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KalshiMay 21, 202618 days left

Will US housing starts for April 2026 be above 1.550M?

This contract is priced at 21¢ on Kalshi. Current book: 16¢ bid, 21¢ ask, 5¢ spread.

Implied probability

21¢
$196 volume
$28 liquidity
43% of event volume

Event outcomes

8

Family volume

$456

Best sibling

Above 1.425M 62¢

Ticker

KXHOUSINGSTART-26MAY21-T1.550

Price history

21¢ current

27¢
25¢50¢75¢100¢
Apr 29, 2026May 1, 2026

Orderbook snapshot

16 / 21¢

Kalshi
5¢ spread
BidSize
16¢7
13¢250
11¢3
4¢130
3¢51
AskSize
21¢154
22¢250
23¢2
74¢247
75¢760

Contract terms

Resolution, venue, and identifiers.

Resolution rules

If US housing starts for April 2026 is above 1.550M, then the market resolves to Yes.

Venue

Kalshi

Closes

May 21, 2026

Identifier

KXHOUSINGSTART-26MAY21-T1.550

Event family

Will US housing starts for April 2026 be above 1.

This view keeps the individual contract next to its sibling outcomes. For long-tail search traffic, this is the useful context: where the current price sits inside the event, how much volume exists around the family, and which outcomes have actual depth.

Total volume

$456

Outcomes

8

Highest price

Above 1.400M 75¢

Current share

0%

Indicators

Yield, cliff risk, volatility, and regime.

IY (Yes)

10806.1%

IY (No)

392.1%

Adj IY

3715%

CRI

5

Overround

1.9%

LAS

0.31

Regime

neutral

Score

0.5

Full indicator table

10806.1%
392.1%
Adj IY
3715%
5
Overround
1.9%
LAS
0.31

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