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New Privately-Owned Housing Units Started: Total Units

passing 1,239 latest (2026-07-01) Thousands of Units unit monthly frequency United States geography

Coverage 1959-01-01 to 2026-07-01 · series id fred/HOUST

Recent values

PeriodValueRevision
2026-07-01 1,239 1
2026-06-01 1,415 2
2026-05-01 1,182 2
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

Verification history

CheckResultExpectedActualWhen
golden pass 490 490 2h ago
golden_live pass 490 490 2h ago
freshness pass 2h ago
golden pass 490 490 26h ago
golden_live pass 490 490 26h ago
freshness pass 26h 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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