Housing & construction
Starts, permits, prices, sales, and construction spending for homebuilders, REITs, and building products.
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Isolates single-family starts, the highest-margin and most volume-relevant segment for production homebuilders versus multifamily apartment supply.
Recent observations (240 stored)
| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| 2026-06-01 | 895 |
| 2026-05-01 | 897 |
| 2026-04-01 | 914 |
| 2026-03-01 | 1,017 |
| 2026-02-01 | 923 |
| 2026-01-01 | 894 |
| 2025-12-01 | 946 |
| 2025-11-01 | 929 |
| 2025-10-01 | 893 |
| 2025-09-01 | 837 |
| 2025-08-01 | 873 |
| 2025-07-01 | 959 |
New Privately-Owned Housing Units Started: Units in Buildings with 5 Units or More
HOUST5F ↗ MonthlyTracks multifamily/apartment construction, a direct demand signal for apartment REIT supply pipelines and a leading indicator of future rent growth.
Recent observations (240 stored)
| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| 2026-06-01 | 513 |
| 2026-05-01 | 291 |
| 2026-04-01 | 494 |
| 2026-03-01 | 481 |
| 2026-02-01 | 414 |
| 2026-01-01 | 469 |
| 2025-12-01 | 410 |
| 2025-11-01 | 375 |
| 2025-10-01 | 355 |
| 2025-09-01 | 471 |
| 2025-08-01 | 407 |
| 2025-07-01 | 453 |
Building permits lead starts by 1-2 months, giving the earliest read on the future construction pipeline and builder confidence in demand.
Recent observations (240 stored)
| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| 2026-06-01 | 1,374 |
| 2026-05-01 | 1,410 |
| 2026-04-01 | 1,423 |
| 2026-03-01 | 1,363 |
| 2026-02-01 | 1,540 |
| 2026-01-01 | 1,393 |
| 2025-12-01 | 1,482 |
| 2025-11-01 | 1,414 |
| 2025-10-01 | 1,418 |
| 2025-09-01 | 1,444 |
| 2025-08-01 | 1,347 |
| 2025-07-01 | 1,400 |
New home sales are the direct top-line demand metric for homebuilders and the cleanest gauge of new-construction absorption.
Recent observations (240 stored)
| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| 2026-06-01 | 628 |
| 2026-05-01 | 618 |
| 2026-04-01 | 646 |
| 2026-03-01 | 659 |
| 2026-02-01 | 630 |
| 2026-01-01 | 576 |
| 2025-12-01 | 723 |
| 2025-11-01 | 757 |
| 2025-10-01 | 652 |
| 2025-09-01 | 714 |
| 2025-08-01 | 698 |
| 2025-07-01 | 648 |
Months' supply of new homes signals inventory/demand balance and pricing power; rising supply pressures builder gross margins and incentives.
Recent observations (240 stored)
| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| 2026-06-01 | 9.3 |
| 2026-05-01 | 9.4 |
| 2026-04-01 | 9 |
| 2026-03-01 | 8.7 |
| 2026-02-01 | 9.3 |
| 2026-01-01 | 9.9 |
| 2025-12-01 | 7.9 |
| 2025-11-01 | 7.7 |
| 2025-10-01 | 9 |
| 2025-09-01 | 8.2 |
| 2025-08-01 | 8.5 |
| 2025-07-01 | 9.2 |
Existing sales are ~85% of the market and drive demand for remodeling, real estate brokerage, title, and home-improvement retail.
Recent observations (14 stored)
| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| 2026-06-01 | 4,090,000 |
| 2026-05-01 | 4,190,000 |
| 2026-04-01 | 4,040,000 |
| 2026-03-01 | 4,010,000 |
| 2026-02-01 | 4,130,000 |
| 2026-01-01 | 4,020,000 |
| 2025-12-01 | 4,270,000 |
| 2025-11-01 | 4,090,000 |
| 2025-10-01 | 4,110,000 |
| 2025-09-01 | 4,080,000 |
| 2025-08-01 | 4,030,000 |
| 2025-07-01 | 4,030,000 |
Median new-home price tracks builder pricing power and revenue per unit, a core driver of homebuilder margins and average selling price.
Recent observations (240 stored)
| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| 2026-06-01 | 398,300 |
| 2026-05-01 | 412,000 |
| 2026-04-01 | 415,700 |
| 2026-03-01 | 398,700 |
| 2026-02-01 | 412,000 |
| 2026-01-01 | 416,200 |
| 2025-12-01 | 429,100 |
| 2025-11-01 | 402,500 |
| 2025-10-01 | 404,200 |
| 2025-09-01 | 416,800 |
| 2025-08-01 | 417,900 |
| 2025-07-01 | 397,300 |
The benchmark repeat-sales home price index; rising prices support homeowner equity, refi/HELOC volume, and mortgage credit quality.
Recent observations (238 stored)
| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| 2026-04-01 | 332.68 |
| 2026-03-01 | 330.13 |
| 2026-02-01 | 327.7 |
| 2026-01-01 | 326.7 |
| 2025-12-01 | 327.01 |
| 2025-11-01 | 327.85 |
| 2025-10-01 | 328.24 |
| 2025-09-01 | 328.88 |
| 2025-08-01 | 329.85 |
| 2025-07-01 | 330.94 |
| 2025-06-01 | 331.6 |
| 2025-05-01 | 331.41 |
FHFA's broad purchase/refi price index used for LTV and collateral valuation; complements Case-Shiller for mortgage credit-risk analysis.
Recent observations (79 stored)
| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| 2026-01-01 | 713.09 |
| 2025-10-01 | 708.31 |
| 2025-07-01 | 704.26 |
| 2025-04-01 | 700.24 |
| 2025-01-01 | 689.94 |
| 2024-10-01 | 684.87 |
| 2024-07-01 | 681.12 |
| 2024-04-01 | 674.27 |
| 2024-01-01 | 658.64 |
| 2023-10-01 | 649.37 |
| 2023-07-01 | 649.07 |
| 2023-04-01 | 638.5 |
Dollar value of residential construction put in place, a direct revenue proxy for builders, building products, and materials demand.
Recent observations (239 stored)
| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| 2026-05-01 | 942,779 |
| 2026-04-01 | 939,342 |
| 2026-03-01 | 930,247 |
| 2026-02-01 | 919,746 |
| 2026-01-01 | 924,558 |
| 2025-12-01 | 942,431 |
| 2025-11-01 | 928,964 |
| 2025-10-01 | 934,809 |
| 2025-09-01 | 944,242 |
| 2025-08-01 | 940,035 |
| 2025-07-01 | 939,959 |
| 2025-06-01 | 933,267 |
Commercial/industrial construction spending differentiates nonresidential-exposed contractors, materials, and industrial REIT development.
Recent observations (239 stored)
| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| 2026-05-01 | 1,267,435 |
| 2026-04-01 | 1,267,708 |
| 2026-03-01 | 1,269,153 |
| 2026-02-01 | 1,269,938 |
| 2026-01-01 | 1,271,078 |
| 2025-12-01 | 1,273,524 |
| 2025-11-01 | 1,291,762 |
| 2025-10-01 | 1,306,332 |
| 2025-09-01 | 1,301,557 |
| 2025-08-01 | 1,301,989 |
| 2025-07-01 | 1,302,674 |
| 2025-06-01 | 1,304,452 |
Aggregate construction put-in-place captures total end-market demand for cement, aggregates, machinery, and engineering & construction firms.
Recent observations (239 stored)
| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| 2026-05-01 | 2,210,214 |
| 2026-04-01 | 2,207,051 |
| 2026-03-01 | 2,199,399 |
| 2026-02-01 | 2,189,683 |
| 2026-01-01 | 2,195,636 |
| 2025-12-01 | 2,215,955 |
| 2025-11-01 | 2,220,726 |
| 2025-10-01 | 2,241,141 |
| 2025-09-01 | 2,245,799 |
| 2025-08-01 | 2,242,024 |
| 2025-07-01 | 2,242,633 |
| 2025-06-01 | 2,237,719 |
Rental vacancy is the supply/demand barometer for apartment REIT occupancy and pricing power; lower vacancy supports rent growth.
Recent observations (79 stored)
| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| 2026-01-01 | 7.3 |
| 2025-10-01 | 7.2 |
| 2025-07-01 | 7.1 |
| 2025-04-01 | 7 |
| 2025-01-01 | 7.1 |
| 2024-10-01 | 6.9 |
| 2024-07-01 | 6.9 |
| 2024-04-01 | 6.6 |
| 2024-01-01 | 6.6 |
| 2023-10-01 | 6.6 |
| 2023-07-01 | 6.6 |
| 2023-04-01 | 6.3 |
Homeowner vacancy gauges excess for-sale inventory and shadow supply, an early signal of price softening and absorption stress.
Recent observations (79 stored)
| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| 2026-01-01 | 1.1 |
| 2025-10-01 | 1.2 |
| 2025-07-01 | 1.2 |
| 2025-04-01 | 1.1 |
| 2025-01-01 | 1.1 |
| 2024-10-01 | 1.1 |
| 2024-07-01 | 1 |
| 2024-04-01 | 0.9 |
| 2024-01-01 | 0.8 |
| 2023-10-01 | 0.9 |
| 2023-07-01 | 0.8 |
| 2023-04-01 | 0.7 |
Delinquency Rate on Single-Family Residential Mortgages, Booked in Domestic Offices, All Commercial Banks
DRSFRMACBS ↗ Quarterly, End of PeriodResidential mortgage delinquencies are the core housing credit-quality metric driving bank loss provisions and mortgage-insurer claims.
Recent observations (79 stored)
| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| 2026-01-01 | 1.89 |
| 2025-10-01 | 1.79 |
| 2025-07-01 | 1.78 |
| 2025-04-01 | 1.78 |
| 2025-01-01 | 1.77 |
| 2024-10-01 | 1.78 |
| 2024-07-01 | 1.74 |
| 2024-04-01 | 1.73 |
| 2024-01-01 | 1.71 |
| 2023-10-01 | 1.7 |
| 2023-07-01 | 1.72 |
| 2023-04-01 | 1.72 |
Delinquency Rate on Commercial Real Estate Loans (Excluding Farmland), Booked in Domestic Offices, All Commercial Banks
DRCRELEXFACBS ↗ Quarterly, End of PeriodCRE delinquencies flag stress in office/retail lending, critical for regional banks and commercial mortgage REIT credit analysis.
Recent observations (79 stored)
| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| 2026-01-01 | 1.56 |
| 2025-10-01 | 1.58 |
| 2025-07-01 | 1.57 |
| 2025-04-01 | 1.57 |
| 2025-01-01 | 1.57 |
| 2024-10-01 | 1.56 |
| 2024-07-01 | 1.51 |
| 2024-04-01 | 1.42 |
| 2024-01-01 | 1.21 |
| 2023-10-01 | 1.16 |
| 2023-07-01 | 1.06 |
| 2023-04-01 | 0.85 |
This product uses the FRED® API but is not endorsed or certified by the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis. Sparklines cover roughly the last five years; the CSV download carries the full synced history. Verify figures at the linked FRED series pages.