U.S. Housing Starts Exceed Expectations

Jan. 13, 2005
By John S. McClenahen August starts for privately owned housing in the U.S. were at an annual rate of 2 million units, 0.6% above the revised July estimate of 1.988 million units and significantly higher than the 1.93 million units economists generally ...
ByJohn S. McClenahen August starts for privately owned housing in the U.S. were at an annual rate of 2 million units, 0.6% above the revised July estimate of 1.988 million units and significantly higher than the 1.93 million units economists generally expected. Starts for single-family homes were at an annual rate of 1.667 million in August, 0.4% above Julys 1.66 million, the U.S. Commerce Department and the Department of Housing and Urban Development jointly reported on Sept. 21. Starts for buildings with five or more units were at an annual rate of 265,000 in August, 0.4% higher than Julys rate of 264,000.

Popular Sponsored Recommendations

Gain a competitive edge with real-world lessons on private 5G networks

Nov. 16, 2023
The use of private networks in manufacturing applications is rapidly growing. In this paper, we present valuable insights and lessons learned from the field with the goal of enhancing...

Process Mining For Dummies

Nov. 19, 2023
Here it is. Everything you need to know about process mining in a single book, written in the easy-to-understand, hard-to-forget style that ‘For Dummies’ manages so effortlessly...

The Ultimate Ecommerce Excellence Checklist

Oct. 2, 2023
Scaling ecommerce operations is no easy task when your business is moving fast. Assess your current ecommerce maturity level and set optimization priorities with this practical...

The Benefits of Continuous Thermal Monitoring

Oct. 17, 2023
Read this eBook to learn more about collecting and using data intelligently to improve performance.

Voice your opinion!

To join the conversation, and become an exclusive member of IndustryWeek, create an account today!