Tag: housing completions

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Home starts up 2.8% in March, builder confidence up slightly

Home starts rose 2.8 percent in March due to an increase in single-family homes, signaling what many analysts hope to be an end to construction slowdowns caused by the harsh winter weather. U.S. home starts rose to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 946,000 from February’s revised rate of 920,000. February’s figure was revised upward […]

April 16, 2014

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Housing starts fall 0.2% in February as builder confidence rises slightly

Despite a large upward revision to January’s number, housing starts fell slightly in February, according to preliminary data from the Commerce Department. The Commerce Department revised January’s number to a seasonally-adjusted annual rate of 909,000—up 29,000 from the rate of 880,000 reported last month. February home starts fell 0.2 percent to a preliminary rate of […]

March 18, 2014

Business

Housing starts soar 22.7% in November to nearly 6-year high

Greatly defying expectations, U.S. housing starts soared in November to heights rarely seen since the housing collapse in 2006. Housing starts jumped 22.7 percent in November to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 1.091 million, according to data from the Commerce Department. That’s the highest monthly gain since January 1990 and only the second time […]

December 18, 2013

Business

Housing starts tumble 16.5% in April, but surge in permits suggests continued recovery

The start of construction on homes fell drastically in April, one month after reaching a level of home starts the country had not seen since before the recession. However, a surge in building permits hints that the damage might not be too bad. Construction began on homes at a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 853,000, […]

May 16, 2013

Business

Housing starts stall in February

After a big dip in January, housing starts basically stalled in February, according to preliminary data from the U.S. Commerce Department’s Census Bureau. Construction began on houses and apartments at a seasonally adjusted rate of 917,000 in February, marking only a 0.8-percent increase from January’s revised estimate of 910,000. Despite the dip, the February rate […]

March 20, 2013

Business

Housing starts dip in November, remain far ahead of 2011

Privately-owned housing starts in the month of November were at a seasonally-adjusted annual rate of 861,000, according to figures released by the U.S. Census Bureau Wednesday morning. The rate is a 3-percent drop from the revised October estimate of 888,000. However, it’s a 21 percent increase over November 2011’s rate. Single-family housing starts were at […]

December 19, 2012

Technology

Census Bureau, HUD release September constructions statistics

The United States Census Bureau and the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) have jointly released residential construction statistics for September 2012. Privately-owned housing units authorized by building permits in September were at a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 894,000.  This is 11.6 percent above the revised August rate of 801,000 and is 45.1 […]

October 17, 2012

Construction Equipment

Building permits dip, housing starts rise in August

The U.S. Census Bureau and the Department of Housing and Urban Development report on August housing statistics show the following: Building permits: Privately-owned housing units authorized by building permits in August were at a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 803,000. This is 1.0 percent (±1.2%) below the revised July rate of 811,000, but is 24.5 percent (±1.7%) above […]

September 19, 2012