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United States Housing Starts

Last Release
Apr 30, 2022
Actual
1,724
Forecast
N/A
Previous
1,728
Frequency
Monthly
Units In
Thousand units
Next Release
Jun 16, 2022
Time to Release
22 Days 20 Hours
Highest
Lowest
Average
Date Range
Source
2,494
Jan 1972
478
Apr 2009
1,433.18 Thousand units1959-2022U.S. Census Bureau
Housing Starts refer to the number of new residential construction projects that have begun during any particular month. Estimates of housing starts include units in structures being totally rebuilt on an existing foundation.

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Housing starts in the US declined 0.2% mom to an annualized 1.724 million units in April of 2022, after a revised 2.8% drop in March and below market forecasts of 1.765 million. Single-family housing starts dropped 7.3% to 1,100,000 while the rate for units in buildings with five units or more jumped 16.8% to 612,000. Sales fell in the Northeast (-23.2%) and the Midwest (-22%) but rose in the South (10.6%) and the West (3.3%). The housing market is showing signs of cooling as inflation soars, mortgage rates are at 12-year highs, building material costs remain elevated, supply constraints persist and a general economic uncertainty weigh on consumers' affordability.

United States Housing Starts History

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United States Housing Indicators

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Indicator
Last
Previous
Min
Max
Unit
Frequency
Range
Building Permits
1,819
Apr 2022
1,879
Mar 2022
513
Mar 2009
2,419
Dec 1972
ThousandMonthly1960-2022
Building Permits MoM
-3.2
Apr 2022
1.2
Mar 2022
-24
Feb 1990
33.9
Jan 1967
%Monthly1960-2022
Case Shiller Home Price Index
285.63
Dec 2021
282.44
Nov 2021
100
Jan 2000
285.63
Dec 2021
PointsMonthly2000-2021
Case Shiller Home Price Index MoM
2.4
Feb 2022
1.4
Jan 2022
-2.8
Jan 2009
2.6
Apr 2013
%Monthly2000-2022
Case Shiller Home Price Index YoY
20.2
Feb 2022
19.1
Jan 2022
-19
Jan 2009
20.2
Feb 2022
%Monthly2001-2022
Construction Spending
0.1
Mar 2022
0.5
Feb 2022
-4.8
Feb 1975
5.9
Apr 1978
%Monthly1964-2022
Existing Home Sales
5,610
Apr 2022
5,750
Mar 2022
1,370
Mar 1970
7,250
Sep 2005
ThousandMonthly1968-2022
Existing Home Sales MoM
-2.4
Apr 2022
-3
Mar 2022
-22.5
Jul 2010
22.5
Jul 2020
%Monthly1968-2022
Home Ownership Rate
65.4
Mar 2022
65.5
Dec 2021
62.9
Mar 1965
69.2
Jun 2004
%Quarterly1965-2022
House Price Index MoM
2.1
Feb 2022
1.6
Jan 2022
-1.8
Nov 2008
2.1
Feb 2022
N/A1991-2022
House Price Index YoY
19.4
Feb 2022
18.2
Jan 2022
-10.6
Nov 2008
19.4
Feb 2022
N/A1992-2022
Housing Index
381.4
Feb 2022
373.35
Jan 2022
100
Jan 1991
381.4
Feb 2022
%Monthly1991-2022
Housing Starts
1,724
Apr 2022
1,728
Mar 2022
478
Apr 2009
2,494
Jan 1972
Thousand unitsMonthly1959-2022
Housing Starts MoM
-0.2
Apr 2022
-2.8
Mar 2022
-26.4
Mar 1984
29.3
Jul 1982
N/A1959-2022
MBA Mortgage Market Index
319.4
May 2022
358.9
May 2022
64.2
Oct 1990
1,856.7
May 2003
N/A1990-2022
MBA Mortgage Refinance Index
826.9
May 2022
913.6
May 2022
59
Dec 1994
9,977.8
May 2003
N/A1990-2022
MBA Purchase Index
225
May 2022
255.4
May 2022
53.5
Dec 1990
529.3
Jun 2005
N/A1990-2022
Mortgage Applications
-11
May 2022
2
May 2022
-40.5
Jan 1993
112.1
Nov 2008
%Weekly1990-2022
Mortgage Rate
5.49
May 2022
5.53
May 2022
2.85
Dec 2020
10.56
Apr 1990
%Weekly1990-2022
Nahb Housing Market Index
69
May 2022
77
Apr 2022
8
Jan 2009
90
Nov 2020
Monthly1985-2022
New Home Sales
763
Mar 2022
835
Feb 2022
270
Feb 2011
1,389
Jul 2005
Thousand unitsMonthly1963-2022
New Home Sales MoM
-8.6
Mar 2022
-1.2
Feb 2022
-33.6
May 2010
31.2
Apr 1963
N/A1963-2022
Pending Home Sales
-8.2
Mar 2022
-5.4
Feb 2022
-33.6
Apr 2020
51.7
Apr 2021
%Monthly2002-2022
Pending Home Sales MoM
-1.2
Mar 2022
-4
Feb 2022
-30.3
May 2010
41.9
May 2020
%Monthly2001-2022
Single Family Home Prices
391,200
Apr 2022
375,300
Mar 2022
19,700
Jan 1968
391,200
Apr 2022
USDMonthly1968-2022

Housing Starts across North America

Housing Starts global view
Country
Last
Previous
Min
Max
Unit
Frequency
Range
Canada
267.33
Apr 2022
248.39
Mar 2022
90.7
Aug 1982
333.28
Mar 2021
Thousand units Monthly1977-2022
United States
1,724
Apr 2022
1,728
Mar 2022
478
Apr 2009
2,494
Jan 1972
Thousand units Monthly1959-2022

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