Housing Starts

The full record as Fern reads it: 2000-01-01 to 2026-05-01, monthly, from FRED. Transforms are computed at build time and shown beside the raw series.

Latest: 1,177; thousands, SAAR · 2026-05-01
30 day: -15.4%; change
1 year: -8.7%; change
Long-run average: -1.0%; annual avg y/y since 2000

Housing Starts, full history (thousands, SAAR)

Source: FRED via the Fern data pipeline, through 2026-05-01.

Housing Starts (year-over-year %)

Trailing 12-month percent change, computed by Fern from the source series. Through May 2026.

Provenance

Source: FRED · HOUST
Cadence: monthly
Unit: thousands, SAAR
Type: activity
Coverage: 2000-01-01 → 2026-05-01
Observations: 317

Values are as published by the source; Fern computes transforms (year over year, indexing) at build time and shows the raw series alongside them. If a chart and the source disagree, the source wins; tell us.

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