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

Observation:

May 2019: 1,269  
Updated: Jun 18, 2019

Units:

Thousands of Units,
Seasonally Adjusted Annual Rate

Frequency:

Monthly
1Y | 5Y | 10Y | Max

NOTES

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:

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, Housing Starts: Total: New Privately Owned Housing Units Started [HOUST], retrieved from FRED, Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis; https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/HOUST, June 27, 2019.

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