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New Residential Construction

New Residential Construction

New Residential Construction

08/17/2010 - 8:30am

Privately owned housing starts in July 2010 were 546,000, up 1.7% from June's level but down 7.0% from July 2009. Building permits were 565,000, down 3.1% from June and down 3.7% from July 2009.

New Residential Construction

07/20/2010 - 8:30am

Building permits in June 2010 were 586,000, an increase of 2.1% from May and 2.3% below the June 2009 estimate. Housing starts declined 5.0% from the prior month, to 549,000. This was 5.8% below the June 2009 level.