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Housing Starts Surge To Highest Since 2024 As Permits Unexpectedly Crater
Housing Starts Surge To Highest Since 2024 As Permits Unexpectedly Crater
With mortgage rates still relatively low, despite a recent jump in interest rates, and a top-down push for affordability, Housing Starts for March soared while the more forward-looking Building Permits disappointed, unexpectedly plunged.
Housing starts soared 10.8% MoM in March (far more than the -0.4% expected drop) while Permits plunged 10.8% MoM (and worse than the -0.4% decline expected)...
This pushed the SAAR totals for Starts to 1.502 million, far above the 1.390 million expected, and the highest since Dec 2024,...
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US Housing Starts Collapsed In May To Lowest Since COVID
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With housing inventories at recent highs, the US housing market just suffered another sentiment setback as Housing Starts crashed by 15.4% MoM in May (far worse than 2% drop expected and worse since March 2024)), following a revised 8.5% MoM drop in April. Building Permits slipped 0.7% MoM (in line with expectations)...
Source: Bloomberg
That pulls the Housing Starts SAAR to its lowest since COVID (after reaching the highest since 2024 in April)...
Source: Bloomberg
Under the hood, it was multi-family (rental) starts that...
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Biden’s Closed Circle on Russia
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