Housing Starts

Monthly new privately owned housing units started, reported in thousands of units at a seasonally adjusted annual rate (SAAR).

Source: U.S. Census Bureau via FRED
Source series ID: HOUST
Reported unit / scale: Thousands of housing units at a seasonally adjusted annual rate (SAAR)
Transformation: Published annualized starts level, seasonally adjusted; not the unadjusted monthly count.
Release cadence: monthly
Seasonal adjustment: Seasonally adjusted
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Observed coverage

119 valid observations

Earliest observation: 2016-11-01

Latest observation: 2026-09-01

Source observation date: 2026-09-01

Last collected: 2026-11-02T20:01:20.807Z

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Visible chart range summary

First: $1,319.00 — observation date 2025-09-01
Latest: $1,221.00 — observation date 2026-09-01
Minimum: $1,182.00 — observation date 2026-05-01
Maximum: $1,522.00 — observation date 2026-03-01
First-to-latest change: −98.0 USD — observation dates 2025-09-01 to 2026-09-01

Latest observation (2026-09-01): 1.2K

Last checked: 2026-11-02T20:01:20.807Z

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Housing Starts

Housing Starts observations · Unit: count
Observation date	Value	Source vintage date
2016-11-01	1140.00	—
2016-12-01	1252.00	—
2017-01-01	1190.00	—
2017-02-01	1271.00	—
2017-03-01	1190.00	—
2017-04-01	1146.00	—
2017-05-01	1157.00	—
2017-06-01	1249.00	—
2017-07-01	1206.00	—
2017-08-01	1159.00	—
2017-09-01	1181.00	—
2017-10-01	1257.00	—
2017-11-01	1273.00	—
2017-12-01	1177.00	—
2018-01-01	1299.00	—
2018-02-01	1277.00	—
2018-03-01	1318.00	—
2018-04-01	1276.00	—
2018-05-01	1357.00	—
2018-06-01	1192.00	—
2018-07-01	1208.00	—
2018-08-01	1288.00	—
2018-09-01	1250.00	—
2018-10-01	1221.00	—
2018-11-01	1181.00	—
2018-12-01	1095.00	—
2019-01-01	1226.00	—
2019-02-01	1121.00	—
2019-03-01	1191.00	—
2019-04-01	1272.00	—
2019-05-01	1293.00	—
2019-06-01	1243.00	—
2019-07-01	1240.00	—
2019-08-01	1375.00	—
2019-09-01	1311.00	—
2019-10-01	1325.00	—
2019-11-01	1353.00	—
2019-12-01	1548.00	—
2020-01-01	1581.00	—
2020-02-01	1549.00	—
2020-03-01	1266.00	—
2020-04-01	936.00	—
2020-05-01	1039.00	—
2020-06-01	1266.00	—
2020-07-01	1526.00	—
2020-08-01	1396.00	—
2020-09-01	1473.00	—
2020-10-01	1543.00	—
2020-11-01	1543.00	—
2020-12-01	1614.00	—
2021-01-01	1624.00	—
2021-02-01	1398.00	—
2021-03-01	1688.00	—
2021-04-01	1489.00	—
2021-05-01	1600.00	—
2021-06-01	1664.00	—
2021-07-01	1600.00	—
2021-08-01	1596.00	—
2021-09-01	1576.00	—
2021-10-01	1587.00	—
2021-11-01	1707.00	—
2021-12-01	1711.00	—
2022-01-01	1693.00	—
2022-02-01	1730.00	—
2022-03-01	1700.00	—
2022-04-01	1807.00	—
2022-05-01	1546.00	—
2022-06-01	1556.00	—
2022-07-01	1382.00	—
2022-08-01	1532.00	—
2022-09-01	1481.00	—
2022-10-01	1446.00	—
2022-11-01	1434.00	—
2022-12-01	1296.00	—
2023-01-01	1358.00	—
2023-02-01	1395.00	—
2023-03-01	1366.00	—
2023-04-01	1343.00	—
2023-05-01	1609.00	—
2023-06-01	1420.00	—
2023-07-01	1464.00	—
2023-08-01	1321.00	—
2023-09-01	1369.00	—
2023-10-01	1380.00	—
2023-11-01	1522.00	—
2023-12-01	1504.00	—
2024-01-01	1378.00	—
2024-02-01	1555.00	—
2024-03-01	1297.00	—
2024-04-01	1379.00	—
2024-05-01	1329.00	—
2024-06-01	1318.00	—
2024-07-01	1269.00	—
2024-08-01	1394.00	—
2024-09-01	1357.00	—
2024-10-01	1370.00	—
2024-11-01	1300.00	—
2024-12-01	1494.00	—
2025-01-01	1353.00	—
2025-02-01	1491.00	—
2025-03-01	1346.00	—
2025-04-01	1400.00	—
2025-05-01	1289.00	—
2025-06-01	1379.00	—
2025-07-01	1432.00	—
2025-08-01	1291.00	—
2025-09-01	1319.00	—
2025-10-01	1273.00	—
2025-11-01	1319.00	—
2025-12-01	1378.00	—
2026-01-01	1385.00	—
2026-02-01	1346.00	—
2026-03-01	1522.00	—
2026-04-01	1414.00	—
2026-05-01	1182.00	—
2026-06-01	1439.00	—
2026-07-01	1369.00	—
2026-08-01	1288.00	—
2026-09-01	1221.00	—