macro_housing
US Housing Starts & Permits
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Latest U.S. new residential construction: housing starts and building permits, seasonally-adjusted annualized rate.
Housing starts (ground broken) and permits (approved but not necessarily started, a leading indicator) are the two headline figures from the Census Bureau's New Residential Construction survey, reported at a seasonally-adjusted annualized rate in thousands of units.
When to use: gauging housing-market momentum, a leading indicator for construction activity (permits lead starts), macro context for rate-sensitive sectors.
When NOT to use: you need single-family vs multi-family breakdown, regional detail, or completions data.
Args: none.
Returns structuredContent:
{
"asOf": "2026-06", "startsThousands": 1427, "permitsThousands": 1380,
"startsMomPercent": 19.0, "permitsMomPercent": 2.1,
"source": "https://www.census.gov/construction/nrc/index.html"
}
Figures are in thousands of units at a seasonally-adjusted annual rate (SAAR), the standard convention for this release.
Input schema
Raw JSON schema
{
"$schema": "http://json-schema.org/draft-07/schema#",
"type": "object",
"properties": {}
}