,105 in 2017).

When Twiggy, the world’s first supermodel, was thrust into the limelight over in the UK – changing the fashion world forever – you could buy a new house for $24,600 ($179,665 in today’s money).

The assassination of Martin Luther King sent shockwaves through the world in 1968. That year, the average new home cost $26,600 (equivalent to $186,441 today).

One small step for man and one giant leap for mankind made 1969 go down in history thanks to Neil Armstrong, the first man to walk on the moon. Back on Earth new houses cost an average of $27,900 (that’s $185,534 now).

The 70s came in with a bang; music was having its heyday and the largest-ever rock festival took place on the Isle of Wight in England, with over 600,000 fans attending. House prices were rising too; new homes went for an average of $26,600 ($167,034 today).

1971 saw house prices rise to $28,300 (equivalent to about $170,383 now). The year was also an iconic one for environmental activists, with the founding of Greenpeace marking the start of an eco-revolution.

1972 marked a dark year in world history after 11 Israeli athletes were killed at the Munich Summer Olympics. The same year new property prices went up to $30,500 ($177,762 in current terms).

The average new home cost $35,500 (equivalent to $194,825 today) in 1973, which is the year Sydney’s iconic architectural masterpiece first opened.

An eventful few years in American politics culminated in Richard Nixon being forced to resign after his involvement in the Watergate scandal came to light. At that time, new houses in the country averaged at $38,900 (current value of $192,328).

In the year Bill Gates and Paul Allen joined forces to create Microsoft, inflation rates continued to skyrocket. House prices remained steady though, with new-builds costing $42,600 on average (that’s $193,053 to you and me).

While Concorde dominated the news with its first commercial flights, cutting transatlantic journey times to just 3.5 hours, new properties were selling for an average of $48,000 ($205,600 today).

The year the world was mourning the death of the King of rock ’n’ roll, you’d have been paying $54,200 ($217,988 today) for the average new home.

1978 was the year video games went big, mainly thanks to Space Invaders. That year, new homes were selling for around $62,500 ($233,615 now).

1979 was a big year for British politics, with Margaret Thatcher making history as the UK’s first female prime minister. Over the pond, new properties were averaging $71,800 (equivalent to $240,696 today).

With the dawn of the 80s, average prices for new homes hovered around $76,400 ($225,654 in today’s money). That year, a US-led boycott saw 60 countries pull out from the Moscow Olympics in response to the Soviet Union’s invasion of Afghanistan.

The year Lady Diana married Prince Charles, you could buy a new-build for $83,000 on average (worth $222,255 now).

As the UK and Argentina fought over ownership of the Falkland Islands, house prices in the US fell in relative terms to $83,900 – equivalent to $211,549 today.

1983 saw Martin Cooper, a senior engineer at Motorola, make the first ever mobile phone call, and we haven’t looked back since. At that time, new house prices averaged at $89,800 (worth $219,405 today).

If you were born in 1984, Do They Know It’s Christmas? might have been playing in your house that holiday season, thanks to Bob Geldof and co, who went on to organize the legendary Live Aid concert the following year. At that time, an average new home would have been $97,600 – that’s $228,631 now.

As the tech world marched on with the launch of Windows, new house prices broke six figures, hitting $100,800 ($227,922 in current terms).

The year the Chernobyl disaster occurred, you’d have paid an average of $111,900 ($248,303 now) for a new home.

Black Monday saw the stock market plunge 22% in one single day in the US, while prices for a new home rose to $127,200 (worth $272,445 now).

The year NASA space shuttle flights resumed, following the Challenger disaster two years earlier, new homes averaged $138,300 (equivalent to $284,553 now).

The year the reunification of East and West Germany was announced, the price of new homes rose sharply to $148,800 ($292,135 in current terms).

As the world celebrated the release of Nelson Mandela from prison, the average American new home sold for $149,800 (equal to $279,030 in 2017).

In 1991, Tim Berners-Lee officially introduced the world wide web to the public. If you were buying your first property that same year, you’d have been in luck – the price of a new home fell to $147,200 ($263,136 now) as the economic bubble burst.

The birth of what’s now Disneyland Paris coincided with a further fall in house prices – you’d have been looking at an average of $144,100 (now worth $250,092) for a brand new place.

The year the world was horrified by a tsunami on the island of Okushiri in 1993, which killed 202 people, new homes were averaging $147,700 (equivalent to $248,873 today).

1994 was a memorable year for England and France, as the Channel Tunnel officially connected the two together for the first time in history. At that time, new homes in the US sold for an average of $154,500 (or $253,734 today).

During the year of the big O.J. Simpson trial, you’d have paid $158,700 for the average new home ($254,275 now).

If you were born in 1996 you share your birth-year with Dolly, the first mammal to have ever been cloned. While that was going on in Britain, new houses in the US were selling for an average of $166,400 (that’s $258,846 today).

1997 is remembered for the tragic death of Princess Diana. That year, the average price for a new property rose to $176,200 (worth $269,509 today).

While Russia suffered a major financial crisis in 1998, with the rouble tumbling 70% in the space of six months, the American housing market grew, with new homes selling for $181,900 on average ($273,846 now).

The end of the 90s saw house prices rise to $195,600 (worth $286,729 in 2016) the same year as the six-billionth person in the world was born.

In the year of the tragic Concorde crash, a new house in the US would have cost an average of $207,000 (worth $293,463 now).

In the early noughties, $213,200 ($297,493 in current money) was the going rate for the average new home. If you had $20 million going spare on top of that, you could have ventured to space like Dennis Tito, the first space tourist.

As the world celebrated Queen Elizabeth II’s 50th year on the throne, new house prices stood at $228,700 ($311,642 today).

At the time of the second war in Iraq, new American homes were averaging $246,300 (equivalent to $329,367 now).

Around 230,000 people were killed in the devastating Indian Ocean tsunami in 2004. That year, the price of new homes soared to $274,500 ($355,351 in today’s money).

In 2005, the year when Pope John Paul II died and Benedict XVI was chosen as his successor, the average new home was sold for $297,000 (now worth $371,836).

It might have been takeoff for the New Horizons Probe in 2006, which went off to explore Jupiter and Pluto, but it wasn’t for the US new housing market. House prices fell in relative terms, landing at $305,900 (equivalent to $373,637 now).

By 2007, the price of new homes had risen to an average of $313,600 ($372,609 in current terms). But it wasn’t to last long – the American housing bubble exploded later that year as a global financial crisis began.

While American banks suffered on the back of the global financial crisis, house prices plunged in major markets, with new homes in the US falling to an average of $292,600 (worth $334,930 now).

As the US welcomed President Obama, property prices continued to slide. If you were house-hunting that year, you could have bought a new-build for an average of $270,900 ($311,336 in relative terms).

At the time of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, considered one of the biggest environmental disasters in history, $272,900 (worth $308,696 today) was the going rate for a new home in the US.

In 2011 house prices had fallen again to $267,900 ($294,499 in today’s money). It was the year of the Arab Spring, when countries across the Middle East rose up to fight against the leading powers, ending with the fall of Gaddafi and the liberation of Libya.

The year 2012 saw Felix Baumgartner break the record for the world’s highest skydive, reaching a maximum velocity of 833.9mph during his 24 mile-high leap. Back on Earth the housing market began to recover, with US new-builds averaging $292,200 this year (equivalent to $314,606 now).

The year Edward Snowden leaked information about the NSA’s PRISM program, new houses cost an average of $324,500 ($344,219 in today’s money).

While the world was shocked by the mystery of the disappearing Malaysia Airlines plane, new properties were valued at an average of $345,800 (equivalent to $361,036 today).

In the year that saw a landmark decision when the United States Supreme Court ruled 5-4 in favour of same-sex marriage nationwide, buying a property would have set you back $326,900 (or $332,882 in 2017 money).

In November 2016, former reality star and property billionaire Donald J Trump was elected the 45th President of the United States, beating democrat Hillary Clinton in the Electoral College. Meanwhile average property prices had risen to $363,400 (approximately $384,000 as we don't yet have average property figures for 2017).