---
title: Next Building Permits Release Date & Forecast
description: "Next building permits release date and 8:30 AM ET timing: the leading indicator for housing construction, forecasts, and rates market read."
source: Helious
canonical: "https://helious.io/data/building-permits"
---

# Building Permits: release dates, results and history


    Building Permits last printed 1.39M on Thu, Sep 17, 2026 against a 1.41M consensus forecast and a 1.44M prior, exactly on consensus. Captured live by Helious the moment it printed.

    Permits run one to two months ahead of starts, and both land in the same residential construction report, so one release gives you what is going up now and what is coming next. Builders pull permits based on where they think demand and rates are heading, and that forward look is why permits sit in the leading economic indicators. Single-family permits are the clean trend line.


    NEXT RELEASE
    Released monthly, ~mid-month, jointly with housing starts, usually around 8:30 AM ET. The desk posts the print the second it lands.





      LATEST PRINT: THU, SEP 17, 2026

        1.39Mactual

        1.41Mforecast
        1.44Mprior
        0std dev vs forecastIN LINE

      [Full print analysis →](https://helious.io/news/rel-ev-da7effffae37ce6b/building-permits-mom-1-39m)



      Surprise vs forecast


      0.00
      std dev
      IN LINE










      -2-10+1+2



        Printed exactly on the forecast.





## The trend



        OFFICIAL SERIES · LAST 36 OBSERVATIONS · M UNITS SAAR





    1.57M1.46M1.35M



  2023-092026-08

      The official published series at its current vintage, revisions included, so the newest point can differ from the number as first printed. The release-by-release history, with the consensus forecast and standard-deviation surprise on every row, comes through the [Helious API](https://helious.io/developers/).





## How it moves Treasuries

    More permits point to growth ahead, so a higher number is mildly bearish Treasuries, though on the day it barely registers. The trend is what matters, not any single print. See it scored live on the [Helious desk](https://helious.io/),
    or read [how the standard-deviation surprise is computed](https://helious.io/methodology).






## Recent prints, as captured by the desk


      DATEACTUALFORECASTPRIORSURPRISE (SD)PRINT


      Thu, Sep 17, 2026Sep 17 ’26
      1.39M
      1.41M
      1.44M
      0.00
      [ON THE SCREWS](https://helious.io/news/rel-ev-da7effffae37ce6b/building-permits-mom-1-39m)



      Tue, Aug 18, 2026Aug 18 ’26
      1.44M
      1.37M
      1.37M
      0.00
      [ABOVE FORECAST](https://helious.io/news/rel-ev-72bc99f1108d2218/building-permits-mom-1-44m)



      Fri, Jul 17, 2026Jul 17 ’26
      1.37M
      —
      1.41M
      —
      [BELOW PRIOR](https://helious.io/news/rel-ev-26bf70f82355d64c/building-permits-mom-1-37m)


    The 3 most recent prints from the desk's live capture, which began in July 2026, so what you see here is a sample rather than the whole record. Every row links the print page published the moment that number landed, and the full graded history is served by the [API](https://helious.io/developers/).






## Official series history


      PERIODVALUE (M UNITS SAAR)PRIORCHANGE

        2026-08-01
        1.40M

        1.43M
        -0.03M
        2026-07-01
        1.43M

        1.37M
        +0.06M
        2026-06-01
        1.37M

        1.41M
        -0.04M
        2026-05-01
        1.41M

        1.42M
        -0.01M
        2026-04-01
        1.42M

        1.36M
        +0.06M
        2026-03-01
        1.36M

        1.54M
        -0.18M
        2026-02-01
        1.54M

        1.39M
        +0.15M
        2026-01-01
        1.39M

        1.48M
        -0.09M


    These are the most recent official
    rows, and the chart above draws the longer series behind them. The desk-captured prints higher up
    the page carry the consensus forecast and the standard-deviation surprise as they stood the moment
    each number landed.






## Related indicators




      Monthly, ~mid-month, jointly with housing starts · 8:30 AM ET ·
      [download a sample (CSV, recent rows)](https://helious.io/data/building-permits.csv), free to cite with a link to this page.
      The full history comes through the [Helious API](https://helious.io/developers/) and
      MCP at [api.helious.io/mcp](https://api.helious.io/mcp), with depth set by plan.


    [Catch the next print live →](https://helious.io/)