United States Housing Starts

Last Release

Nov 30, 2024

Actual

1,289

Units In

Thousand units

1,312

Frequency

Monthly

Next Release

Jan 17, 2025

Time to Release

28 Days 16 Hours

Highest	Lowest	Average	Date Range	Source
2,494 Jan 1972	478 Apr 2009	1,432.16 Thousand units	1959-2024	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

Housing starts in the United States unexpectedly declined 1.8% to a seasonally adjusted annualized rate of 1.289 million units in November 2024, the lowest in four months, compared to 1.312 million in October and forecasts of 1.34 million. Starts for houses with five units or more plunged 24.1% to 0.264 million, offsetting a 6.4% gain for the single-family segment that saw starts hitting 1.011 million. Starts plunged in the Midwest (-28.2% to 0.158 million) and the West (-11.9% to 0.289 million) but rose in the Northeast (10.6% to 0.115 million). Starts also rose in the South (10.2% to 0.727 million), after a 9.2% slump in October due to hurricanes.