Housing starts

Housing starts in the United States, 1959–2021
Housing starts in the United States, 1959–2021
  Single family home
  Multifamily residential
  2-4 unit residential

Housing starts is an economic indicator that reflects the number of privately owned new houses (technically housing units) on which construction has been started in a given period. These data are divided into three types: single-family houses, townhouses or small condos, and apartment buildings with five or more units.

Each apartment unit is considered a single start. The construction of a 30-unit apartment building is counted as 30 housing starts.

External links

  • United States Census Bureau
  • US Relationship Between Building Permits, Housing Starts, and Housing Completions
  • Housing Starts at NYU
  • UK National Statistics
  • Historical US housing starts – monthly data since 1959
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