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Release Schedule
New Residential Construction, Sales, Price Indexes, and Revised Permits
5/7/19 - Due to the recent lapse in federal funding, the final Annual 2018 Building Permits data will be released June 20, 2019.
Survey Month |
(12th Workday) New Residential Construction - 8:30 a.m. |
(17th Workday) Revised Building Permits - 8:00 a.m. New Residential Sales - 10:00 a.m. |
|---|---|---|
| September 2018 | October 17, 2018 | October 24, 2018 |
| October 2018 | November 20, 2018 | November 28, 2018 |
| November 2018 | December 18, 2018 | January 31, 2019 |
| December 2018 | February 26, 2019 | March 5, 2019 |
| January 2019 | March 8, 2019 | March 14, 2019 |
| February 2019 | March 26, 2019 | March 29, 2019 |
| March 2019 | April 19, 2019 | April 23, 2019 |
| April 2019 | May 16, 2019 | May 23, 2019 |
| May 2019 | June 18, 2019 | June 25, 2019 |
| June 2019 | July 17, 2019 | July 24, 2019 |
| July 2019 | August 16, 2019 | August 23, 2019 |
| August 2019 | September 18, 2019 | September 25, 2019 |
| September 2019 | October 17, 2019 | October 24, 2019 |
| October 2019 | November 19, 2019 | November 26, 2019 |
| November 2019 | December 17, 2019 | December 23, 2019 |
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).
- Quarterly sales by price and financing are released with the New Residential Sales release for March, June, September, and December survey months.
- Seasonally adjusted estimates of housing units sold and for sale are revised in the April New Residential Sales press release (released in May).
- Analysis of Revisons for New Home Sales estimates are released in the January and July survey months.
- Annual Characteristics for houses sold for the previous year are usually released on the first workday (excluding weekends and holidays) of June the following year.
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2/28/19 - The U.S. Census Bureau updated its 2019 economic indicator release calendar to include January-March 2019 releases following the recent lapse in federal funding. Please visit our Breifing Room for the full schedule.
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