Housing Starts + Building Permits
LockedTwo leading indicators of construction activity, monthly SAAR (thousands).
Why upgrade
What's behind the gate
- 22+ charts across crypto, technical and macro
- Outliners Risk metric with full history overlays
- Screener + watchlists (coming next sprint)
- Bubbles view, Workbench, mobile app (roadmap)
- Outliners course + Discord community (bundled)
What this chart shows
Methodology
HOUST = New Privately-Owned Housing Units Started (Census Bureau, monthly, SAAR, thousands). PERMIT = New Privately-Owned Housing Units Authorized (monthly, SAAR, thousands). Permits typically lead starts by ~1 month.