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Housing Starts Plunge a Record 30 Percent

22-5-2020 < SGT Report 10 228 words
 

by Mish Shedlock, The Maven:



Housing starts fell 30.2%, Permits 20.8%, and completions 8.1% due to Covid-19.

The Residential Construction Report stats record the the greatest month-over-month decline in the history of the stats. The housing data dates to 1959.

Starts vs Econoday Consensus



  • Starts: 0.891 Million Seasonally Adjusted Annualized

  • Consensus Starts: 0.968 Million




Permits vs Econoday Consensus



  • Permits: 1.074 Million Seasonally Adjusted Annualized

  • Consensus Permits: 1.033 Million


Housing Starts, Permits, Completions Month-Over-Month Comparisons




Housing Starts, Permits, Completions Month Over Month 2020-05



A data download from Fred shows the next biggest month-over-month declines were 26.4% in March of 1984, and 26.2% in March of 1960.


The Econoday consensus was


Housing Starts, Permits, Completions Year-Over-Year Comparisons




Housing Starts, Permits, Completions Year Over Year 2020-05



Year-Over-Year declines are not as large as in the Great Recession.


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