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

Source: U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development

Release: New Residential Construction

Units: Thousands of Units, Seasonally Adjusted Annual Rate

Frequency: Monthly

As provided by the Census, start occurs when excavation begins for the footings or foundation of a building. All housing units in a multifamily building are defined as being started when this excavation begins. Beginning with data for September 1992, estimates of housing starts include units in structures being totally rebuilt on an existing foundation.

Suggested Citation:

U.S. Census Bureau and U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, New Privately-Owned Housing Units Started: Total Units [HOUST], retrieved from FRED, Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis; https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/HOUST, May 15, 2024.

Work Started: Construction: Dwellings and Residential Buildings: Total for Canada (WSCNDW01CAQ489S)

Source: Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development

Release: Main Economic Indicators

Units: Number, Seasonally Adjusted

Frequency: Quarterly

OECD Descriptor ID: WSCNDW01
OECD unit ID: NBR
OECD country ID: CAN

All OECD data should be cited as follows: OECD, "Main Economic Indicators - complete database", Main Economic Indicators (database), https://dx.doi.org/10.1787/data-00052-en (Accessed on date) Copyright, 2016, OECD. Reprinted with permission

Suggested Citation:

Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development, Work Started: Construction: Dwellings and Residential Buildings: Total for Canada [WSCNDW01CAQ489S], retrieved from FRED, Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis; https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/WSCNDW01CAQ489S, May 15, 2024.

Production, Sales, Work Started and Orders: Construction Work Started on Dwellings: Economic Activity: Construction of Buildings for Australia (WSCNDW01AUQ661S)

Source: Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development

Release: Main Economic Indicators

Units: Index 2015=100, Seasonally Adjusted

Frequency: Quarterly

OECD Data Filters:
REF_AREA: AUS
MEASURE: WSDW
UNIT_MEASURE: IX
ACTIVITY: F41
ADJUSTMENT: Y
TRANSFORMATION: _Z
TIME_HORIZ: _Z
METHODOLOGY: N
FREQ: Q

All OECD data should be cited as follows: OECD (year), (dataset name), (data source) DOI or https://data-explorer.oecd.org/. (accessed on (date)).

Suggested Citation:

Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development, Production, Sales, Work Started and Orders: Construction Work Started on Dwellings: Economic Activity: Construction of Buildings for Australia [WSCNDW01AUQ661S], retrieved from FRED, Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis; https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/WSCNDW01AUQ661S, May 15, 2024.

Work Started: Construction: Dwellings and Residential Buildings: Total for United Kingdom (WSCNDW01GBQ470S)

Source: Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development

Release: Main Economic Indicators

Units: Number, Quarterly level, Seasonally Adjusted

Frequency: Quarterly

OECD Descriptor ID: WSCNDW01
OECD unit ID: NBR
OECD country ID: GBR

All OECD data should be cited as follows: OECD, "Main Economic Indicators - complete database", Main Economic Indicators (database), https://dx.doi.org/10.1787/data-00052-en (Accessed on date) Copyright, 2016, OECD. Reprinted with permission

Suggested Citation:

Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development, Work Started: Construction: Dwellings and Residential Buildings: Total for United Kingdom [WSCNDW01GBQ470S], retrieved from FRED, Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis; https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/WSCNDW01GBQ470S, May 15, 2024.