United States Housing Starts

Last Release

Apr 30, 2025

Actual

1,361

Units In

Thousand units

1,339

Frequency

Monthly

Next Release

Jun 18, 2025

Time to Release

29 Days 15 Hours

Highest	Lowest	Average	Date Range	Source
2,494 Jan 1972	478 Apr 2009	1,432.04 Thousand units	1959-2025	U.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.

Latest Updates

US housing starts rose 1.6% month-over-month in April 2025 to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 1.361 million, rebounding from an upwardly revised 10.1% decline in March. However, the figure came in slightly below market expectations of 1.37 million, as elevated mortgage rates and high inventory levels continue to weigh on the housing market. Starts for multi-unit buildings, with five or more units, jumped 11.1% to 0.42 million while single-family starts, which account for the bulk of homebuilding, were down 2.1% to 0.927 million. Regionally, housing starts rose in the South (10.9% to 0.76 million) and the Northeast (12.9% to 0.158 million) but fell in the Midwest (-10.8% to 0.198 million) and the West (-16.1% to 0.245 million).