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Builder confidence jumps in August despite 5.8% drop in home starts
The start of construction on homes in the U.S. fell 5.8 percent during August to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 1.142 million, according to preliminary data from the Commerce Department. Declines in both single- and multi-family housing units brought on the monthly decline. However the rate remains 0.9 percent above the August 2015 figure. […]
September 20, 2016
Home
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
Building permits up in October, but government delays housing starts data for second month due to shutdown
Though the Commerce Department won’t release data on housing starts and completions until next month, it reports that building permits saw a sizable gain in October. Placing blame on the 16-day partial shutdown of the federal government during October, the Commerce Department says it won’t have the data for home starts and completions for the […]
November 26, 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
Construction Equipment
Building permits down, housing starts up
New federal residential construction stats show building permits were 3.7 percent below the revised May rate, but 19.3 percent above the June 2011 estimate. Housing starts increased by 6.9 percent above may, and were a whopping 23.6 percent above the June 2011 rate.
July 18, 2012
Business
U.S. construction industry adds 14,000 jobs
The nation’s construction industry added 14,000 jobs nationwide in April, according to the Labor Department, marking the first back-to-back monthly gains in that sector since 2006, the Los Angeles Times reports. In all, 29 states gained construction jobs that month, according to data released Friday by the Associated General Contractors of America, according to the […]
June 2, 2010
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