US HOUSING STARTS
MILLIONS - SEASONALLY
ADJUSTED
ANNUAL
RATE (SAAR)
May
April
% CHANGE
Revised
U.S. TOTALS:
STARTS
1.730
1.553
11.4%
PERMITS
1.674
1.631
2.6%
SINGLE FAMILY
STARTS
1.389
1.267
9.6%
PERMITS
1.267
1.258
0.7%
MULTI FAMILY
STARTS
0.341
0.286
19.2%
PERMITS
0.407
0.373
9.1%
STARTS AND PERMITS
BY REGION:
NORTHEAST
STARTS
0.164
0.134
22.4%
PERMITS
0.178
0.157
13.4%
MIDWEST
STARTS
0.346
0.279
24.0%
PERMITS
0.331
0.334
-0.9%
SOUTH
STARTS
0.815
0.769
6.0%
PERMITS
0.750
0.733
2.3%
WEST
STARTS
0.408
0.371
10.0%
PERMITS
0.415
0.407
2.0%
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