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Characteristics of New Housing

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Overview

This page provides national, annual data on the characteristics of new privately-owned residential structures, such as square footage, number of bedrooms and bathrooms, type of wall material, and sales prices. Many characteristics are available at the region level. The data are from the Survey of Construction (SOC), which is partially funded by the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD).


Annual Characteristics of New Housing


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Announcements

The 2011 Annual Characteristics of New Housing have been released. With the release of the 2011 data, there have been some improvements to and redesigns of published tables. For questions on the 2011 Annual Characteristics of New Housing, please contact the Residential Construction Branch at (301) 763-5160.


Release Schedule

Annual Characteristics and SOC Microdata for the previous year are released on the first workday (exlcuding weekends and holidays) in June of the following year.


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Source: U.S. Census Bureau | Characteristics of New Housing | (301) 763-5160 |  Last Revised: June 28, 2012