What is United States's housing starts right now?

Housing Starts in United States is 1,239 as of Jul 2026.

What are the historical extremes for United States's housing starts?

The all-time high is 2,494 (Jan 1972); the record low is 478 (Apr 2009), over a series starting in 1959.

How often is this series updated?

Housing Starts for United States is a monthly series; values refresh when new data is published or revised.

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United States Housing Starts

1,239▼ −176

Jul 2026 · Monthly

Housing starts in the United States fell to 1,239 thousand units in July 2026 from 1,415 thousand units in June 2026. The series, which began in January 1959, remains well below its all-time high of 2,494 thousand units recorded in January 1972 and above the record low of 478 thousand units from April 2009.

United States Housing Starts, 1990–2026

Actual	Previous	Highest	Lowest	Dates	Frequency
1,239	1,415	2,494Jan 1972	478Apr 2009	1959 – 2026	Monthly

About this series

Housing Starts in United States averaged 1,326 from 1959 until 2026, reaching an all-time high of 2,494 in Jan 1972 and a record low of 478 in Apr 2009. The series is reported monthly with history from 1959.

Housing starts measure the number of new residential construction projects that have begun in the United States during the month. The data are reported in thousands of units on a monthly basis. The series spans from January 1959 to the present.

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