Skip to content
Japan announcement

Japan Housing Starts 2025-04-28 14:00 Asia/Tokyo: data, chart, and analysis

Japan Housing Starts came in at 89,802.00 on Apr 28, 2025, compared with 60,583.00 previously. See the full release history, chart, Bank of Japan context, and API access for this series.

Back to Housing Starts API reference
Actual
89,802.00
Previous
60,583.00
Forecast
--
Reference period
2025-03-31

Last updated:

Release alerts

Get JPY Housing Starts alerts

Enter your account email. We will notify you when the next official-source JPY Housing Starts release is published.

Free account required. Unsubscribe anytime.

Japan Housing Starts release chart

Market context, recent readings, and scenario notes for this announcement.

Japan Housing Starts chart through 2025-03-31
JPY Housing Starts readings through 2025-03-31. Latest: 89,802.00.

Housing Starts release read

Japan Housing Starts came in at 89,802.00 on Apr 28, 2025, compared with 60,583.00 previously. See the full release history, chart, Bank of Japan context, and API access for this series.

The parent Housing Starts page shows the full time series for Japan. This release page keeps the realised value, prior value, forecast, reference period, and publication time together for the individual announcement.

For JPY event-risk work, the important read is whether this print changes the recent trend or simply extends it. Compare the actual value with the previous and forecast fields above, then use the raw JSON below for backtests keyed to the stable announcement ID.

Release data snapshot

The values below are the citation fields for this announcement.

Public release ID jpy_housing_starts_2025-04-28
API announcement ID jpy_housing_starts_2025-03-31
Release time
2025-04-28 05:00 UTC
Reference period date 2025-03-31
Actual value 89,802.00
Previous value 60,583.00
Forecast --
Surprise --
Announcement timestamp 1745816400

API data for this announcement

The API endpoint returns the full Japan Housing Starts history. Clients can filter by date or match this row by announcement_id.

Forecasts live in the predictions endpoint and use the same announcement identifier where available. That is the preferred join key for realised values, forecast surprises, and release-event backtests.

More Japan Housing Starts releases

Move through adjacent announcement records for the same series.

Newer release

2025-05-27 14:00 Asia/Tokyo · 56,188.00

Older release

2025-03-27 14:00 Asia/Tokyo · 60,583.00

Related Japan indicators

Continue from this release into adjacent macro series for the same country.

Business Confidence

Survey-based measure of business executives' outlook on economic conditions, production, and investment plans.

Consumer Confidence

Survey-based measure of consumers' confidence in economic conditions, employment prospects, and personal finances.

Core Inflation

CPI excluding volatile items like food and energy.

Current Account Balance

Measures trade in goods and services and income flows.

Gross Domestic Product (GDP) Growth

GDP growth: the quarterly change in the inflation-adjusted value of all goods and services produced in the economy.

Inflation Rate (CPI/HICP)

Headline inflation: the year-over-year percentage change in the Consumer Price Index (CPI), the standard measure central banks target.

Common questions about this release

The value, its publication time, the next scheduled date, and the official publisher for Japan Housing Starts.

What did Japan Housing Starts come in at, and how did it compare with the forecast and the previous reading?

Japan Housing Starts was 89,802.00 Thousands (SAAR) in March 2025. The previous reading was 60,583.00 Thousands (SAAR).

When was this Japan Housing Starts release published?

This release was published on Apr 28, 2025 at 14:00 Asia/Tokyo. The publication time is derived from the lag measured on this series' confirmed releases and the record carries the release_time_assumed flag.

When is the next Japan Housing Starts release?

The next Japan Housing Starts release is scheduled for Sep 30, 2026 at 14:00 Asia/Tokyo.

What is the official source for Japan Housing Starts?

National Statistics Office publishes the official Housing Starts series. FXMacroData stores every release with its announcement timestamp and serves it from the announcements endpoint for this series.

Raw announcement payload

Field names are preserved for traceability and downstream testing.

{
  "announcement_datetime": 1745816400,
  "announcement_id": "jpy_housing_starts_2025-03-31",
  "date": "2025-03-31",
  "previous_value": 60583.0,
  "release_time_assumed": true,
  "revisions": [
    {
      "epoch": 1745730000,
      "val": 89802.0
    }
  ],
  "val": 89802.0
}