---
title: Next Housing Starts Release Date, Time & Forecast
description: "Next housing starts release date and 8:30 AM ET timing, single-family vs multifamily breakdown, forecast, and what it signals for rate policy."
source: Helious
canonical: "https://helious.io/data/housing-starts"
---

# Housing Starts: release dates, results and history


    Housing Starts last printed 1.27M on Thu, Sep 17, 2026 against a 1.31M consensus forecast and a 1.24M prior, exactly on consensus. Captured live by Helious the moment it printed.

    Housing is the most rate-sensitive part of the economy, so starts are a live read on how hard Fed tightening is biting. The signal sits in single-family, because multifamily comes in lumps and pulls the headline around with it. When GDP turns, the swings in residential investment matter more than the size of the sector suggests.


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





      LATEST PRINT: THU, SEP 17, 2026

        1.27Mactual

        1.31Mforecast
        1.24Mprior
        0std dev vs forecastIN LINE

      [Full print analysis →](https://helious.io/news/rel-ev-a5f2874d42c7e027/housing-starts-mom-1-27m)



      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





    1.55M1.37M1.18M



  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

    A starts beat sells Treasuries off a little. The bigger use is confirmation. When the market wants to argue for cuts, housing rolling over is one of the first things it reaches for. 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
      1.27M
      1.31M
      1.24M
      0.00
      [ON THE SCREWS](https://helious.io/news/rel-ev-a5f2874d42c7e027/housing-starts-mom-1-27m)



      Tue, Aug 18, 2026Aug 18 ’26
      1.24M
      1.35M
      1.43M
      0.00
      [BELOW FORECAST](https://helious.io/news/rel-ev-e726923de979bc31/housing-starts-mom-1-24m)



      Fri, Jul 17, 2026Jul 17 ’26
      1.43M
      —
      1.18M
      —
      [ABOVE PRIOR](https://helious.io/news/rel-ev-c205cbfc2495bab4/housing-starts-mom-1-43m)


    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
        1.27M

        1.31M
        -0.03M
        2026-07-01
        1.31M

        1.44M
        -0.13M
        2026-06-01
        1.44M

        1.18M
        +0.26M
        2026-05-01
        1.18M

        1.41M
        -0.23M
        2026-04-01
        1.41M

        1.52M
        -0.11M
        2026-03-01
        1.52M

        1.35M
        +0.18M
        2026-02-01
        1.35M

        1.39M
        -0.04M
        2026-01-01
        1.39M

        1.38M
        +0.01M


    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 building permits · 8:30 AM ET ·
      [download a sample (CSV, recent rows)](https://helious.io/data/housing-starts.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/)