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New Privately-Owned Housing Units Started: Total Units (HOUST)

Housing

Historical observations, changes, statistics, and downloadable data.

Units
Thousands of Units
Frequency
Monthly
Seasonal Adj.
SAAR
Source
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Statistics

81 observations · Jan 1, 2020–Sep 1, 2026
Latest
1,221.00
Thousands of Units ·
-5.20%
Mean
1,438.25
Median
1,404.00
Std Dev
153.98
Min
936.00
Max
1,807.00

New Privately-Owned Housing Units Started: Total Units (Thousands of Units)

Observations (81 total)

Showing 1–81 of 81 observations, newest first.

Date Value
2026-09-01 1,221.00
2026-08-01 1,288.00
2026-07-01 1,369.00
2026-06-01 1,439.00
2026-05-01 1,182.00
2026-04-01 1,414.00
2026-03-01 1,522.00
2026-02-01 1,346.00
2026-01-01 1,385.00
2025-12-01 1,378.00
2025-11-01 1,319.00
2025-10-01 1,273.00
2025-09-01 1,319.00
2025-08-01 1,291.00
2025-07-01 1,432.00
2025-06-01 1,379.00
2025-05-01 1,289.00
2025-04-01 1,400.00
2025-03-01 1,346.00
2025-02-01 1,491.00
2025-01-01 1,353.00
2024-12-01 1,494.00
2024-11-01 1,300.00
2024-10-01 1,370.00
2024-09-01 1,357.00
2024-08-01 1,394.00
2024-07-01 1,269.00
2024-06-01 1,318.00
2024-05-01 1,329.00
2024-04-01 1,379.00
2024-03-01 1,297.00
2024-02-01 1,555.00
2024-01-01 1,378.00
2023-12-01 1,504.00
2023-11-01 1,522.00
2023-10-01 1,380.00
2023-09-01 1,369.00
2023-08-01 1,321.00
2023-07-01 1,464.00
2023-06-01 1,420.00
2023-05-01 1,609.00
2023-04-01 1,343.00
2023-03-01 1,366.00
2023-02-01 1,395.00
2023-01-01 1,358.00
2022-12-01 1,296.00
2022-11-01 1,434.00
2022-10-01 1,446.00
2022-09-01 1,481.00
2022-08-01 1,532.00
2022-07-01 1,382.00
2022-06-01 1,556.00
2022-05-01 1,546.00
2022-04-01 1,807.00
2022-03-01 1,700.00
2022-02-01 1,730.00
2022-01-01 1,693.00
2021-12-01 1,711.00
2021-11-01 1,707.00
2021-10-01 1,587.00
2021-09-01 1,576.00
2021-08-01 1,594.00
2021-07-01 1,597.00
2021-06-01 1,650.00
2021-05-01 1,589.00
2021-04-01 1,495.00
2021-03-01 1,696.00
2021-02-01 1,404.00
2021-01-01 1,630.00
2020-12-01 1,614.00
2020-11-01 1,543.00
2020-10-01 1,543.00
2020-09-01 1,473.00
2020-08-01 1,396.00
2020-07-01 1,526.00
2020-06-01 1,266.00
2020-05-01 1,039.00
2020-04-01 936.00
2020-03-01 1,266.00
2020-02-01 1,549.00
2020-01-01 1,581.00

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