US Northeast building permits, monthly
New privately-owned housing units authorized in permit-issuing places in the Northeast Census Region — the leading indicator of future starts (thousands of units, seasonally adjusted annual rate; FRED PERMITNE, U.S. Census Bureau and HUD, New Residential Construction release, monthly 1960-01 onward). Carries 1-month and 12-month changes, the 3-month annualized percent change, and a contraction_flag. Method caveat (kept verbatim): starting with the 2005-02-16 release the series reflects an increase in the universe of permit-issuing places from 19,000 to 20,000 places.
- Rows
- 800
- Columns
- 14
- Source cadence
- Monthly
- Last refreshed
- Oct 2, 2026
- Theme
- housing
| Column | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| month_start | date | First day of the calendar month. (unit: date) |
| year_month | string | Calendar month as YYYY-MM (panel join key). (unit: string) |
| region | string | Census region (Northeast: New England (CT, ME, MA, NH, RI, VT) plus Mid-Atlantic (NJ, NY, PA)). (unit: string) |
| region_code | string | Short Census region code (panel join key). (unit: string) |
| country | string | Country name (shared normalization layer). (unit: string) |
| country_code | string | ISO 3166-1 alpha-3 country code (USA). (unit: string) |
| permits_thousands | float | New privately-owned building permits in the Northeast Census Region (thousands of units, SAAR; U.S. Census Bureau and U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, New Residential Construction (Table 1)). (unit: thousands of units, SAAR) |
| permits_mom_thousands | float | 1-month change in building permits (null for the first panel month). (unit: thousands of units) |
| permits_mom_pct | float | 1-month percent change in building permits (null for the first panel month). (unit: percent) |
| permits_yoy_thousands | float | 12-month change in building permits (null for the first panel year). (unit: thousands of units) |
| permits_yoy_pct | float | 12-month percent change in building permits (null for the first panel year). (unit: percent) |
| permits_3m_ann_pct | float | 3-month annualized percent change in building permits (null for the first 3 panel months). (unit: percent) |
| contraction_flag | integer | 1 when 12-month building permits growth is negative (fewer units than a year earlier), else 0. (unit: flag) |
| row_hash | string | Deterministic 16-hex sha256 of year_month + region_code + the level (idempotency key). (unit: string) |
First 10 sample rows — a preview, not the complete dataset.
| month_start | year_month | region | region_code | country | country_code | permits_thousands | permits_mom_thousands | permits_mom_pct | permits_yoy_thousands | permits_yoy_pct | permits_3m_ann_pct | contraction_flag | row_hash |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960-01-01 | 1960-01 | Northeast | NE | United States | USA | 246 | — | — | — | — | — | 0 | 90c2aa50e2d82de5 |
| 1960-02-01 | 1960-02 | Northeast | NE | United States | USA | 232 | -14 | -5.691 | — | — | — | 0 | 613f017062f4319a |
| 1960-03-01 | 1960-03 | Northeast | NE | United States | USA | 166 | -66 | -28.448 | — | — | — | 0 | cd0f6e572580c410 |
| 1960-04-01 | 1960-04 | Northeast | NE | United States | USA | 189 | 23 | 13.855 | — | — | -65.158 | 0 | 0dae9d96111004e6 |
| 1960-05-01 | 1960-05 | Northeast | NE | United States | USA | 224 | 35 | 18.519 | — | — | -13.096 | 0 | dc8c95936db745ea |
| 1960-06-01 | 1960-06 | Northeast | NE | United States | USA | 176 | -48 | -21.429 | — | — | 26.363 | 0 | febe0ebc9538ead2 |
| 1960-07-01 | 1960-07 | Northeast | NE | United States | USA | 219 | 43 | 24.432 | — | — | 80.272 | 0 | ecf141aaf518e174 |
| 1960-08-01 | 1960-08 | Northeast | NE | United States | USA | 208 | -11 | -5.023 | — | — | -25.653 | 0 | fc9e9405638c72ad |
| 1960-09-01 | 1960-09 | Northeast | NE | United States | USA | 205 | -3 | -1.442 | — | — | 84.062 | 0 | 5a154cce6c9a3439 |
| 1960-10-01 | 1960-10 | Northeast | NE | United States | USA | 196 | -9 | -4.39 | — | — | -35.842 | 0 | c94cce74cf30a8b3 |
- Current
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curl "https://datazimuts.com/v1/datasets/fred_housing_pack/us_building_permits_northeast_monthly" | jq '{title, rows, columns_count, license}'import requests
ds = requests.get("https://datazimuts.com/v1/datasets/fred_housing_pack/us_building_permits_northeast_monthly").json()
print(ds["title"], ds["rows"], "rows")
# Sample rows for an LLM context window
for row in ds.get("sample_rows", [])[:5]:
print(row)API endpoint: https://datazimuts.com/v1/datasets/fred_housing_pack/us_building_permits_northeast_monthly
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US Regional Housing Intelligence (FRED, keyless). (2026). US Northeast building permits, monthly [Data set, snapshot 20261002T045138Z-c1d617069c0b, sha256 c1d617069c0b]. Datazimuts. Retrieved 2026-10-02, from https://datazimuts.com/en/datasets/fred_housing_pack/us_building_permits_northeast_monthly?snapshot=20261002T045138Z-c1d617069c0b
@misc{dz_fred_housing_pack_us_building_permits_no_c1d61706,
title = {{US Northeast building permits, monthly}},
author = {{US Regional Housing Intelligence (FRED, keyless)}},
year = {2026},
publisher = {Datazimuts},
howpublished = {\url{https://datazimuts.com/en/datasets/fred_housing_pack/us_building_permits_northeast_monthly?snapshot=20261002T045138Z-c1d617069c0b}},
note = {Snapshot 20261002T045138Z-c1d617069c0b, sha256 c1d617069c0b51eeb85356c0d16d2eb3ba5349d6effa795cf23a304c5088875e; accessed 2026-10-02}
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