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US Data: Housing Starts by Units and Region>

Data through:  July 2017
Source: U.S. Commerce Department
Thousands of units, seasonally adjusted
Percent changes and those marked with * calculated by MNI
                                     *Total
Date      Total  1-fam   *2-4     5+  Multi     NE     MW  South   West
Jul-16     1223    772      8    443    451    134    157    637    295
Aug-16     1164    727     17    420    437    133    170    562    299
Sep-16     1062    783     14    265    279     95    150    539    278
Oct-16     1328    871     10    447    457    162    198    624    344
Nov-16     1149    823      3    323    326     83    216    581    269
Dec-16     1268    808     11    449    460     89    222    566    391
Jan-17     1236    815      3    418    421    125    202    678    231
Feb-17     1288    877     19    392    411    111    182    658    337
Mar-17     1189    824     10    355    365    116    139    633    301
Apr-17     1154    823     17    314    331     85    200    562    307
May-17     1129    795     14    320    334     85    165    564    315
Jun-17     1213    860      7    346    353    153    211    529    320
Jul-17     1155    856     12    287    299    129    179    532    315
Pct change, mo/mo
Aug-16     -4.8   -5.8  112.5   -5.2   -3.1   -0.7    8.3  -11.8    1.4
Sep-16     -8.8    7.7  -17.6  -36.9  -36.2  -28.6  -11.8   -4.1   -7.0
Oct-16     25.0   11.2  -28.6   68.7   63.8   70.5   32.0   15.8   23.7
Nov-16    -13.5   -5.5  -70.0  -27.7  -28.7  -48.8    9.1   -6.9  -21.8
Dec-16     10.4   -1.8  266.7   39.0   41.1    7.2    2.8   -2.6   45.4
Jan-17     -2.5    0.9  -72.7   -6.9   -8.5   40.4   -9.0   19.8  -40.9
Feb-17      4.2    7.6  533.3   -6.2   -2.4  -11.2   -9.9   -2.9   45.9
Mar-17     -7.7   -6.0  -47.4   -9.4  -11.2    4.5  -23.6   -3.8  -10.7
Apr-17     -2.9   -0.1   70.0  -11.5   -9.3  -26.7   43.9  -11.2    2.0
May-17     -2.2   -3.4  -17.6    1.9    0.9    0.0  -17.5    0.4    2.6
Jun-17      7.4    8.2  -50.0    8.1    5.7   80.0   27.9   -6.2    1.6
Jul-17     -4.8   -0.5   71.4  -17.1  -15.3  -15.7  -15.2    0.6   -1.6
Pct change, yr/yr
Jul-17     -5.6   10.9   50.0  -35.2  -33.7   -3.7   14.0  -16.5    6.8
  ** MNI Washington Bureau (202) 371-2121 **
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