Dataset
New Privately-Owned Housing Units Started: Total Units
fred.HOUST
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About
As provided by the Census, start occurs when excavation begins for the footings or foundation of a building. All housing units in a multifamily building are defined as being started when this excavation begins. Beginning with data for September 1992, estimates of housing starts include units in structures being totally rebuilt on an existing foundation.
Cite as: Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis, New Privately-Owned Housing Units Started: Total Units [HOUST], retrieved from FRED, https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/HOUST. This product uses the FRED® API but is not endorsed or certified by the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis.
- Publisher
- Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis (FRED)
- Tier
- OfficialVerified
- Covers
- 1959–2026
- Places
- not stated
- Updated
- monthly
- Last modified
- 2026-10-20
- Units
- Thousands of Units
- License
- Public domain, citation requested (FRED API terms of use)
- Method
- https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/HOUST
Columns
| Name | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| date | date | the first day of the period |
| value | number | New Privately-Owned Housing Units Started: Total Units |
Dimensions
| Name | Values |
|---|---|
| date |