Construction Declines Signal Need for Policy Changes
As might have been expected considering the sixth consecutive drop in the National Association of Home Builders’ (NAHB’s) Housing Market Index released yesterday, residential builders pulled back in a big way last month. Both residential permitting and housing starts plummeted in June , although both so far are ahead of last year at the same date.
The U.S. Census Bureau and the Department of Housing and Urban Development report that the seasonally adjusted annual rate of residential permitting dropped 7.0 percent in May to 1.695 million units compared to 1.823 million in April. The April rate is a revision from the 1.819 million units reported last month. The May 2022 number represents a 0.2 percent increase from the 1.691 permitting rate reported for May 2021.
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