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title: Housing Starts
description: "Housing Starts, Aug 18, 2026: actual 1.24M, forecast 1.35M, previous 1.43M · BELOW FORECAST. The full read is on Helious, with the market reaction."
source: Helious
canonical: "https://helious.io/news/rel-ev-e726923de979bc31/housing-starts-mom-1-24m"
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ECONOMIC RELEASE
              18 Aug 2026, 12:30 UTC


# Housing Starts (MoM): 1.24M


           Actual1.24M
           Forecast1.35M
           Previous1.43M

               Surprise
               0.00&#963;

           VerdictBELOW FORECAST
           ReadBonds BULLISH · Equities BEARISH


            Housing Starts (MoM) — Actual 1.24M, forecast 1.35M, prev 1.43M. BELOW FORECAST · -0.0σ. Bonds BULLISH · Equities BEARISH.


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          The Housing Starts release history, the schedule and the next date →](https://helious.io/data/housing-starts)


        ← [Housing Starts (MoM): 1.43M](https://helious.io/news/rel-ev-c205cbfc2495bab4/housing-starts-mom-1-43m)
        [Housing Starts (MoM): 1.27M](https://helious.io/news/rel-ev-a5f2874d42c7e027/housing-starts-mom-1-27m) →


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