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Housing Starts Finish 2019 Strong
Total housing starts increased 16.9% in December to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 1.61 million units, according to a report from the U.S. Housing and Urban Development and Commerce Department. This is a 13-year high for housing starts.
A Decade of Home Building: The Long Recovery of the 2010s
The 2010s was by far the lowest decade of single-family production in the last 60 years. During this 10-year period, single-family home construction totaled just 6.8 million units. By comparison, single-family starts ranged from 9.3 million units in the 1960s to 12.3 million in the 2000s.
Single-Family Construction Continues to Make Steady Gains in October
Total housing starts increased 3.8 percent in October to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 1.31 units, according to a report from the U.S. Housing and Urban Development and Commerce Department.
Single-Family Housing Starts Hold Firm in September
Due a decline in multifamily housing starts, total housing starts fell 9.4% in September to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 1.26 million units, according to a report from the U.S. Housing and Urban Development and Commerce Department.
Single-Family Starts Increase in June
Single-family gains helped offset a drop in multifamily production as total housing starts edged 0.9% lower in June to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 1.25 million units.
Housing Starts Relatively Flat Off of Strength in Multifamily Sector
Total housing starts declined 0.9% in May to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 1.27 million units from an upwardly revised reading in April, according to a report from the U.S. Housing and Urban Development and Commerce Department.
Housing Starts Decline in March
Despite signs of stabilizing confidence in the marketplace, housing affordability continues to be a concern as the pace of housing construction weakened last month.
February Housing Starts Down After Single-Family Surge in January
Total housing starts fell 8.7% in February to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 1.16 million units from an upwardly revised reading in January, according to a report from the U.S. Housing and Urban Development and Commerce Department. The overall lower starts numbers are somewhat deceiving given the revised single-family starts figure in January was at a post-recession high.
Housing Starts Rebound in January
Total housing starts rose 18.6% in January to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 1.23 million units from a downwardly revised reading in December, according to a report from the U.S. Housing and Urban Development and Commerce Department that was delayed due to the partial government shutdown.
Housing Starts Down 11.2% in December; Post Yearly Gain
Housing starts fell 11.2% in December to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 1.08 million units, according to a report from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development and the Commerce Department that was delayed due to the partial government shutdown. Multifamily starts fell 20.4% to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 320,000 units, while single-family production posted a 6.7% decline to 758,000 units.
