housing starts
noun
: the number of new houses that people started to build
Housing starts declined in September.
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Single-family housing starts in the U.S., a measure of new homes that began construction, grew to 1,027,000 in September, according to U.S. Census data.
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Ana Teresa Solá, CNBC, 5 Nov. 2024
Overall housing starts, a measure of how many homes, apartments, condos and other projects are being built, fell 3.1% in October.
—Austin Denean, Baltimore Sun, 21 Nov. 2024
And housing starts the following day will probably point to cooler residential construction.
—Jason Ma, Fortune, 12 Oct. 2024
Existing Home Sales continue to show weakness, new starts are on a downtrend, and building permits, a leading indicator for new housing starts, are all below pre-pandemic levels.
—Robert Barone, Forbes, 26 Oct. 2024
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Ana Teresa Solá, CNBC, 5 Nov. 2024
Overall housing starts, a measure of how many homes, apartments, condos and other projects are being built, fell 3.1% in October.
—Austin Denean, Baltimore Sun, 21 Nov. 2024
And housing starts the following day will probably point to cooler residential construction.
—Jason Ma, Fortune, 12 Oct. 2024
Existing Home Sales continue to show weakness, new starts are on a downtrend, and building permits, a leading indicator for new housing starts, are all below pre-pandemic levels.
—Robert Barone, Forbes, 26 Oct. 2024
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“Housing starts.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/housing%20starts. Accessed 25 Dec. 2024.
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