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Basic Info

US Housing Starts is at a current level of 1.307M, down from 1.429M last month and down from 1.391M one year ago. This is a change of -8.54% from last month and -6.04% 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 1.307M
Latest Period Aug 2025
Last Updated Sep 17 2025, 08:35 EDT
Average Growth Rate 3.70%
Value from Last Month 1.429M
Change from Last Month -8.54%
Value from 1 Year Ago 1.391M
Change from 1 Year Ago -6.04%
Frequency Monthly
Adjustment Seasonally Adjusted Annual Rate
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Historical Data

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Date Value
August 31, 2025 1.307M
July 31, 2025 1.429M
June 30, 2025 1.382M
May 31, 2025 1.282M
April 30, 2025 1.398M
March 31, 2025 1.355M
February 28, 2025 1.49M
January 31, 2025 1.358M
December 31, 2024 1.514M
November 30, 2024 1.295M
October 31, 2024 1.352M
September 30, 2024 1.357M
August 31, 2024 1.391M
July 31, 2024 1.265M
June 30, 2024 1.327M
May 31, 2024 1.316M
April 30, 2024 1.385M
March 31, 2024 1.312M
February 29, 2024 1.552M
January 31, 2024 1.381M
December 31, 2023 1.521M
November 30, 2023 1.514M
October 31, 2023 1.368M
September 30, 2023 1.371M
August 31, 2023 1.317M
Date Value
July 31, 2023 1.46M
June 30, 2023 1.421M
May 31, 2023 1.584M
April 30, 2023 1.354M
March 31, 2023 1.342M
February 28, 2023 1.404M
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

Basic Info

US Housing Starts is at a current level of 1.307M, down from 1.429M last month and down from 1.391M one year ago. This is a change of -8.54% from last month and -6.04% 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 1.307M
Latest Period Aug 2025
Last Updated Sep 17 2025, 08:35 EDT
Average Growth Rate 3.70%
Value from Last Month 1.429M
Change from Last Month -8.54%
Value from 1 Year Ago 1.391M
Change from 1 Year Ago -6.04%
Frequency Monthly
Adjustment Seasonally Adjusted Annual Rate
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