US Building Permits & Housing Starts
Permits authorized and units started — total, single-family, and multi-family (with the 2-4 and 5+ unit breakdown). Sourced live from the US Census Bureau via FRED; SAAR.
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Source: US Census Bureau, Building Permits Survey via FRED — PERMIT, PERMIT1, derived multi-family.
Building Permits — MoM % Change by Type
Percent change from prior month, by permit category
Source: US Census Bureau via FRED — PERMIT, PERMIT1, PERMIT24, PERMIT5 (and derived multi-family total).
Multi-Family Permits Detail
5+ unit (left) vs. 2-4 unit (right) buildings — SAAR, dual axis
Source: US Census Bureau, Building Permits Survey via FRED — PERMIT24, PERMIT5.
Source: US Census Bureau, Survey of Construction via FRED — HOUST, HOUST1F, derived multi-family.
Housing Starts — MoM % Change by Type
Total, single-family, multi-family — percent change from prior month
Source: US Census Bureau via FRED — HOUST, HOUST1F (and derived multi-family).
Housing Completions
Privately-owned units completed — SAAR; total, single- and multi-family
Source: US Census Bureau, Survey of Construction via FRED — COMPUTSA, COMPU1USA; multi-family derived as total minus single-family. History from January 1968.
Starts vs. Completions
Total SAAR (left) and the pipeline gap, starts minus completions (right)
Source: US Census Bureau via FRED — HOUST and COMPUTSA. A positive gap means units are accumulating in the under-construction backlog; negative means the backlog is draining.
Source: US Census Bureau via FRED — PERMIT and HOUST, both SAAR.
Source: US Census Bureau via FRED — derived from SAAR totals.