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Housing Starts Decline Sharply in October

Calculated Risk... | Wed, 11/18/2009 - 10:00am | economic indicators, housing starts, SAAR |  Add a comment

Click on graph for larger image in new window. Total housing starts were at 529 thousand (SAAR) in October, down 10.6% from the revised September rate, and up from the all time record low in April of 479 thousand (the lowest level since the Census Bureau began tracking housing starts in ... Read more

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Housing Starts in August: Moving Sideways

Calculated Risk... | Thu, 09/17/2009 - 11:13am | housing starts, new homes, Real Estate, sideways movement in real estate |  3 comments

Click on graph for larger image in new window. Total housing starts were at 598 thousand (SAAR) in August, up 1.5% from the revised July rate, and up sharply from the all time record low in April of 479 thousand (the lowest level since the Census Bureau began tracking housing starts in 1 ... R ... Read more

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Comparing Housing Start Recoveries

Calculated Risk... | Tue, 08/18/2009 - 2:32pm | economic indicators, housing market, housing starts, new construction starts, new homes, Real Estate, recovery of housing starts |  1 comment

It appears that single-family housing starts bottomed in January of this year. Single-family starts in July were 37 percent above the January low - based on the seasonally adjusted annual rate (SAAR). How does this compare to previous housing recoveries? Click on graph for larger image in ... Read more

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Housing Starts at Record Low in April

Calculated Risk... | Tue, 05/19/2009 - 1:37pm | April housing numbers, housing starts, record low housing, SAAR |  2 comments

Click on graph for larger image in new window. Total housing starts were at 458 thousand (SAAR) in April, the all time record low. The previous record low was 488 thousand in January (the lowest level since the Census Bureau began tracking housing starts in 1959). Single-family starts ... Rea ... Read more