What is United States's housing starts single-family right now?

Housing Starts Single-Family in United States is 808 as of Jul 2026.

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

The all-time high is 1,823 (Jan 2006); the record low is 353 (Mar 2009), over a series starting in 1959.

How often is this series updated?

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

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United States Housing Starts Single-Family

808▼ −89.00

Jul 2026 · Monthly

Single-family housing starts in the United States fell to 808 thousand units in July 2026 from 897 thousand in June. The reading remains well below the all-time high of 1,823 thousand recorded in January 2006 and above the record low of 353 thousand from March 2009. Data are available since January 1959.

United States Housing Starts Single-Family, 1990–2026

Actual	Previous	Highest	Lowest	Dates	Frequency
808	897	1,823Jan 2006	353Mar 2009	1959 – 2026	Monthly

About this series

Housing Starts Single-Family in United States averaged 1,003 from 1959 until 2026, reaching an all-time high of 1,823 in Jan 2006 and a record low of 353 in Mar 2009. The series is reported monthly with history from 1959.

Housing Starts Single-Family measures the number of new residential construction projects for single-family homes that have begun in the United States. 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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