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July Housing Starts Hit Lowest Level Since February 2021

August 17, 2022 by Ted Leave a Comment

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In the latest data from the U.S. Census Bureau and the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, we learn that overall housing starts have hit their lowest level since February 2021 as climbing mortgage rates combined with still-high housing prices have made homes unaffordable for many Americans. The same report also notes that building permits have declined as well, suggesting housing will remain in decline for some time to come.

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June Housing Starts Hit 9-Month Low; Single-Family Starts Lowest in 2 Years

July 19, 2022 by Ted 2 Comments

June housing starts drop again
[PHOTO: REUTERS/Octavio Jones}

After a dramatic double-digit drop in May, June housing starts declined again, with overall starts not only dropping below May’s rate to a nine-month low but also coming in well below the rate in June 2021. Single-family starts in June hit their lowest seasonally adjusted annual rate since July 2020.

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Filed Under: Economic Trends, Housing, News Tagged With: housing affordability index, housing starts, inflation, mortgage rates, residential construction

Housing Starts in May Slide -14.4%, Lowest Level of Building in 13-Months

June 20, 2022 by Ted 2 Comments

Photo of a home being built

A new report by the U.S. Census Bureau and the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development notes that residential housing construction starts (housing starts) has taken a pretty severe downturn in May with overall starts sliding fully -14.4%. This is yet another indicator of the slowing growth in the housing market, as rising mortgage rates, overall inflation, and high housing prices begin to cool the once red-hot housing market.

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Sales of Newly Constructed Homes Collapse in April; Odds of Recession Tick Higher

May 24, 2022 by Ted Leave a Comment

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Sales of newly constructed homes virtually collapsed in April in a double-digit decline that surprised economists and added to the growing evidence that the housing market is entering a downturn. This downturn in housing adds to growing concerns of a recession, as it comes on the heels of the tech industry decline, and new retailer warnings of slackening demand and supply chain driven cost increases.

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April Housing Starts Decline Again; Builder Sentiment in Steep Slide in May

May 19, 2022 by Ted Leave a Comment

housing starts off in April; Builder sentiment slides
[PHOTO: REUTERS/Mike Blake]

In yet another sign of a slowing economy, April residential housing construction starts declined for the second straight month in a row. At the same time, the Housing Market Index, a key gauge of homebuilder confidence, collapsed in May.

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September Housing Construction Starts Drop to a 5-Month Low

October 20, 2021 by Ted Leave a Comment

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In new data from the U.S. Census Bureau and the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, residential housing construction starts dropped 1.6% in September as compared to the previous month’s reading. This rate is the lowest level of housing starts in five months. Also concerning, building permits – a leading indicator of future construction – registered a sharp drop, down 7.7% below the previous month.

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Housing Starts Stall in April

May 19, 2021 by Ted Leave a Comment

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In yet another sign that the increasing momentum down the path to economic recovery will still be a very bumpy journey, residential housing construction starts (housing starts) in April showed declines in both the overall reading for all types of homes as well as for single-family homes. While both showed double digit declines in the initial report for April, they are both still well over the readings experienced in April 2020, at the height of the rollout of the COVID-19 pandemic.

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March Housing Starts Surge Almost 20% to 15-Year High

April 21, 2021 by Ted Leave a Comment

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In new data from the U.S. Census Bureau and the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, residential construction – housing starts – appear to have taken off in March, rocketing to nearly 15-year highs. This is welcome news, as a serious shortage of available homes has been constraining housing sales recently. An increase in construction will help add inventory for sale. This shortage emerged after a protracted period of sales growth as urban dwellers left over-crowded cities during the time of COVID-19 for more spacious digs in the suburbs.

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Sales of New and Existing Homes Drop in February

March 25, 2021 by Ted Leave a Comment

New home sales are down - photo of a new home

Is Housing a Bubble About to Burst?

After a spectacular run in 2020, it looks as though housing may be taking a pause to regroup. Strata-gee reported last week that residential construction starts had dropped by 10.3% in February. Now we learn that sales of newly built single-family homes have also dropped in February, this time by a scary 18.2% to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 775,000 units. On top of that, existing home sales also dropped in February, coming in at 6.22 million units or 6.6% off of January’s rate.

What’s going on in housing?…

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February Housing Starts in Double-Digit Drop

March 17, 2021 by Ted Leave a Comment

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The 2nd Month of Decline; Is Housing Turning?

In the latest government data on new residential construction, housing starts dropped in February by 10.3%. This is the second month-in-a-row that starts dropped, after falling 6% overall in January.

So what do analysts think this downward cycle means? Is the housing construction segment beginning a period of contraction?

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