New Residential Construction

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Historical Data

New Residential Construction

The data are for new residential housing units authorized by building permits, started, and completed.

New Housing Units:	All Data (Excel)	Monthly Seasonally Adjusted	Monthly Unadjusted	Seasonal Factors	Quarterly	Annual
Authorized by Building Permits	XLS [210kb]	PDF [38kb]	PDF [41kb]			PDF [12kb]
Authorized, But Not Yet Started	XLS [86kb]		PDF [39kb]			PDF [11kb]
Started	XLS [232kb]	PDF [39kb]	PDF [41kb]	PDF [25kb]		PDF [11kb]
Under Construction	XLS [188kb]	PDF [29kb]	PDF [36kb]	PDF [22kb]		PDF [11kb]
Completed	XLS [196kb]	PDF [32kb]	PDF [36kb]	PDF [25kb]		PDF [11kb]
Started and Completed by Purpose of Construction	XLS [286kb] XLS [183kb]				PDF [21kb] PDF [21kb]	PDF [14kb] PDF [14kb]
Started in Permit-Issuing Areas Only	XLS [196kb]	PDF [23kb]	PDF [41kb]			PDF [9kb]
Under Construction in Permit-Issuing Areas Only	XLS [90kb]	PDF [23kb]	PDF [41kb]			PDF [9kb]
Completed in Permit-Issuing Areas Only	XLS [90kb]	PDF [24kb]	PDF [26kb]			PDF [9kb]

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ON-LINE PUBLICATIONS (PDF Format prior to April 2001)
1997 Economic Census - A Profile of the Homebuilding Industry PDF [687kb]

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