EconoIndicators

Housing Starts At a Glance
Seasonally Adjusted

• Housing Starts: 965,000
• Monthly Change: Down 11%
• Year-to-year Change: Down 29.6%
• 1-Family Monthly Change: Down 2.9%
• Housing Completions: 1,035,000
• Monthly Change: Down 8.7%
• Year-to-year Change: Down 31.7%
• 1-Family Monthly Change: Down 7.2%
• Building Permits: 937,000
• Monthly Change: Down 17.7%
• Year-to-year Change: Down 32.4%
• 1-Family Monthly Change: Down 5.2%

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NEW RESIDENTIAL CONSTRUCTION IN JULY 2008
The U.S. Census Bureau and the Department of Housing and Urban Development jointly announced the following new residential
construction statistics for July 2008:
BUILDING PERMITS
Privately-owned housing units authorized by building permits in July were at a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 937,000.
This is 17.7 percent (±1.3%) below the revised June rate of 1,138,000 and is 32.4 percent (±1.5%) below the revised July 2007
estimate of 1,386,000.
Single-family authorizations in July were at a rate of 584,000; this is 5.2 percent (±1.4%) below the June figure of 616,000.
Authorizations of units in buildings with five units or more were at a rate of 318,000 in July.
HOUSING STARTS
Privately-owned housing starts in July were at a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 965,000. This is 11.0 percent (±9.0%) below the
revised June estimate of 1,084,000 and is 29.6 percent (±5.1%) below the revised July 2007 rate of 1,371,000.
Single-family housing starts in July were at a rate of 641,000; this is 2.9 percent (±10.9%)* below the June figure of 660,000. The
July rate for units in buildings with five units or more was 309,000.
HOUSING COMPLETIONS
Privately-owned housing completions in July were at a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 1,035,000. This is 8.7 percent (±10.0%)*
below the revised June estimate of 1,134,000 and is 31.7 percent (±6.6%) below the revised July 2007 rate of 1,515,000.
Single-family housing completions in July were at a rate of 791,000; this is 7.2 percent (±9.3%)* below the June figure of 852,000.
The July rate for units in buildings with five units or more was 229,000.

Housing Starts - July 2008 [PDF]

Source: Department of Commerce, Census Bureau