Housing Starts Slide to 1.22 million

Housing Starts slide 5.2% in September 2026 to 1.22 million and down 7.4% from a year earlier.

• September 2026: 1.22 million
• on the month: -5.2%
• on the year: -7.4%

The print sits 11% 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 September 2025, which printed 1.32 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.