The majority of the housing stock in the United States is single-family detached houses. Of the total ***** million housing units in 2023, about **** million were detached homes and *** million were attached single-family homes. In comparison, roughly **** million units were in multifamily buildings.

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The U.S. housing inventory has declined notably over the past years, despite a slight increase in 2024. In January 2025, the number of single-family homes for sale in the United States stood at about *******, higher than the same period in the past two years. The figure reflects the number of active unique single-family home listings available for purchase in that month. This rise in inventory is a result of a sluggish housing market with declining home transactions.

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Following a period of stagnation over most of the 2010s, the number of owner-occupied housing units in the United States started to grow in 2017. In 2024, there were over 86.9 million owner-occupied homes. Owner-occupied housing is where the person who owns a property – either outright or through a mortgage – also resides in the property. Excluded are therefore rental properties, employer-provided housing, and social housing. Homeownership sentiment in the U.S. Though homeownership is still a cornerstone of the American dream, an increasing share of people see themselves as lifelong renters. Millennials have been notoriously late to enter the housing market, with one in four reporting that they would probably continue to always rent in the future, a 2022 survey found. In 2017, just five years before that, this share stood at about 13 percent. How many renter households are there? Renter households are roughly half as few as owner-occupied households in the U.S. In 2024, the number of renter-occupied housing units amounted to over 45 million. Climbing on the property ladder for renters is not always easy, as it requires prospective homebuyers to save up for a down payment and qualify for a mortgage. In many metros, the median household income is insufficient to qualify for the median-priced home.

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In the United States, the projected number of single-family housing unit starts in 2026 is estimated to increase. After a peak in 2021, the number of home construction starts decreased two years in a row. However, those figures are expected to pick back up in the next years. Single-family homes are the preferred option for Americans Single-family homes were the most common type of home purchased in 2023 in the United States, making up roughly ** percent of all purchases, showing that demand for single-family units remains strong. That explains why there is usually a far higher number of single-family homes than of other type of homes being built any given year. There were roughly *** multifamily homes whose construction started in 2024. Single family housing units in the United States The median size of a single family housing unit in the United States based on square footage has remained relatively consistent over the past two decades. The cost of housing varies around the United States. In 2023, the most expensive median price of an existing single-family home was on the West coast. However, it was in the Northeast where the median price of a new single-family home was the most expensive.

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Housing Starts Single Family in the United States decreased to 890 Thousand units in August from 957 Thousand units in July of 2025. This dataset includes a chart with historical data for the United States Housing Starts Single Family.

In the second quarter of 2024, the number of single-family homes and condos which were flipped in the U.S. reached ****** which was an increase from the previous quarter but lower than the same quarter the year before. House flipping is a real estate term which refers to the practice of an investor buying property with the aim of reselling them for a profit. The investor either invests capital into each respective property in the form of renovations or simply resells the properties if home prices are on the rise.

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Graph and download economic data for Median Sales Price of Houses Sold for the United States (MSPUS) from Q1 1963 to Q2 2025 about sales, median, housing, and USA.

Single Family Home Prices in the United States increased to 415200 USD in October from 412300 USD in September of 2025. This dataset provides - United States Existing Single Family Home Prices- actual values, historical data, forecast, chart, statistics, economic calendar and news.

Graph and download economic data for New Privately-Owned Housing Units Completed: Single-Family Units (COMPU1USA) from Jan 1968 to Aug 2025 about 1-unit structures, family, new, private, housing, and USA.

United States - Existing Single-Family Home Sales: Housing Inventory was 1350000.00000 Number of Units in September of 2025, according to the United States Federal Reserve. Historically, United States - Existing Single-Family Home Sales: Housing Inventory reached a record high of 1890000.00000 in May of 2016 and a record low of 740000.00000 in January of 2022. Trading Economics provides the current actual value, an historical data chart and related indicators for United States - Existing Single-Family Home Sales: Housing Inventory - last updated from the United States Federal Reserve on November of 2025.

Graph and download economic data for New Houses for Sale by Stage of Construction, Completed (NHFSEPCS) from Jan 1999 to Aug 2025 about construction, new, sales, housing, and USA.