September 20, 2022

Housing Starts and Permits (August 2022)

- Starts - Annual Rate    1,575,000. Previous was 1,404,000

- Permits - Annual Rate    1,517,000. Previous was 1,685,000

A goal must be to keep starts above the 1.500,000 annual needed to accommodate expanded population and units lost. 

SFR Starts were 1,095,000.

Source:  Census  Details:  https://www.census.gov/construction/nrc/pdf/newresconst.pdf