Housing permits

National, Northeast and by state

Northeast and US, per month

MonthNE single-familyNE all unitsUS permits (SAAR, k)US SF starts (SAAR, k)
2026-078,35517,8761,433808
2026-068,47019,9261,374897
2026-057,77417,2281,410889
2026-048,20215,9791,423914
2026-037,68314,7451,3631,017
2026-025,97515,6081,540923
2026-016,15317,2371,393894
2025-127,05519,2871,482946
2025-116,27612,7741,414929
2025-108,13316,6021,418893
2025-097,76115,0981,444837
2025-087,77514,6501,347873

Demand

Indicator

Single-family housing permits

SAAR, thousands
1 YEAR AGO
884
2025-07
MO −3
881
2026-04
MO −2
892
2026-05
MO −1
872
2026-06
NOW
894
2026-07
LEADING +1–2 MO
MBA purchase applications · no history
LEADING +4–6 MO
34
Builder confidence (HMI) · flat vs 3 mo ago
30-YR MORTGAGE RATE
6.54%
Last 12 months. Leading cells show the indicator itself, never a permit forecast.

By state — click a row for monthly detail

StateSF, last 12 moAll units, last 12 moAll units, prev 12 moChange
New York10,24147,89535,376+35%
Virginia20,44535,87133,923+6%
New Jersey13,46231,85934,761-8%
Pennsylvania14,76025,46825,266+1%
Massachusetts5,21013,48212,511+8%
Maryland8,52813,33515,160-12%
Maine4,4496,8176,397+7%
Connecticut2,0696,4786,729-4%
Delaware5,3236,3756,4050%
New Hampshire3,1495,0624,416+15%
Vermont1,2152,2832,168+5%
Rhode Island7612,0851,420+47%

State figures are actual permitted units per month (not annualised). A dash means the figure is not in the source data.