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Housing Starts Plunge to 1.24 million

Housing Starts plunge 12.4% in July 2026 to 1.24 million and down 13.5% from a year earlier.

Housing Starts plunge 12.4% in July 2026 to 1.24 million and down 13.5% from a year earlier.

• July 2026: 1.24 million
• on the month: -12.4%
• on the year: -13.5%

The print sits 17% 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 July 2025, which printed 1.43 million. Source: U.S. Census Bureau and HUD 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 2026-09-01.