Housing Starts in the United States increased to 1428 Thousand units in July from 1358 Thousand units in June of 2025. This dataset provides the latest reported value for - United States Housing Starts - plus previous releases, historical high and low, short-term forecast and long-term prediction, economic calendar, survey consensus and news.

Graph and download economic data for New Privately-Owned Housing Units Started: Single-Family Units (HOUST1F) from Jan 1959 to Jul 2025 about housing starts, privately owned, 1-unit structures, family, housing, and USA.

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.

In June 2025, approximately ******* home construction projects started in the United States. The lowest point for housing starts over the past decade was in 2009, just after the 2007-2008 global financial crisis. Since 2010, the number of housing units started has been mostly increasing despite seasonal fluctuations. Statista also has a dedicated topic page on the U.S. housing market as a starting point for additional investigation on this topic. The impact of the global recession The same trend can be seen in home sales over the past two decades. The volume of U.S. home sales began to drop in 2005 and continued until 2010, after which home sales began to increase again. This dip in sales between 2005 and 2010 suggests that supply was outstripping demand, which led to decreased activity in the residential construction sector. Impact of recession on home buyers The financial crisis led to increased unemployment and pay cuts in most sectors, which meant that potential home buyers had less money to spend. The median income of home buyers in the U.S. fluctuated alongside the home sales and starts over the past decade.

Housing Starts MoM in the United States decreased to 5.20 percent in July from 5.90 percent in June of 2025. This dataset includes a chart with historical data for the United States Housing Starts MoM.

Housing Starts Single Family in the United States increased to 939 Thousand units in July from 913 Thousand units in June of 2025. This dataset includes a chart with historical data for the United States Housing Starts Single Family.

Housing Starts Multi Family in the United States increased to 470 Thousand units in July from 421 Thousand units in June of 2025. This dataset includes a chart with historical data for the United States Housing Starts Multi Family.

Graph and download economic data for New Privately-Owned Housing Units Started: Units in Buildings with 5 Units or More (HOUST5F) from Jan 1959 to Jun 2025 about 5-unit structures +, housing starts, privately owned, housing, and USA.

In 2024, there were more new housing starts in the ***** of the United States than in every other region of the country combined. Housing starts have been decreasing in the South and the West of the U.S. since 2021, while housing starts remained the same in the Midwest in 2024 and they increased in the Northeast after a decline in previous years.

The Housing Starts indicator reflects the absolute number of new residential construction projects that have begun during the specified month. The indicator allows evaluating the short-term

Graph and download economic data for New Privately Owned Housing Starts in the United States by Number of Units in Building, 20 or More Units (HOUSTDTA20UMQ) from Q1 1999 to Q1 2025 about housing starts, privately owned, buildings, new, housing, and USA.

The value of single-family housing construction in the United States is expected to reach over *** billion U.S. dollars by 2025. Single family housing starts were not heavily affected by COVID-19 in 2020, as there was an increase in dollar value when compared to 2019. Indeed, starts grew by over ** billion U.S. dollars - or more than ** percent - between 2019 to 2020, even though new residential construction figures for the United States did decline significantly early in 2020. It is also forecasted that U.S. home sales will further increase.

In May 2025, there were ******* permits for new residential construction in the United States. Despite some fluctuations, the number of building permits issued in the past couple of years has been falling. The number of U.S. new home construction starts has also been lower than in previous years.

Texas and Florida were the states with most residential building permits issued in 2024, with roughly ******* and ******* permits issued, respectively. On the other side of the spectrum, Alaska and Rhode Island issued fewer permits than any other state. The overall number of building permits for new residential construction in the U.S. has fluctuated a lot in the past years.

U.S. Housing Starts - One-Family Units Floor Area: 26 years of historical data from 1999 to 2025.

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This driver measures the number of new, privately owned housing units started in a given year. This includes both single-unit and multiunit developments. The data is sourced from the US Census Bureau and is the sum of unadjusted monthly data.

This statistic shows the forecast of housing starts in the United States in 2019 and 2020. In 2020, it was estimated that the construction of **** new housing units will begin in the United States.

United States Private Housing Starts: 1 Unit: Design: Attached data was reported at 33.000 Unit th in Sep 2018. This records a decrease from the previous number of 37.000 Unit th for Jun 2018. United States Private Housing Starts: 1 Unit: Design: Attached data is updated quarterly, averaging 27.000 Unit th from Mar 1985 (Median) to Sep 2018, with 135 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 67.000 Unit th in Jun 2005 and a record low of 8.000 Unit th in Mar 2009. United States Private Housing Starts: 1 Unit: Design: Attached data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by US Census Bureau. The data is categorized under Global Database’s United States – Table US.EA014: Private Housing Units: Started: By Purpose and Design.

In the United States, it is expected that there will be approximately ***** multifamily housing starts less in 2025 than in 2024. However, it is forecasted that the number of construction starts for multifamily housing units will pick up slightly in 2026, after two years of falling starts. Multifamily vs single-family housing demand Multifamily housing includes various types of housing, such as apartment buildings, condominiums, duplexes, and townhouses. The number of housing starts of single-family has also fallen in 2022 and 2023, but it already started growing again in 2024, showing a faster recovery than the multifamily housing segment.

Are multifamily homes getting smaller? The median size of multifamily homes has median size of multifamily homes has shrunk by nearly *** square feet between 2007 and 2023. This trend towards smaller homes suggests that space is becoming increasingly limited, or that consumers prefer smaller homes due to smaller mortgages, lower maintenance costs and lower utility costs.