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US Data: New Residential Construction - Summary>
Release for: March 2018
Source: U.S. Commerce Department
Thousands of units, seasonally adjusted
*Calculations by MNI
yr-ago % chg mo/mo: % chg
Mar-18 Feb-18 Jan-18 Mar-17 Mar-18 Feb-18 y/y:
Housing starts 1319 1295 1339 1189 1.9 -3.3 10.9
(previous) -- 1236 1329 -- -- -- --
Single-family 867 900 899 824 -3.7 0.1 5.2
1-fam % of total 65.7 69.5 67.1 69.3 -- -- --
Total multi-family* 452 395 440 365 14.4 -10.2 23.8
multi-fam % of total 34.3 30.5 32.9 30.7 -- -- --
Northeast 132 131 115 116 0.8 13.9 13.8
Midwest 180 147 145 139 22.4 1.4 29.5
South 621 625 694 633 -0.6 -9.9 -1.9
West 386 392 385 301 -1.5 1.8 28.2
Housing starts (unadj) 106.9 90.2 91.6 97.1 18.5 -1.5 10.1
Building permits 1354 1321 1377 1260 2.5 -4.1 7.5
Single-family 840 889 877 826 -5.5 1.4 1.7
1-fam % of total 62.0 67.3 63.7 65.6 -- -- --
Total multi-family* 514 432 500 434 19.0 -13.6 18.4
multi-fam % of total 38.0 32.7 36.3 34.4 -- -- --
Northeast 138 146 118 136 -5.5 23.7 1.5
Midwest 205 188 178 192 9.0 5.6 6.8
South 632 619 701 623 2.1 -11.7 1.4
West 379 368 380 309 3.0 -3.2 22.7
Building permits (unadj) 115.3 92.1 96.7 112.5 25.2 -4.8 2.5
Completions 1217 1282 1215 1194 -5.1 5.5 1.9
Single-family 840 881 865 810 -4.7 1.8 3.7
1-fam % of total 69.0 68.7 71.2 67.8 -- -- --
Total multi-family* 377 401 350 384 -6.0 14.6 -1.8
multi-fam % of total 31.0 31.3 28.8 32.2 -- -- --
Completions (unadj) 93.6 88.1 84.0 92.0 6.2 4.9 1.7
Homes Not Started 156 159 161 138 -1.9 -1.2 13.0
Homes Under Construction 1125 1122 1117 1074 0.3 0.4 4.7
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