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Release Schedule
New Residential Construction, Sales, Price Indexes, and Revised Permits
| Survey Month | New Residential Construction (12th workday at 8:30 a.m.) |
New Residential Sales and Construction Price Indexes (17th workday at 10:00 a.m.) |
Revised Building Permits (18th workday by 8:00 a.m.) |
|---|---|---|---|
| September 2014 | October 17, 2014 | October 24, 2014 | October 27, 2014 |
| October 2014 | November 19, 2014 | November 26, 2014 | November 26, 2014 |
| November 2014 | December 16, 2014 | December 23, 2014 | December 23, 2014 |
| December 2014 | January 21, 2015 | January 27, 2015 | January 28, 2015 |
| January 2015 | February 18, 2015 | February 25, 2015 | February 26, 2015 |
| February 2015 | March 17, 2015 | March 24, 2015 | March 25, 2015 |
| March 2015 | April 16, 2015 | April 23, 2015 | April 24, 2015 |
| April 2015 | May 19, 2015 | May 26, 2015 | May 27, 2015 |
| May 2015 | June 16, 2015 | June 23, 2015 | June 24, 2015 |
| June 2015 | July 17, 2015 | July 24, 2015 | July 27, 2015 |
| July 2015 | August 18, 2015 | August 25, 2015 | August 26, 2015 |
| August 2015 | September 17, 2015 | September 24, 2015 | September 25, 2015 |
| September 2015 | October 20, 2015 | October 26, 2015 | October 27, 2015 |
| October 2015 | November 18, 2015 | November 25, 2015 | November 25, 2015 |
| November 2015 | December 16, 2015 | December 23, 2015 | December 23, 2015 |
Note: These series are usually (but not always) released on the workday indicated. (A workday is a weekday, excluding federal holidays.)
Also see our historic press release dates (excel file).
- Preliminary Building Permits data are released on the 12th workday of each month with the New Residential Construction Press Release. The data are available at the U.S. and Region levels.
- Revised Building Permits data are released on the 18th workday of each month. The data are available at the U.S., Region, State, Metropolitan Area, County, and Permit-issuing Place levels.
- Annual Building Permits data are released on the 1st workday of May for the previous year. The data available at the time of the annual release are at the U.S., Region, State, Metropolitan Area, County, and Permit-issuing Place levels. Data are available for all Counties and Permit-issuing Places.
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Announcements
Beginning with this release, the building permit data reflect a small increase in the universe of permit-issuing places and are labeled as the 2014 Universe.
Release Schedule
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