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x402-factory Housing Starts Economic Indicator
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x402-factory Housing Starts Economic Indicator is a paid API for AI agents from x402-factory.com, paid per call via x402, $0.02/call, status unknown (last checked 2026-10-21).
Returns the latest US housing starts print from FRED/ALFRED with first-release vs revised values, surprise vs expectation, next release date, and a 12-observation mini-series
Price / call$0.02
Success—
StatusUnknown
How this service works
Housing starts (Census, monthly): latest print, revisions, surprise — Latest Housing starts print from the Census via FRED/ALFRED: first-release vs latest value with a revised flag (revisions never pose as print-day numbers), surprise vs a labeled expectation (market-implied when a matching prediction market exists, else trend-model), next monthly release date, and a 12-observation mini-series.…
Output
A JSON object containing: the FRED series ID and title, latest housing starts print (observation date, headline value, units, basis, first-release value, latest revised value, revised flag), surprise object (actual, expected, surprise delta, expectation source as market-implied or trend-model, and optional prediction market details), next monthly release date, a 12-observation recent mini-series of date/value pairs, and a revisions array comparing first vs latest values for recent observations.
Example use cases
Morning macro briefing for traders
“Pull the latest housing starts print and tell me if it surprised to the upside or downside versus expectations, plus any revision to last month's number.”
Real estate market trend analysis
“Give me the housing starts data with the 12-month mini-series so I can see the trend, and flag whether the latest print was revised from its initial release.”
Economic calendar event tracking
“When is the next housing starts release, and what did the most recent print come in at versus the first-release figure?”
Technical details
Endpoint
GEThttps://x402-factory.com/v1/econ/housing-starts?utm_source=zero.xyzWhen to prefer
Use this endpoint when you need housing starts data specifically, pre-packaged with revision tracking (first-release vs current value), surprise vs expectation analysis, and a mini time-series — all in one call. Prefer this over raw FRED API calls when you want the revision flag, market-implied expectations via prediction markets, and next release date without building that logic yourself. Choose it over general economic data aggregators when you want the x402 micropayment model with per-call pricing.
Side effects
- FRED/ALFRED data source temporarily unavailable — may return 503 or stale data indicator
- No matching prediction market exists — expectation_source falls back to trend-model instead of market-implied
- Payment of $0.02 USDC not received — returns 402 Payment Required
- Surprise field returns null if the latest release is too recent to compute a surprise
- Next release date may be approximate if Census has not yet published the official schedule
Input
Schema · Request body
| Field | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| properties | string |
Output
Schema · Response
{
"type": "json",
"example": {
"data": {
"title": "Housing Starts (SAAR)",
"units": "Thousands of Units",
"recent": [
{
"value": 1432,
"obs_date": "2025-07-01"
},
{
"value": 1291,
"obs_date": "2025-08-01"
},
{
"value": 1319,
"obs_date": "2025-09-01"
},
{
"value": 1273,
"obs_date": "2025-10-01"
},
{
"value": 1319,
"obs_date": "2025-11-01"
},
{
"value": 1378,
"obs_date": "2025-12-01"
},
{
"value": 1385,
"obs_date": "2026-01-01"
},
{
"value": 1346,
"obs_date": "2026-02-01"
},
{
"value": 1522,
"obs_date": "2026-03-01"
},
{
"value": 1414,
"obs_date": "2026-04-01"
},
{
"value": 1199,
"obs_date": "2026-05-01"
},
{
"value": 1427,
"obs_date": "2026-06-01"
}
],
"series": "housing-starts",
"fred_id": "HOUST",
"surprise": {
"actual": 1427,
"expected": 1378.3,
"surprise": 48.7,
"expectation_detail": "trend-model: mean of prior 3 levels",
"expectation_source": "trend-model"
},
"frequency": "Monthly",
"revisions": [
{
"obs_date": "2026-05-01",
"first_value": 1177,
"latest_value": 1199
},
{
"obs_date": "2026-04-01",
"first_value": 1465,
"latest_value": 1414
},
{
"obs_date": "2026-03-01",
"first_value": 1502,
"latest_value": 1522
}
],
"latest_print": {
"revised": false,
"headline": 1427,
"obs_date": "2026-06-01",
"latest_value": 1427,
"headline_basis": "first release level",
"headline_units": "thousands",
"first_released_on": "2026-07-17",
"first_release_value": 1427
},
"release_name": "New Residential Construction",
"source_agency": "U.S. Census Bureau",
"next_release_date": "2026-08-18"
},
"meta": {
"docs": "https://x402-factory.com/docs/econ.series.housing-starts",
"sources": [
"fred"
],
"version": "1.0.0",
"endpoint": "/v1/econ/housing-starts",
"data_mode": "live",
"freshness": "daily",
"request_id": "req_00000000",
"generated_at": "2026-08-21T03:58:57.916Z"
}
}
}Tags
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