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Housing Starts Rocket to 1.43 million

Housing Starts rocket 21.2% in June 2026 to 1.43 million and up 3.5% from a year earlier.

Housing Starts rocket 21.2% in June 2026 to 1.43 million and up 3.5% from a year earlier.

• June 2026: 1.43 million
• on the month: +21.2%
• on the year: +3.5%

The print sits 72% of the way up the archived range of 1.18 million (May 2026) to 1.52 million (March 2026), with the standing trend falling.

The year-over-year comparison is against June 2025, which printed 1.38 million. Source: Federal Reserve, Census, BLS, and ATA via FRED. The number above is the agency's published value, unrounded; the history and any later revisions stay queryable on the live data page.

Published 2026-08-04.