United States Housing Starts

Last Release

Dec 31, 2024

Actual

1,499

Units In

Thousand units

1,294

Frequency

Monthly

Next Release

Feb 19, 2025

Time to Release

1 Months 0 Days 13 Hours

Highest	Lowest	Average	Date Range	Source
2,494 Jan 1972	478 Apr 2009	1,432.25 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 stars in the United States surged by 15.8% from the previous month to a seasonally adjusted annualized rate of 1.499 Million units in December of 2024, the most since March 2021. It is the highest number of starts since February 2024, above market expectations of a softer increase to 1.320 Million. Starts for housing with five units or more surged to 418,000, a 58.9% jump from the previous month, while housing with a single unit edged higher by 3.3% to 1.05 Million. Starts for housing with five units or more surged by 58.9% from the previous month to 418,000, while housing with a single unit edged higher by 3.3% to an annualized rate of 1.05 Million. Starts soared in the Northeast (40.2% to 157,000), the Midwest (20% to 204,000), and the South (17.7% to 853,000). On the other hand, starts eased in the West (-0.7% to 285,000).