United States Housing Starts

Country: United States, USD
Importance:
Medium
Sector: Housing
Source: Census Bureau
Last release
12 Mar 2026 12:30 GMT
Actual
1.487 M
Forecast
1.529 M
Previous
1.387 M
Next release
29 Apr 2026 12:30 GMT
Actual
Coming in 1 day
Forecast
1.436 M
Previous
1.487 M
Actual
Forecast
2 years 5 years All time
Date (GMT)
Reference
Actual
Forecast
18 Jun 2019
May 2019
1.269 M
1.206 M
16 May 2019
Apr 2019
1.235 M
1.221 M
19 Apr 2019
Mar 2019
1.139 M
1.241 M
26 Mar 2019
Feb 2019
1.162 M
1.258 M
08 Mar 2019
Jan 2019
1.230 M
1.269 M
26 Feb 2019
Dec 2018
1.078 M
1.288 M
18 Dec 2018
Nov 2018
1.256 M
1.288 M
20 Nov 2018
Oct 2018
1.228 M
1.288 M
17 Oct 2018
Sep 2018
1.201 M
1.288 M
19 Sept 2018
Aug 2018
1.282 M
1.284 M
16 Aug 2018
Jul 2018
1.168 M
1.287 M
18 Jul 2018
Jun 2018
1.173 M
1.286 M
19 Jun 2018
May 2018
1.350 M
1.267 M
16 May 2018
Apr 2018
1.287 M
1.259 M
17 Apr 2018
Mar 2018
1.319 M
1.238 M
16 Mar 2018
Feb 2018
1.236 M
1.230 M
16 Feb 2018
Jan 2018
1.326 M
1.225 M
18 Jan 2018
Dec 2017
1.192 M
1.212 M
19 Dec 2017
Nov 2017
1.297 M
1.201 M
17 Nov 2017
Oct 2017
1.290 M
1.211 M

The Housing Starts indicator reflects the absolute number of new residential construction projects that have begun during the specified month.

The indicator allows evaluating the short-term construction sector outlook.

The indicator growth can have a positive effect on dollar quotes.

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