Housing Starts nationally dropped to an annualized rate of 1,103 Million units in October. Read More
Posts Categorized: Construction
January Housing Starts: Down 2% but up 19% from last January.
Both permits and starts continued within their recent trends. Read More
Construction Spending down 2%. Highways biggest contributor.
Spending on Single-Family homes has now dropped below its January 2014 level, while Multi-Family spending continues its steady increase. Read More
June Residential Construction. Down, but within the noise range.
June starts down 9.1% due entirely to drop in South in both single-family and apartment buildings. South starts look out of line with permits. Overall though, trends can still be said to be intact at national average level: flat for all structure sizes over the past 18 months. We also take a look at the relative size of recent revisions. Read More
Residential Construction – January Starts & Permits Down Sharply
Regional pattern of single-family home construction points to possible winter weather as cause for slow-down. Read More
Construction Spending – Single Home spending revised back to trend
Combined September and October spending increases for single-family home spending revised up by 0.8%. First November estimates comes in strongly with a 1.8% rise. Read More
Residential Construction – November Single-Family Surge.
22.7% annualized rise in November (incl, apartments). Not matched by Permits, but presented across three of the US regions. Permit authorization dips in November, but due entirely to apartment permits in the South. Read More