Housing Market
Official U.S. housing indicators from the Census Bureau, HUD, and FHFA — supply pipeline, new home sales and inventory, home prices, vacancy, and construction spending. Observations are stored with revision history and update automatically on each source release.
Warehouse data through 2026-08-01
New Construction Pipeline
Permits → starts → completions — the forward supply chain of U.S. housing, from the Census/HUD New Residential Construction release.
Building Permits
New Residential Construction (C20) · SAAR
1,403
K unitsAug 2026
Housing Starts
New Residential Construction (C20) · SAAR
1,275
K unitsAug 2026
Housing Completions
New Residential Construction (C20) · SAAR
1,128
K unitsAug 2026
Homes Under Construction
New Residential Construction (C20) · SA
1,271
K unitsAug 2026
Permits Authorized, Not Started
New Residential Construction (C20) · SA
280
K unitsAug 2026
New Home Sales & Inventory
Builder demand, available new-home inventory, months' supply, and transaction prices from the New Residential Sales release.
New Home Sales
New Residential Sales (C25) · SAAR
684
K unitsAug 2026
New Homes for Sale — Inventory
New Residential Sales (C25) · SA
483
K unitsAug 2026
New Home Months' Supply
New Residential Sales (C25) · SA
8.5
monthsAug 2026
New Home Median Sale Price
New Residential Sales (C25) · NSA
$393,700
USDAug 2026
New Home Average Sale Price
New Residential Sales (C25) · NSA
$478,700
USDAug 2026
Home Prices
The FHFA purchase-only House Price Index — the official repeat-transaction benchmark for conforming-mortgage collateral.
FHFA House Price Index — Purchase-Only
FHFA House Price Index · SA
443.5
index (1991M01=100)Jul 2026
Census Division Detail — FHFA Purchase-Only HPI
Released| Division | Index (SA) | YoY | Period |
|---|---|---|---|
| New England | 453.9 | +4.1% | Jul 2026 |
| Middle Atlantic | 421.0 | +6.3% | Jul 2026 |
| East North Central | 383.4 | +4.5% | Jul 2026 |
| West North Central | 427.9 | +2.9% | Jul 2026 |
| South Atlantic | 467.3 | +1.8% | Jul 2026 |
| East South Central | 416.9 | +2.4% | Jul 2026 |
| West South Central | 427.3 | +1.1% | Jul 2026 |
| Pacific | 468.6 | +0.7% | Jul 2026 |
Federal Housing Finance Agency · Monthly · Official source
Vacancy & Homeownership
Quarterly structural readings on for-sale tightness, rental slack, and ownership conversion from the HVS release.
Homeownership Rate
Housing Vacancies and Homeownership (HVS) · NSA
65.0%
%Q2 2026
Rental Vacancy Rate
Housing Vacancies and Homeownership (HVS) · NSA
7.3%
%Q2 2026
Homeowner Vacancy Rate
Housing Vacancies and Homeownership (HVS) · NSA
1.2%
%Q2 2026
Residential Construction Spending
Dollar value of residential construction put in place — housing's direct contribution to economic activity.
Residential Construction Spending
Construction Spending (C30) · SAAR
$894.6B
$M SAARAug 2026
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Housing market summary
Privately-owned housing starts ran at a 1,275,000 seasonally adjusted annual rate in the latest U.S. Census Bureau New Residential Construction release, covering Aug. 1, 2026. That is 2.6% lower than the prior month. Construction volume shapes future housing supply, and supply is one of the slower-moving inputs to home prices — which in turn affect mortgage credit demand and loan sizes rather than daily rate movement.
New single-family home sales ran at a 684,000 seasonally adjusted annual rate for Aug. 1, 2026. That is 6.4% higher than the prior month. New home sales are the most rate-sensitive segment of housing demand, so they are a useful read on how borrowers are absorbing the prevailing mortgage rate level.
The FHFA purchase-only House Price Index (seasonally adjusted, USA) stood at 443.5 for July 1, 2026. The index is 2.6% higher than twelve months earlier. Home-price direction feeds loan-to-value ratios, refinance eligibility and mortgage credit performance.
Values above are generated arithmetically from stored official observations — not written or estimated by AI. Monthly and quarterly series describe their reference period, not the current day.
Data is informational only and may be delayed per provider licensing. Mortgage rates shown are national market indices or benchmarks unless specifically identified otherwise — not an APR, not a rate quote, not an offer, not a rate lock, and not a commitment to lend. Not investment or financial advice. Housing series publish monthly or quarterly on their source calendars; values update automatically on release and revisions are tracked in the observation warehouse.