FRED Graph

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New Privately-Owned Housing Units Authorized in Permit-Issuing Places: Total Units (PERMIT)

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

Release: New Residential Construction

Units: Thousands of Units, Seasonally Adjusted Annual Rate

Frequency: Monthly

Notes:

Starting with the 2005-02-16 release, the series reflects an increase in the universe of permit-issuing places from 19,000 to 20,000 places.

Suggested Citation:

U.S. Census Bureau and U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, New Privately-Owned Housing Units Authorized in Permit-Issuing Places: Total Units [PERMIT], retrieved from FRED, Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis; https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/PERMIT, .

New Privately-Owned Housing Units Started: Units in Buildings with 5 Units or More (HOUST5F)

Source: U.S. Census Bureau

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

Release: New Residential Construction

Units: Thousands of Units, Seasonally Adjusted Annual Rate

Frequency: Monthly

Notes:

From January 1959 until July 1963, the 5 units or more category also includes 2 to 4 unit structures.

Suggested Citation:

U.S. Census Bureau and U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, New Privately-Owned Housing Units Started: Units in Buildings with 5 Units or More [HOUST5F], retrieved from FRED, Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis; https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/HOUST5F, .

Monthly Supply of New Houses in the United States (MSACSR)

Source: U.S. Census Bureau

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

Release: New Residential Sales

Units: Months' Supply, Seasonally Adjusted

Frequency: Monthly

Notes:

The months' supply is the ratio of new houses for sale to new houses sold. This statistic provides an indication of the size of the new for-sale inventory in relation to the number of new houses currently being sold. The months' supply indicates how long the current new for-sale inventory would last given the current sales rate if no additional new houses were built.

Suggested Citation:

U.S. Census Bureau and U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Monthly Supply of New Houses in the United States [MSACSR], retrieved from FRED, Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis; https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/MSACSR, .

New One Family Houses Sold: United States (HSN1F)

Source: U.S. Census Bureau

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

Release: New Residential Sales

Units: Thousands, Seasonally Adjusted Annual Rate

Frequency: Monthly

Suggested Citation:

U.S. Census Bureau and U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, New One Family Houses Sold: United States [HSN1F], retrieved from FRED, Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis; https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/HSN1F, .