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Basic Info

US Housing Starts is at a current level of 1.501M, up from 1.35M last month and down from 1.546M one year ago. This is a change of 11.19% from last month and -2.91% from one year ago.

Housing Starts are the total number of single family houses that started construction in a given month in the US. Housing starts can be viewed as a forward looking metric to gauge the outlook for an economy. This metric most notably crashed during the 2007-2009 housing crisis. Housing starts reached as low as 478K (on a seasonally adjusted annual rate basis) in 2009 before beginning to recover.

Stats

Last Value 1.501M
Latest Period Feb 2025
Last Updated Mar 18 2025, 08:32 EDT
Next Release Apr 17 2025, 08:30 EDT
Average Growth Rate 3.93%
Value from Last Month 1.35M
Change from Last Month 11.19%
Value from 1 Year Ago 1.546M
Change from 1 Year Ago -2.91%
Frequency Monthly
Adjustment Seasonally Adjusted Annual Rate
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Historical Data

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Date Value
February 28, 2025 1.501M
January 31, 2025 1.35M
December 31, 2024 1.526M
November 30, 2024 1.305M
October 31, 2024 1.344M
September 30, 2024 1.355M
August 31, 2024 1.379M
July 31, 2024 1.262M
June 30, 2024 1.329M
May 31, 2024 1.315M
April 30, 2024 1.377M
March 31, 2024 1.299M
February 29, 2024 1.546M
January 31, 2024 1.376M
December 31, 2023 1.568M
November 30, 2023 1.51M
October 31, 2023 1.365M
September 30, 2023 1.363M
August 31, 2023 1.305M
July 31, 2023 1.473M
June 30, 2023 1.415M
May 31, 2023 1.583M
April 30, 2023 1.368M
March 31, 2023 1.342M
February 28, 2023 1.404M
Date Value
January 31, 2023 1.361M
December 31, 2022 1.34M
November 30, 2022 1.42M
October 31, 2022 1.44M
September 30, 2022 1.47M
August 31, 2022 1.52M
July 31, 2022 1.392M
June 30, 2022 1.542M
May 31, 2022 1.54M
April 30, 2022 1.828M
March 31, 2022 1.713M
February 28, 2022 1.771M
January 31, 2022 1.669M
December 31, 2021 1.787M
November 30, 2021 1.712M
October 31, 2021 1.572M
September 30, 2021 1.56M
August 31, 2021 1.576M
July 31, 2021 1.593M
June 30, 2021 1.661M
May 31, 2021 1.60M
April 30, 2021 1.484M
March 31, 2021 1.711M
February 28, 2021 1.43M
January 31, 2021 1.602M

Basic Info

US Housing Starts is at a current level of 1.501M, up from 1.35M last month and down from 1.546M one year ago. This is a change of 11.19% from last month and -2.91% from one year ago.

Housing Starts are the total number of single family houses that started construction in a given month in the US. Housing starts can be viewed as a forward looking metric to gauge the outlook for an economy. This metric most notably crashed during the 2007-2009 housing crisis. Housing starts reached as low as 478K (on a seasonally adjusted annual rate basis) in 2009 before beginning to recover.

Stats

Last Value 1.501M
Latest Period Feb 2025
Last Updated Mar 18 2025, 08:32 EDT
Next Release Apr 17 2025, 08:30 EDT
Average Growth Rate 3.93%
Value from Last Month 1.35M
Change from Last Month 11.19%
Value from 1 Year Ago 1.546M
Change from 1 Year Ago -2.91%
Frequency Monthly
Adjustment Seasonally Adjusted Annual Rate
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