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Basic Info

US Housing Starts is at a current level of 1.283M, down from 1.447M last month and down from 1.505M one year ago. This is a change of -11.33% from last month and -14.75% 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 1.283M
Latest Period Aug 2023
Last Updated Sep 19 2023, 08:30 EDT
Next Release Oct 18 2023, 08:30 EDT
Average Growth Rate 3.67%
Value from Last Month 1.447M
Change from Last Month -11.33%
Value from 1 Year Ago 1.505M
Change from 1 Year Ago -14.75%
Frequency Monthly
Adjustment Seasonally Adjusted Annual Rate
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Historical Data

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Date Value
August 31, 2023 1.283M
July 31, 2023 1.447M
June 30, 2023 1.418M
May 31, 2023 1.583M
April 30, 2023 1.348M
March 31, 2023 1.38M
February 28, 2023 1.436M
January 31, 2023 1.34M
December 31, 2022 1.357M
November 30, 2022 1.427M
October 31, 2022 1.432M
September 30, 2022 1.463M
August 31, 2022 1.505M
July 31, 2022 1.371M
June 30, 2022 1.561M
May 31, 2022 1.543M
April 30, 2022 1.803M
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
Date Value
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
December 31, 2020 1.651M
November 30, 2020 1.541M
October 31, 2020 1.53M
September 30, 2020 1.461M
August 31, 2020 1.376M
July 31, 2020 1.51M
June 30, 2020 1.269M
May 31, 2020 1.055M
April 30, 2020 938.00K
March 31, 2020 1.27M
February 29, 2020 1.571M
January 31, 2020 1.569M
December 31, 2019 1.538M
November 30, 2019 1.343M
October 31, 2019 1.328M
September 30, 2019 1.297M
August 31, 2019 1.37M
July 31, 2019 1.232M

Basic Info

US Housing Starts is at a current level of 1.283M, down from 1.447M last month and down from 1.505M one year ago. This is a change of -11.33% from last month and -14.75% 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 1.283M
Latest Period Aug 2023
Last Updated Sep 19 2023, 08:30 EDT
Next Release Oct 18 2023, 08:30 EDT
Average Growth Rate 3.67%
Value from Last Month 1.447M
Change from Last Month -11.33%
Value from 1 Year Ago 1.505M
Change from 1 Year Ago -14.75%
Frequency Monthly
Adjustment Seasonally Adjusted Annual Rate
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