By Housing Starts Decreased to 1.425 million Annual Rate in October
by Calculated Risk on 11/17/2022 08:42:00 AM
From the Census Bureau: Permits, Starts and Completions
Building Permits:
Privately-owned housing units authorized by building permits in October were at a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 1,526,000. This is 2.4 percent below the revised September rate of 1,564,000 and is 10.1 percent below the October 2021 rate of 1,698,000. Single-family authorizations in October were at a rate of 839,000; this is 3.6 percent below the revised September figure of 870,000. Authorizations of units in buildings with five units or more were at a rate of 633,000 in October.
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The first graph shows single and multi-family housing starts for the last several years.
Multi-family starts (blue, 2+ units) decreased in October compared to September. Multi-family starts were up 17.8% year-over-year in October.
Single-family starts (red) decreased in October and were down 20.8% year-over-year.
The second graph shows single and multi-family housing starts since 1968.
This shows the huge collapse following the housing bubble, and then the eventual recovery.
Total housing starts in October were above expectations, however, starts in August and September were revised down slightly, combined.
I’ll have more later …
