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 ...

Private housing starts -- indicating new construction ... Both of these numbers are the highest seen since 2008. Here are two charts that provide some historical perspective for both figures ...

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 ...

The U.S. Census Bureau said there were 1,679,000 privately owned housing starts in the month of November, the most since 1973, according to an analysis by Calculated Risk Newsletter. That's for ...

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, 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 ...

Housing starts rose by 11.3% at a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 1.226 million, a report released Thursday showed. Building permits fell 0.2% at a rate of 1.21 million. Economists had forecast ...

Disregard the dismal housing starts data out Tuesday, many analysts say: a spring rebound is in the cards. Starts plunged nearly 9% in March to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 1.09 million ...