Housing starts lower than expected

 The Commerce Department announced today that Housing starts increased to a seasonally-adjusted annual rate of 590,000 last month, up 0.5% above a revised 587,000 in October, but down 28.2% from September 2008, and less than the 610,000 forecast by Briefing.com.  New construction of single-family homes, the key sector of the housing market, increased 3.9% to an annual rate of 501,000 versus 482,000 in August. Starts fell by 1.7% in both the South and the West, and new home construction was flat in the Northeast at 62,000 units, and in the Midwest at 100,000 units. Multi-family homes increased despite the overall housing starts drop, and new construction of buildings with 5 or more units increased to an annual rate of 104,000, up 7.2% from 97,000 in August.  Applications for building permits also missed predictions; permit applications fell 1.2% to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 573,000. Economists had expected permits to rise to 595,000.

 
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1 Comments on Housing Starts up 0.5%

OCT
20

Not as good of news as what we would like, but an increase is an increase.  It's actually good to clear some of the inventory and not create as much for a time.

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