EDUCATION: HOUSING STARTS

What is Housing Starts?

Release Date:	Around the middle of the following month
Release Time:	8:30am EST
Coverage:	Previous Month's Data
Released By:	Department of Commerce

Background:
This economic Indicator tracks how many new single-family homes or buildings were constructed throughout the month. For the survey each house and each single apartment are counted as one housing start, (a building with 200 apartments would be counted as 200 housing starts). The figures include all private and publicly owned units, with the only exception being mobile homes which are not counted.

Most of the housing start data is collected through applications and permits for building homes. The housing start data is offered in an unadjusted and a seasonally adjusted format.