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Single-family housing completions built for sale in United States

Single-family housing completions built for sale in the United States was 160,000 in Q2 2026, according to the U.S. Census Bureau. That is down 10.1% from Q2 2025.

Q2 2026, count160,000 Provisional
Change on Q2 2025-10.1%
Series high357,000Q4 2005
Series low56,000Q1 2011

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Single-family housing completions built for sale in United States, Q1 1999 to Q2 2026

0100K200K300K400K1999-Q12003-Q12007-Q12011-Q12015-Q12019-Q12023-Q12026-Q21999-Q1: 190,000 count1999-Q2: 227,000 count1999-Q3: 227,000 count1999-Q4: 245,000 count2000-Q1: 199,000 count2000-Q2: 225,000 count2000-Q3: 225,000 count2000-Q4: 237,000 count2001-Q1: 180,000 count2001-Q2: 225,000 count2001-Q3: 249,000 count2001-Q4: 255,000 count2002-Q1: 211,000 count2002-Q2: 233,000 count2002-Q3: 254,000 count2002-Q4: 271,000 count2003-Q1: 211,000 count2003-Q2: 253,000 count2003-Q3: 273,000 count2003-Q4: 304,000 count2004-Q1: 237,000 count2004-Q2: 297,000 count2004-Q3: 309,000 count2004-Q4: 329,000 count2005-Q1: 259,000 count2005-Q2: 329,000 count2005-Q3: 344,000 count2005-Q4: 357,000 count2006-Q1: 306,000 count2006-Q2: 332,000 count2006-Q3: 340,000 count2006-Q4: 317,000 count2007-Q1: 222,000 count2007-Q2: 236,000 count2007-Q3: 233,000 count2007-Q4: 215,000 count2008-Q1: 148,000 count2008-Q2: 137,000 count2008-Q3: 141,000 count2008-Q4: 131,000 count2009-Q1: 75,000 count2009-Q2: 76,000 count2009-Q3: 83,000 count2009-Q4: 100,000 count2010-Q1: 66,000 count2010-Q2: 103,000 count2010-Q3: 86,000 count2010-Q4: 78,000 count2011-Q1: 56,000 count2011-Q2: 71,000 count2011-Q3: 83,000 count2011-Q4: 83,000 count2012-Q1: 60,000 count2012-Q2: 78,000 count2012-Q3: 90,000 count2012-Q4: 100,000 count2013-Q1: 87,000 count2013-Q2: 99,000 count2013-Q3: 110,000 count2013-Q4: 120,000 count2014-Q1: 100,000 count2014-Q2: 109,000 count2014-Q3: 114,000 count2014-Q4: 128,000 count2015-Q1: 98,000 count2015-Q2: 117,000 count2015-Q3: 126,000 count2015-Q4: 138,000 count2016-Q1: 114,000 count2016-Q2: 132,000 count2016-Q3: 144,000 count2016-Q4: 163,000 count2017-Q1: 128,000 count2017-Q2: 150,000 count2017-Q3: 152,000 count2017-Q4: 168,000 count2018-Q1: 142,000 count2018-Q2: 159,000 count2018-Q3: 171,000 count2018-Q4: 167,000 count2019-Q1: 149,000 count2019-Q2: 169,000 count2019-Q3: 173,000 count2019-Q4: 188,000 count2020-Q1: 155,000 count2020-Q2: 169,000 count2020-Q3: 181,000 count2020-Q4: 188,000 count2021-Q1: 180,000 count2021-Q2: 191,000 count2021-Q3: 187,000 count2021-Q4: 206,000 count2022-Q1: 175,000 count2022-Q2: 196,000 count2022-Q3: 199,000 count2022-Q4: 206,000 count2023-Q1: 172,000 count2023-Q2: 174,000 count2023-Q3: 171,000 count2023-Q4: 194,000 count2024-Q1: 165,000 count2024-Q2: 191,000 count2024-Q3: 196,000 count2024-Q4: 189,000 count2025-Q1: 171,000 count2025-Q2: 178,000 count2025-Q3: 190,000 count2025-Q4: 191,000 count2026-Q1: 144,000 count2026-Q2: 160,000 count0100K200K300K400K1999-Q12008-Q22017-Q32026-Q22026-Q2: 160,000 count
count. Source: U.S. Census Bureau, New Residential Construction, quarterly intent and design: Single-family housing completions built for sale, United States. Retrieved 2026-10-12, published 2026-09-24.
All 110 values
Periodcount
2026-Q2160,000 Provisional
2026-Q1144,000
2025-Q4191,000
2025-Q3190,000
2025-Q2178,000
2025-Q1171,000
2024-Q4189,000
2024-Q3196,000
2024-Q2191,000
2024-Q1165,000
2023-Q4194,000
2023-Q3171,000
2023-Q2174,000
2023-Q1172,000
2022-Q4206,000
2022-Q3199,000
2022-Q2196,000
2022-Q1175,000
2021-Q4206,000
2021-Q3187,000
2021-Q2191,000
2021-Q1180,000
2020-Q4188,000
2020-Q3181,000
2020-Q2169,000
2020-Q1155,000
2019-Q4188,000
2019-Q3173,000
2019-Q2169,000
2019-Q1149,000
2018-Q4167,000
2018-Q3171,000
2018-Q2159,000
2018-Q1142,000
2017-Q4168,000
2017-Q3152,000
2017-Q2150,000
2017-Q1128,000
2016-Q4163,000
2016-Q3144,000
2016-Q2132,000
2016-Q1114,000
2015-Q4138,000
2015-Q3126,000
2015-Q2117,000
2015-Q198,000
2014-Q4128,000
2014-Q3114,000
2014-Q2109,000
2014-Q1100,000
2013-Q4120,000
2013-Q3110,000
2013-Q299,000
2013-Q187,000
2012-Q4100,000
2012-Q390,000
2012-Q278,000
2012-Q160,000
2011-Q483,000
2011-Q383,000
2011-Q271,000
2011-Q156,000
2010-Q478,000
2010-Q386,000
2010-Q2103,000
2010-Q166,000
2009-Q4100,000
2009-Q383,000
2009-Q276,000
2009-Q175,000
2008-Q4131,000
2008-Q3141,000
2008-Q2137,000
2008-Q1148,000
2007-Q4215,000
2007-Q3233,000
2007-Q2236,000
2007-Q1222,000
2006-Q4317,000
2006-Q3340,000
2006-Q2332,000
2006-Q1306,000
2005-Q4357,000
2005-Q3344,000
2005-Q2329,000
2005-Q1259,000
2004-Q4329,000
2004-Q3309,000
2004-Q2297,000
2004-Q1237,000
2003-Q4304,000
2003-Q3273,000
2003-Q2253,000
2003-Q1211,000
2002-Q4271,000
2002-Q3254,000
2002-Q2233,000
2002-Q1211,000
2001-Q4255,000
2001-Q3249,000
2001-Q2225,000
2001-Q1180,000
2000-Q4237,000
2000-Q3225,000
2000-Q2225,000
2000-Q1199,000
1999-Q4245,000
1999-Q3227,000
1999-Q2227,000
1999-Q1190,000

Definition

Estimated number of privately owned single-family housing units completed in the quarter and classified as built for sale. Census uses this category when the builder intends to sell the house and land in one transaction; it measures construction purpose, not sales made in that quarter.

Quarterly estimates count units in privately owned new housing. They are not seasonally adjusted or annualized. Census marks the newest quarterly release as preliminary and revises the prior quarter; quarterly totals may differ from annual totals because annual figures include late reports and corrections. A single-family home is complete when finished flooring is installed, or earlier if it is occupied before construction is finished.

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U.S. Census Bureau. New Residential Construction, quarterly intent and design: Single-family housing completions built for sale, United States. https://www.census.gov/construction/nrc/xls/comps_quarterly_cust.xlsx. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

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APA 7

U.S. Census Bureau. (2026). New Residential Construction, quarterly intent and design: Single-family housing completions built for sale, United States (Single-family housing completions built for sale, United States, 1999-Q1 to 2026-Q2) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://www.census.gov/construction/nrc/xls/comps_quarterly_cust.xlsx

MLA 9

New Residential Construction, quarterly intent and design: Single-family housing completions built for sale, United States, Single-family housing completions built for sale, United States, 1999-Q1 to 2026-Q2. U.S. Census Bureau, 24 Sept. 2026, https://www.census.gov/construction/nrc/xls/comps_quarterly_cust.xlsx. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/single-family-completions-built-for-sale/united-states. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

Chicago (author-date)

U.S. Census Bureau. 2026. New Residential Construction, quarterly intent and design: Single-family housing completions built for sale, United States. Single-family housing completions built for sale, United States, 1999-Q1 to 2026-Q2. Dataset. Accessed October 12, 2026. https://www.census.gov/construction/nrc/xls/comps_quarterly_cust.xlsx. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/single-family-completions-built-for-sale/united-states.

Harvard

U.S. Census Bureau (2026) New Residential Construction, quarterly intent and design: Single-family housing completions built for sale, United States, Single-family housing completions built for sale, United States, 1999-Q1 to 2026-Q2 [Dataset]. Available at: https://www.census.gov/construction/nrc/xls/comps_quarterly_cust.xlsx, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/en/single-family-completions-built-for-sale/united-states (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

BibTeX
@misc{census_single_family_housing_completions_2026,
  author = {{U.S. Census Bureau}},
  title = {{New Residential Construction, quarterly intent and design: Single-family housing completions built for sale, United States: Single-family housing completions built for sale, United States, 1999-Q1 to 2026-Q2}},
  year = {2026},
  howpublished = {Data set},
  url = {https://www.census.gov/construction/nrc/xls/comps_quarterly_cust.xlsx},
  urldate = {2026-10-12},
  note = {Accessed via Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/single-family-completions-built-for-sale/united-states. Publisher attribution: U.S. Census Bureau. New Residential Construction, quarterly intent and design: Single-family housing completions built for sale, United States. https://www.census.gov/construction/nrc/xls/comps\_quarterly\_cust.xlsx. Retrieved 2026-10-12.},
}
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What is the single-family housing completions built for sale in United States?

Single-family housing completions built for sale in the United States was 160,000 in Q2 2026, according to the U.S. Census Bureau. That is down 10.1% from Q2 2025.

Where does this figure come from?

U.S. Census Bureau. New Residential Construction, quarterly intent and design: Single-family housing completions built for sale, United States. Retrieved by Invokely on 2026-10-12.

What was the highest single-family housing completions built for sale in United States?

357,000 in Q4 2005, the highest value since Q1 1999 in this series.

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