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United States Housing Starts Planned 2026-10-20 08:30 America/New_York: data, chart, and analysis

United States Housing Starts came in at 1,221 on Oct 20, 2026, compared with 1,288 previously and a 1,261.58 forecast. See the full release history, chart, Federal Reserve context, and API access for this series.

Latest Housing Starts and release calendar API reference
Actual
1,221
Previous
1,288
Forecast
1,261.58

FXMacroData Blended Forecast

Reference period
2026-09-30

Last updated:

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United States Housing Starts chart through 2026-09-30
USD Housing Starts readings through 2026-09-30. Latest: 1,221.

Housing Starts release read

United States Housing Starts came in at 1,221 on Oct 20, 2026, compared with 1,288 previously and a 1,261.58 forecast. See the full release history, chart, Federal Reserve context, and API access for this series.

The forecast marker for this release is 1,261.58 from FXMacroData Blended Forecast. Compare it with the actual value to assess the direction and size of the surprise.

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.

Pickup record

When the official source published this release and when the figure was on FXMacroData. All times are UTC.

Available within
3,021 ms

of publication

On FXMacroData at

20 Oct 2026 UTC

Scheduled for

20 Oct 2026 UTC

Pickup record for this release
Scheduled release
Official source published Between and UTC, 20 Oct 2026
Observed by FXMacroData's reads of the official source: the last read showing the previous period and the first read showing this one. The publisher does not issue this timestamp.
On FXMacroData at
Available within 3,021 ms of publication

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Release data snapshot

The values below are the citation fields for this announcement.

Public release ID usd_housing_starts_2026-10-20
API announcement ID usd_housing_starts_2026-09-30
Release time
Planned 2026-10-20 12:30 UTC
Reference period date 2026-09-30
Actual value 1,221
Previous value 1,288
Forecast 1,261.58 FXMacroData Blended Forecast
Surprise -40.58
Announcement timestamp 1792499400

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.

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Older release

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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 1,221 Thousands (SAAR) in September 2026. The forecast field was 1,261.58 Thousands (SAAR). The previous reading was 1,288 Thousands (SAAR). That is a surprise of -40.58 versus forecast.

When was this United States Housing Starts release published?

The official schedule lists Oct 20, 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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