Seasonally adjusted estimates of housing units authorized by building permits, started, under construction, and completed are revised in the April New Residential Construction press release (released in May).
Length of Time tables for New Residential Construction estimates are released in the February survey month.
Analysis of Revisons for New Residential Construction estimates are released in the January and July survey months.
Annual Characteristics for houses started and completed for the previous year are usually released on the first workday (excluding weekends and holidays) of June the following year.
Annual Building Permits data are usually 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. Revised monthly estimates for the U.S. and Census Regions for the prior year which have been "benchmarked" to the final annual totals are also released.
5/03/21 - Final annual estimates for 2020 of housing units authorized by building permits for the U.S. and by Census Region, Census Division, state, metropolitan area, county, and permit-issuing place are now available. Revised monthly estimates for the U.S. and Census Regions for the prior year which have been "benchmarked" to the final annual totals are also released.
8/18/20 - Statement Regarding COVID-19 Impact: Due to recent events surrounding COVID-19, many governments and businesses are operating on a limited capacity or have ceased operations completely. The Census Bureau has monitored response and data quality and determined estimates in this release meet publication standards. For more information on the compilation of this month's report, see COVID‐19 FAQs.
FRED Mobile App - Receive the latest updates on the nation's key economic indicators by downloading the FRED App for both Apple and Android devices. FRED, the signature database of the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis, now incorporates the Census Bureau's 13 economic indicators.
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