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United States and Census Regions

Units and Valuation

	Excel format	PDF format
United States	XLS [56kb]	PDF [17kb]
Northeast and Midwest	XLS [59kb]	PDF [17kb]
South and West	XLS [59kb]	PDF [18kb]

History Tables

	Excel format	PDF format
Seasonally Adjusted Annual Rate (monthly since 1960)	XLS [210kb]	PDF [37kb]
Not Seasonally Adjusted Data (monthly since 1959)	XLS [210kb]	PDF [41kb]
Seasonal Factors (monthly since 1996)	XLS [210kb]	PDF [17kb]
Annual Data (since 1959)	XLS [210kb]	PDF [12kb]

Time Series/Trend Charts: Create your own customizable time series

Announcements

The 2012 Annual Housing Units Authorized by Building Permits data are now available. The Building Permits Series has the usual annual revisions for 2012. The revised seasonal factors back to January 2011 will be released with the April 2013 press release on Thursday, May 16, 2013, at 8:30 A.M. EDT.

For information on Hurricane Sandy's effect on the compilation of the October 2012 report, please see our Hurricane Sandy FAQs.

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Release Dates

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