This page provides both regional and Census division level estimates of housing starts ratios by authorization month for new residential construction. Each estimate in these tables is the ratio of the number of housing units authorized by building permits in the Authorization Month for which construction was started in the current month to the total number of housing units authorized by building permits in the Authorization month.
2024 Ratio of Permits to Starts
Beginning in January 2024, these files will now be published in the .xlsx format. Previous files will remain as .xls.
March 2024 [50 KB] February 2024 [50 KB] January 2024 [50 KB] 2023 Ratio of Permits to Starts
December 2023 [100 KB] November 2023 [100 KB] October 2023 [100 KB] September 2023 [100 KB] August 2023 [100 KB] July 2023 [100 KB] June 2023 [100 KB] May 2023 [100 KB] April 2023 [100 KB] March 2023 [100 KB] February 2023 [100 KB] January 2023 [100 KB] 2022 Ratio of Permits to Starts
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December 2020 [100 KB] November 2020 [100 KB] October 2020 [100 KB] September 2020 [100 KB] August 2020 [100 KB] July 2020 [100 KB] June 2020 [100 KB] May 2020 [100 KB] April 2020 [100 KB] March 2020 [100 KB] February 2020 [100 KB] January 2020 [100 KB] 2019 Ratio of Permits to Starts
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