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Home starts kick off 2018 with 7.3% jump
The start of construction on new homes in the U.S. rose 7.3 percent in January to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 1.326 million homes. The jump in starts more than makes up for the 7-percent drop seen in home starts at the end of 2017 where the rate of construction fell from 1.299 million […]
February 20, 2018
Business
U.S. home starts fall 6.2% in March
Construction on new homes in the U.S. fell in March with declines ing both single- and multi-family starts. Total home starts fell 6.8 percent to a seasonally-adjusted annual rate of 1.215 million, according to preliminary data from the Commerce Department. Total starts remain 9.2 percent above the March 2016 figure. Single-family starts fell 6.2 percent to […]
April 19, 2017
Business
Home starts up in April but down year over year due to multi-family drop
U.S. home starts grew by 6.6 percent during April on gains from both single- and multi-family units, but the year-over-year count is down due to starts on apartments dropping from the April 2015 figure. Total starts increased in April to a seasonally-adjusted annual rate of 1.172 million. That figure is down 1.7 percent from the April 2015 figure. […]
May 24, 2016
Business
U.S. home starts fall 3.8% in January as builders remain conflicted about market’s prospects
U.S. home starts fell for a second consecutive month in January as builder confidence in the market continued its decline. Construction on new homes fell 3.8 percent in January to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 1.143 million, according to preliminary data from the Commerce Department. That rate is 1.8 percent above the January 2015 figure. […]
February 17, 2016
Business
With December bump, U.S. home builders started 9% more homes in 2014
Despite an up and down year heavily-influenced by apartment construction, home builders in the U.S. began work on more new homes in 2014 than the previous year. During December, starts on both single-family homes and apartments rose 4.4 percent to a rate of 1.043 million, according to preliminary data from the commerce department. The final tally for […]
January 21, 2015
Home
February housing starts decline by 1.1 percent
Nationwide housing starts edged down 1.1 percent to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 698,000 units in February, according to newly released figures from the U.S. Commerce Department. This was the second-best pace of new construction since October of 2008 following an upwardly revised 706,000-unit pace in January. “Builders are reporting increased buyer interest and […]
March 20, 2012
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