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Indicators/Topics/Housing/Building permits/United States

United States

Building permits

Permits authorized for new residential construction.

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No mapped provider series for Building permits in United States

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The reading right now

As of April 2026, Building permits for United States stood at 1.4K. That is up 79 from the prior month. Over the trailing five years, the series has averaged 1.5K, ranging from a low of 1.3K in August 2025 to a high of 1.9K in January 2022. The current reading sits 17.2 below its trailing ten-year mean of 1.5K.

Computed from the observation series on this page. Numbers update when the underlying provider revises the data.