HouseStarts2018 {Lock5Data}

Housing Starts (2000-2018)

Description

Quarterly housing starts in the United States from 2000-2018

Format

A data frame with 76 observations on the following 3 variables.

Year

Year (2000 to 2018)

Quarter

Q1=Jan-Mar, Q2=Apr-June, Q3=July-Sept, Q4=Oct-Dec

Houses

New US residential house construction starts (in thousands)

Details

Number of new homes started in the US for each quarter from 2000-2018.
Updated for 3e (earlier version is in HouseStarts2015)

Source

Census.gov website https://www.census.gov/econ/currentdata/

https://www.census.gov/econ/currentdata/dbsearch?program=RESCONST&startYear=2000&endYear=2018&categories=STARTS&dataType=SINGLE&geoLevel=US&notAdjusted=1&submit=GET+DATA&releaseScheduleId=