US Northeast housing starts, monthly
New privately-owned housing units started in the Northeast Census Region (thousands of units, seasonally adjusted annual rate; FRED HOUSTNE, U.S. Census Bureau and HUD, New Residential Construction release, monthly 1959-01 onward). Carries 1-month and 12-month changes, the 3-month annualized percent change, and a contraction_flag marking months with fewer starts than a year earlier. Census revises history with each vintage (kept as published).
- Rows
- 812
- 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) |
| starts_thousands | float | New privately-owned housing starts 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 3)). (unit: thousands of units, SAAR) |
| starts_mom_thousands | float | 1-month change in housing starts (null for the first panel month). (unit: thousands of units) |
| starts_mom_pct | float | 1-month percent change in housing starts (null for the first panel month). (unit: percent) |
| starts_yoy_thousands | float | 12-month change in housing starts (null for the first panel year). (unit: thousands of units) |
| starts_yoy_pct | float | 12-month percent change in housing starts (null for the first panel year). (unit: percent) |
| starts_3m_ann_pct | float | 3-month annualized percent change in housing starts (null for the first 3 panel months). (unit: percent) |
| contraction_flag | integer | 1 when 12-month housing starts 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 | starts_thousands | starts_mom_thousands | starts_mom_pct | starts_yoy_thousands | starts_yoy_pct | starts_3m_ann_pct | contraction_flag | row_hash |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1959-01-01 | 1959-01 | Northeast | NE | United States | USA | 350 | — | — | — | — | — | 0 | b9823aa3f379d560 |
| 1959-02-01 | 1959-02 | Northeast | NE | United States | USA | 346 | -4 | -1.143 | — | — | — | 0 | b64a3da9c1eac3e0 |
| 1959-03-01 | 1959-03 | Northeast | NE | United States | USA | 330 | -16 | -4.624 | — | — | — | 0 | c1d698a130ef7a6c |
| 1959-04-01 | 1959-04 | Northeast | NE | United States | USA | 275 | -55 | -16.667 | — | — | -61.888 | 0 | 52aa872021de8ac5 |
| 1959-05-01 | 1959-05 | Northeast | NE | United States | USA | 260 | -15 | -5.455 | — | — | -68.115 | 0 | 8b9d2a09b0d44dc3 |
| 1959-06-01 | 1959-06 | Northeast | NE | United States | USA | 254 | -6 | -2.308 | — | — | -64.902 | 0 | 8224f04ed7d806ae |
| 1959-07-01 | 1959-07 | Northeast | NE | United States | USA | 271 | 17 | 6.693 | — | — | -5.692 | 0 | 36783b38297c7a01 |
| 1959-08-01 | 1959-08 | Northeast | NE | United States | USA | 230 | -41 | -15.129 | — | — | -38.762 | 0 | 7652fbca0a48d2c4 |
| 1959-09-01 | 1959-09 | Northeast | NE | United States | USA | 242 | 12 | 5.217 | — | — | -17.6 | 0 | 0af357082482e693 |
| 1959-10-01 | 1959-10 | Northeast | NE | United States | USA | 254 | 12 | 4.959 | — | — | -22.828 | 0 | 781dd3f94e8a2146 |
- Current
20261002T045131Z-19210a496cc6 · sha256 19210a496cc6…
812 rows · first snapshot
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curl "https://datazimuts.com/v1/datasets/fred_housing_pack/us_housing_starts_northeast_monthly" | jq '{title, rows, columns_count, license}'import requests
ds = requests.get("https://datazimuts.com/v1/datasets/fred_housing_pack/us_housing_starts_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_housing_starts_northeast_monthly
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US Regional Housing Intelligence (FRED, keyless). (2026). US Northeast housing starts, monthly [Data set, snapshot 20261002T045131Z-19210a496cc6, sha256 19210a496cc6]. Datazimuts. Retrieved 2026-10-02, from https://datazimuts.com/en/datasets/fred_housing_pack/us_housing_starts_northeast_monthly?snapshot=20261002T045131Z-19210a496cc6
@misc{dz_fred_housing_pack_us_housing_starts_nort_19210a49,
title = {{US Northeast housing starts, monthly}},
author = {{US Regional Housing Intelligence (FRED, keyless)}},
year = {2026},
publisher = {Datazimuts},
howpublished = {\url{https://datazimuts.com/en/datasets/fred_housing_pack/us_housing_starts_northeast_monthly?snapshot=20261002T045131Z-19210a496cc6}},
note = {Snapshot 20261002T045131Z-19210a496cc6, sha256 19210a496cc6c10ca1a0151829a4367ad7bb4629600902c8fd9ac64eb95cb9bf; accessed 2026-10-02}
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