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title: Housing Starts
description: "Housing Starts, Oct 20, 2026: actual 1.22M, forecast 1.30M, previous 1.27M · BELOW FORECAST. The full read is on Helious, with the market reaction."
source: Helious
canonical: "https://helious.io/news/rel-ev-afbfaab2c1e1a4a8/housing-starts-mom-1-22m"
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Economic release
              20 Oct 2026, 12:30 UTC



# Housing Starts (MoM): 1.22M




           Actual1.22M
           Forecast1.30M
           Previous1.27M

               Surprise
               -1.45σ

           VerdictBELOW FORECAST
           ReadBonds BULLISH · Equities BULLISH


            Housing Starts (MoM): Actual 1.22M, forecast 1.30M, prev 1.27M. Surprise: BELOW FORECAST by 1.4 sigma. Desk read: Bonds BULLISH · Equities BULLISH.





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        ← [Housing Starts (MoM): 1.27M](https://helious.io/news/rel-ev-a5f2874d42c7e027/housing-starts-mom-1-27m)



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