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United States Housing Starts Planned 2026-08-18 08:30 America/New_York: data, chart, and analysis

United States Housing Starts came in at 1,309 on Aug 18, 2026, compared with 1,439 previously. See the full release history, chart, Federal Reserve context, and API access for this series.

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Actual
1,309
Previous
1,439
Forecast
--
Reference period
2026-07-31

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United States Housing Starts release chart

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

United States Housing Starts chart through 2026-07-31
USD Housing Starts readings through 2026-07-31. Latest: 1,309.

Housing Starts release read

United States Housing Starts came in at 1,309 on Aug 18, 2026, compared with 1,439 previously. See the full release history, chart, Federal Reserve context, and API access for this series.

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

For USD 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 usd_housing_starts_2026-08-18
API announcement ID usd_housing_starts_2026-07-31
Release time
Planned 2026-08-18 12:30 UTC
Reference period date 2026-07-31
Actual value 1,309
Previous value 1,439
Forecast --
Surprise --
Announcement timestamp 1787056200

API data for this announcement

The API endpoint returns the full United States 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 United States Housing Starts releases

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Newer release

Planned 2026-09-17 08:30 America/New_York · 1,275

Older release

Planned 2026-07-17 08:30 America/New_York · 1,439

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Common questions about this release

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

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

United States Housing Starts was 1,309 Thousands (SAAR) in July 2026. The previous reading was 1,439 Thousands (SAAR).

When was this United States Housing Starts release published?

The official schedule lists Aug 18, 2026 at 08:30 America/New_York. The actual publication time is unavailable.

When is the next United States Housing Starts release?

The next United States Housing Starts release is scheduled for Jan 20, 2027.

What is the official source for United States Housing Starts?

Census Bureau 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.

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  "announcement_datetime": 1787056200,
  "announcement_id": "usd_housing_starts_2026-07-31",
  "announcement_source_url": "https://www.census.gov/economic-indicators/calendar-listview.html",
  "capture_time_basis": "fetch_completed",
  "collected_at_iso": "2026-09-03T05:54:09.569269Z",
  "collected_at_ns": 1788414849569268863,
  "date": "2026-07-31",
  "observed_at_ns": 1789708787612464383,
  "official_planned_release_datetime": 1787056200,
  "previous_value": 1439.0,
  "publication_time_basis": "official_schedule",
  "publication_time_precision": "minute",
  "publication_time_status": "unverified",
  "revisions": [
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      "epoch": 1787056200,
      "is_first_release": false,
      "publication_time_precision": "minute",
      "publication_time_status": "unverified",
      "val": 1239.0,
      "vintage_status": "legacy_snapshot"
    },
    {
      "announcement_source_url": "https://www.census.gov/economic-indicators/calendar-listview.html",
      "capture_time_basis": "fetch_completed",
      "epoch": 1787056200,
      "is_first_release": false,
      "observed_at_ns": 1789104320614140446,
      "publication_time_precision": "minute",
      "publication_time_status": "unverified",
      "val": 1239.0,
      "vintage_status": "captured_snapshot"
    },
    {
      "announcement_source_url": "https://www.census.gov/economic-indicators/calendar-listview.html",
      "capture_time_basis": "fetch_completed",
      "epoch": 1787056200,
      "is_first_release": false,
      "observed_at_ns": 1789708787612464383,
      "publication_time_precision": "minute",
      "publication_time_status": "unverified",
      "val": 1309.0,
      "vintage_status": "captured_snapshot"
    }
  ],
  "val": 1309.0,
  "vintage_status": "captured_snapshot"
}