House Construction
House Construction
House Construction
Monthly snapshot of US residential construction and new home sales activity, consolidating three key housing supply indicators into a single API call. Sourced from the US Census Bureau via FRED, this dataset covers building permits, housing starts, and new single-family home sales — providing a forward-looking read on housing supply, homebuilder activity, and residential demand. Date field reflects the first day of the reference month.
Fields: buildingPermits · housingStarts · newOneFamilyHouseSold
Units: all three fields expressed in thousands of units, seasonally adjusted annual rate (SAAR). For example, 1386 = 1,386,000 annualized units.
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Use Cases
Homebuilder equity research and earnings previews, mortgage market analysis (paired with 30-year rate from INTEREST_RATES), building materials and construction sector analysis, housing supply vs. demand imbalance monitoring, leading indicator analysis (permits lead starts by 1-3 months), Fed policy context (housing as a rate-sensitive sector), GDP residential investment component forecasting, and alert triggers on permits or starts threshold moves.
Highlights
The HOUSING_CONSTRUCTION dataset captures the full pipeline of US residential supply activity — from permits (forward-looking intention to build) through starts (ground broken) to new home sales (units transacting) — in a single monthly call. Because permits lead starts by weeks and starts lead completions by months, the three fields together function as a sequential leading indicator of housing supply conditions. When paired with the 30-year mortgage rate from the INTEREST_RATES dataset, users can directly model the rate sensitivity of housing activity — one of the most powerful relationships in US macro analysis.
Provider
Methods
https://api.blueskyapi.com/v1/data/CORE/HOUSING_CONSTRUCTIONhttps://api.blueskyapi.com/v1/data/CORE/HOUSING_CONSTRUCTION/:country
Time Series Query Parameters
You can use any time series query parameters with this dataset.
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Response Attributes
| Key | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| buildingPermits | number, null | |
country* key | string | |
date* index | string | |
| housingStarts | number, null | |
| newOneFamilyHouseSold | number, null |
* required
| Field | Type | Unit | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| date | string | YYYY-MM-DD | First day of reference month |
| country | string | — | Country code (e.g. US) |
| buildingPermits | integer | Thousands SAAR | New privately-owned housing units authorized by building permits |
| housingStarts | integer | Thousands SAAR | New privately-owned housing units started |
| newOneFamilyHouseSold | integer | Thousands SAAR | New single-family houses sold |
| id | string | — | Dataset identifier (HOUSING_CONSTRUCTION) |
| key | string | — | Partition key (US) |
| subkey | string | — | Sub-partition key (empty) |
| updated | float | Unix ms | Timestamp of last data refresh |
Disclaimer
Housing construction and new home sales data is sourced from the US Census Bureau and the US Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) via the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis (FRED). This data is provided for informational purposes only and is subject to the terms of use of the respective data providers. Blue-Sky Data Platform LLC makes no representations as to the accuracy, completeness, or timeliness of the data and accepts no liability for decisions made in reliance upon it. Users are responsible for ensuring their use of this data complies with applicable provider terms and licensing requirements.
Attribution
Building permits, housing starts, and new home sales data: US Census Bureau and US Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) via the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis (FRED). Key FRED series: PERMIT (building permits), HOUST (housing starts), HSN1F (new one-family houses sold).