Housing Starts
1.43M
· Jun 2026
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1960-61 Recession · Apr 1960 – Feb 1961
1969-70 Recession · Dec 1969 – Nov 1970
1973-75 Recession · Nov 1973 – Mar 1975
1980 Recession · Jan 1980 – Jul 1980
1981-82 Recession · Jul 1981 – Nov 1982
1990-91 Recession · Jul 1990 – Mar 1991
2001 Recession · Mar 2001 – Nov 2001
Global Financial Crisis · Dec 2007 – Jun 2009
COVID-19 Recession · Feb 2020 – Apr 2020
0.5M
1.0M
1.5M
2.0M
1960
1970
1980
1990
2000
2010
2020
1.43M
Housing Starts — one value per year; US recessions are shaded on the chart.
Year
Housing Starts
1959
1.60M
1960
1.06M
1961
1.36M
1962
1.56M
1963
1.49M
1964
1.48M
1965
1.66M
1966
0.99M
1967
1.31M
1968
1.55M
1969
1.33M
1970
1.89M
1971
2.29M
1972
2.37M
1973
1.53M
1974
0.97M
1975
1.32M
1976
1.80M
1977
2.14M
1978
2.04M
1979
1.50M
1980
1.48M
1981
0.91M
1982
1.30M
1983
1.69M
1984
1.61M
1985
1.94M
1986
1.83M
1987
1.40M
1988
1.56M
1989
1.25M
1990
0.97M
1991
1.08M
1992
1.23M
1993
1.53M
1994
1.46M
1995
1.43M
1996
1.37M
1997
1.57M
1998
1.79M
1999
1.71M
2000
1.53M
2001
1.57M
2002
1.79M
2003
2.06M
2004
2.04M
2005
1.99M
2006
1.65M
2007
1.04M
2008
0.56M
2009
0.58M
2010
0.54M
2011
0.69M
2012
0.98M
2013
1.00M
2014
1.07M
2015
1.15M
2016
1.25M
2017
1.18M
2018
1.09M
2019
1.55M
2020
1.61M
2021
1.71M
2022
1.30M
2023
1.50M
2024
1.49M
2025
1.38M
2026
1.43M
Source: FRED · HOUST · econscout.com