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New Privately-Owned Housing Units Started: Total Units

1,427 latest (2026-06-01) Thousands of Units unit monthly frequency United States geography passing
verified 1h ago

Coverage 1959-01-01 to 2026-06-01 · series id fred/HOUST

Recent values

PeriodValueRevision
2026-06-01 1,427 1
2026-05-01 1,199 1
2026-04-01 1,414 1
2026-03-01 1,522 1
2026-02-01 1,346 1
2026-01-01 1,385 1
2025-12-01 1,378 1
2025-11-01 1,319 1
2025-10-01 1,273 1
2025-09-01 1,319 1
2025-08-01 1,291 1
2025-07-01 1,432 1

Verification history

CheckResultExpectedActualWhen
freshness pass 1h ago
golden pass 490 490 1h ago
golden_live pass 490 490 1h ago
golden_live pass 490 490 25h ago
golden pass 490 490 25h ago
freshness pass 25h ago

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License public-domain (terms). Source: U.S. federal statistical agencies via FRED, Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis. This product uses the FRED API but is not endorsed or certified by the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis.

Official table: New Residential Construction · Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis

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     alt="New Privately-Owned Housing Units Started: Total Units" width="720" />
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  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"question": "What is the latest value?", "series": [{"source": "fred", "seriesId": "HOUST"}]}'