U.S. December Housing Starts and Permits: Summary (Table)

By Kristy Scheuble

Jan. 22 (Bloomberg) -- Following is a summary of the Dec. housing starts report from the Commerce Department.

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                   Dec.   Nov.   Oct.  Sept.   Aug.   July   June    May
                   2008   2008   2008   2008   2008   2008   2008   2008
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Housing starts     0.550  0.651  0.767  0.824  0.854  0.949  1.089  0.982
3-mo. average      0.656  0.747  0.815  0.876  0.964  1.007  1.025  0.991
Single family     0.398  0.460  0.536  0.551  0.615  0.644  0.663  0.682
Multi-family      0.152  0.191  0.231  0.273  0.239  0.305  0.426  0.300
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Housing permits    0.549  0.615  0.730  0.805  0.857  0.937  1.138  0.978
3-mo. average      0.631  0.717  0.797  0.866  0.977  1.018  1.033  0.964
Single family     0.363  0.414  0.470  0.538  0.553  0.584  0.616  0.635
Multi-family      0.186  0.201  0.260  0.267  0.304  0.353  0.522  0.343
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Under construction 0.823  0.851  0.877  0.905  0.939  0.955  0.977  0.989
3-mo. average      0.850  0.878  0.907  0.933  0.957  0.974  0.991  1.003
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                   Dec.   Nov.   Oct.  Sept.   Aug.   July   June    May
                   2008   2008   2008   2008   2008   2008   2008   2008
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Single family     0.401  0.417  0.438  0.456  0.479  0.489  0.511  0.530
Multi-family      0.422  0.434  0.439  0.449  0.460  0.466  0.466  0.459
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Housing completed  1.015  1.071  1.054  1.155  1.012  1.086  1.131  1.144
3-mo. average      1.047  1.093  1.074  1.084  1.076  1.120  1.103  1.123
Single family     0.668  0.769  0.752  0.820  0.708  0.830  0.844  0.877
Multi-family      0.347  0.302  0.302  0.335  0.304  0.256  0.287  0.267
                       ----------------------MOM%----------------- -YOY%-
Housing starts    -15.5% -15.1%  -6.9%  -3.5% -10.0% -12.9%  10.9% -45.0%
Single family    -13.5% -14.2%  -2.7% -10.4%  -4.5%  -2.9%  -2.8% -48.9%
Multi-family     -20.4% -17.3% -15.4%  14.2% -21.6% -28.4%  42.0% -31.2%
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Housing permits   -10.7% -15.8%  -9.3%  -6.1%  -8.5% -17.7%  16.4% -50.6%
Single family    -12.3% -11.9% -12.6%  -2.7%  -5.3%  -5.2%  -3.0% -49.2%
Multi-family      -7.5% -22.7%  -2.6% -12.2% -13.9% -32.4%  52.2% -53.1%
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Under construction -3.3%  -3.0%  -3.1%  -3.6%  -1.7%  -2.3%  -1.2% -22.0%
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                   Dec.   Nov.   Oct.  Sept.   Aug.   July   June   Dec.
                   2008   2008   2008   2008   2008   2008   2008  YOY%
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Single family     -3.8%  -4.8%  -3.9%  -4.8%  -2.0%  -4.3%  -3.6% -34.0%
Multi-family      -2.8%  -1.1%  -2.2%  -2.4%  -1.3%   0.0%   1.5%  -5.6%
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Housing completed  -5.2%   1.6%  -8.7%  14.1%  -6.8%  -4.0%  -1.1% -23.6%
Single family    -13.1%   2.3%  -8.3%  15.8% -14.7%  -1.7%  -3.8% -34.9%
Multi-family      14.9%   0.0%  -9.9%  10.2%  18.8% -10.8%   7.5%  14.5%
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Ratio M/S Starts   38.2%  41.5%  43.1%  49.5%  38.9%  47.4%  64.3%  44.0%
Ratio M/S Permits  51.2%  48.6%  55.3%  49.6%  55.0%  60.4%  84.7%  54.0%
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NOTE:  All figures in millions of units and seasonally
adjusted at an annual rate. Percent changes are seasonally
adjusted.

SOURCE: U.S. Commerce Department.

To contact the reporter on this story: Kristy Scheuble in Washington at kmckeaney@bloomberg.net