New Privately-Owned Housing Units Started: Units in Buildings with 5 Units or More

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New Privately-Owned Housing Units Started: Units in Buildings with 5 Units or More (HOUST5F)

Source: U.S. Census Bureau

Source: U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development

Release: New Residential Construction

Units: Thousands of Units, Seasonally Adjusted Annual Rate

Frequency: Monthly

From January 1959 until July 1963, the 5 units or more category also includes 2 to 4 unit structures.

Suggested Citation:

U.S. Census Bureau and U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, New Privately-Owned Housing Units Started: Units in Buildings with 5 Units or More [HOUST5F], retrieved from FRED, Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis; https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/HOUST5F, May 14, 2024.

New Privately-Owned Housing Units Started: Units in Buildings with 2-4 Units (HOUST2F)

Source: U.S. Census Bureau

Source: U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development

Release: New Residential Construction

Units: Thousands of Units, Seasonally Adjusted Annual Rate

Frequency: Monthly

Census discontinued SAAR 2-4 unit-structures because tests for identifiable and stable seasonality do not meet reliability standards for publication. It is calculated by Haver Analytics by subtracting 1-unit structures and 5-unit structures from total housing starts.

Copyright, 2016, Haver Analytics. Reprinted with permission.

Suggested Citation:

U.S. Census Bureau and U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, New Privately-Owned Housing Units Started: Units in Buildings with 2-4 Units [HOUST2F], retrieved from FRED, Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis; https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/HOUST2F, May 14, 2024.