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January 21, 2021US HOUSING STARTS AND BUILDING PERMITS, DECEMBER AND ANNUAL 2020
MONTH OVER MONTH (Dec-20 vs Nov-20, seasonally adjusted annualized rates)
US residential building permits increased 4.5% over the previous month to 1,709,000.
- Single unit structures are up 7.8%.
- Structures with 2 to 4 units are down -11.5%.
- Structures with 5 units or more are down -2.0%.
US housing starts increased 5.8% over the previous month to 1,669,000.
- Starts for single unit structures increased 12.0%,
- Starts for structures with 5 or more units decreased 15.2%.
YEAR OVER YEAR (Dec-20 vs Dec-19, seasonally adjusted annualized rates)
US residential building permits increased 17.3% over the same month last year
- Permits for single unit structures increased 30.4%.
- Permits for structures with 2 to 4 units increased 7.0%
- Permits for structures with 5 units or more decreased 7.8%
US housing starts increased 5.2% over the same month last year
- Starts for single unit structures increased 27.8%,
- Starts for structures with 5 or more units decreased 40.0%.
ANNUAL (2020 vs 2019)
US residential building permits increased 4.8% to 1,452,000
- Permits for single unit structures increased 13.3%
- Permits for structures with 2 to 4 units increased 7.3%
- Permits for structures with 5 units or more decreased -10.8%
Housing starts increased 7.0% to 1,380,300
- Starts for single unit structures increased 11.7%
- Starts for structures with 2 to 4 units deceased -4.2%
- Starts for structures with 5 or more units decreased -3.2%
Source:
US Census Bureau New Residential Construction Annual data
US Census Bureau - retrieved from FRED, Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis. Monthly data
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