it is still lower than historical levels. Before the pandemic even hit, housing starts were below figures reported in previous decades. The following chart highlights housing starts of privately ...

There’s greater slack in the new-construction market now than a few years ago, giving buyers some leverage in certain housing ...

Here is the historical series for total privately ... growth in the US population since 1959. Here is a chart of housing starts as a percent of the population. We've added a linear regression ...

Here is the historical series for total privately ... growth in the US population since 1959. Here is a chart of housing starts as a percent of the population. We've added a linear regression ...

When they say housing leads the U.S. economy into and out of a recession, they’re correct, as housing starts fall into a ... As we can see in the chart below, 5-unit permit data is already ...

Historical trends in economic cycles are clear: when housing permits and housing starts decline together ... As shown in the chart below, the Fed has repeatedly overlooked this red flag in ...

This excess volatility in housing starts can be seen in the following chart with the blue line whipping higher and lower many times over the past few years while the orange line remains relatively ...

Single-family housing starts rose by 3.2% to a seasonally adjusted ... home furnishing retail and home furnishings. The Lennar chart shows the stock that’s the weakest performer among the ...

Single-family housing starts, which account for the bulk of homebuilding, jumped 18.0% to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 1.143 million units last month, the Commerce Department's Census ...

The term housing starts refers to the start of construction on a new residential housing unit. Because new housing is a big-ticket capital good that spurs additional consumer spending on ...