Nationally New construction, existing home sales and mobile homes

By
Industry Observer with Howard Sumner Consulting

Just to cover all the bases, I have expanded this report to include existing home sales and mobile home placements. Globally it now covers the entire housing segment. Permits include both mutli family and single family permits.

So let’s look at the playing field to see how we are doing  9 ½  years on since the last peak.

As a an additional side note the mortgage brokers association reported in May, year over year new purchase application index down 15% and the refinance index is down 73% year over year.

 

Hmmmmmmmmmm I wonder if that means anything

 

 

 

 

actual total for year

permit issued

start of construction

Existing

Manufactured

   

multi

single

 

multi

single

single sales

 

Sales

Placements

2014:

Year to Date

408.6

251.8

 

396.0

255.6

194

 

472000

16

2013:

Year to Date

392.2

255.6

 

371.5

249.3

193

 

514000

15.4

year over year + or  -

4.18%

-1.49%

 

6.59%

2.53%

0.52%

 

-8.17%

3.90%

 

seasonally adjusted              
  permits issued       permits issued total    
  one unit structure       includes multi family    
permits issued   619     991      
                 
peak year   1682     2219      
permits % drop from peak   -63%     -55%    
50 year average   911     1383      
permits % drop from 50 year   -32%     -28%    
                 
movement up from Bottom 353 75%   522 90%    
                 
  housing started       starts total      
  one unit structure       includes multi family    
starts    625     1001      
                 
peak year   1611     2357      
starts % drop from peak   -61%     -58%    
50 year average   1056     1481      
starts % drop from 50 year   -41%     -32%    
                 
movement up from Bottom 360 74%   520 93%    
                 
                 
  housing sales       Residential construction employment  
  one unit structure              
new single family sales 504     current employment          657,300  
                 
peak year July 2005   1283     peak year August 2006       1,037,300  
sales % drop from peak   -61%    % drop from peak   -37%
48 year average from 1963 646     29 year average from 1985          721,400  
sales % drop from 48 year average   -22%    % drop from 29 year average -9%
Bottom August 2010              
movement up from Bottom 305 65%          
                 
  Manufactured homes       existing housing sales    
            one unit structure  
Manufactured homes placements 60      single family sales 4890000  
                 
peak year July 1998   373.6     peak year Sept 2005 7260000  
sales % drop from peak   -84%   sales % drop from peak   -33%
34 year average from 1980 196.2     15 year average from 1999 5280000  
sales % drop from 34 year average   -69%   sales % drop from 15 year average -7%
Bottom  2011         Bottom Jan 2009    
movement up from Bottom 47 28%   movement up from Bottom 3820000 28%

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