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Housing Starts Up

Daryl Delano, Cahners Economics
October 1, 1999
Professional Builder

(Thousands of Units, Seasonally-Adjusted Annual Rate) Following a sharp drop in June, total housing starts rose sharply in July. At a seasonally-adjusted annualized rate of 1.661 million units, July starts were 5.7% above this June’s level.

Thousands of Units, Seasonally-Adjusted Annual Rate
  Single-Family Multi-Family
Q1/98 1242 340
Q2 1243 326
Q3 1274 363
Q4 1352 349
Q1/99 1389 384
Q2 1307 298
Q3 1295 315
Q4 1265 305
Q1/00 1225 290
Q2 1185 285
Q3 1200 300
Q4 1225 310
Historical Data: U.S. Department of Commerce Forecast: Professional Builder
Single-family starts were up 4.4% over the month, with July 1999 activity 1.7% better than in July 1998. Multi-family starts rose 11.4% from the very low levels of the previous several months, but were 19.4% lower this July than last July.

Through the first seven months of 1999, total starts nationwide had risen by a healthy 5.2%. With a total of almost 793,000 units, single-family starts through July of this year were running 7.3% ahead of the 1998 pace. Multi-family starts in buildings with 2-4 units so far this year have come up 32.2% short of the January-July 1998 total, but starts in buildings with 5 or more units have increased at a 1.8% annualized pace.

Also See:

Consumer Confidence Down, Better Than Last Year

Double-digit Earnings Growth Belies Investors

Building Permits Up Slightly Since June

Permits Remain Strong


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