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Single-Family Starts Fall Amid Economic Uncertainty and Affordability Pressures

Overall housing starts decreased 2.8% in April to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 1.47 million units, according to a report from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Devel...

Housing Starts Sink To 6-Year Low

May Housing Starts Fall as Multifamily Construction Slows Sharply

Overall housing starts decreased 15.4% in May to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 1.18 million units, according to a report from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Develo...

Why housing construction can’t grow at current demand levels

April housing starts ran at 1.465 million SAAR and single-family fell to 930,000 as completed new homes for sale held at 121,000.

Single-family housing starts fell in April, but multifamily gained momentum

April housing starts rose 4.6% year over year while single-family starts fell 2.4%, and new home inventory declined 4.6% from last year.

Housing starts sink to six-year low

Single-family construction fell to an eight-month low in May, as elevated rates and rising import costs put builders under pressure

Housing starts sink to pandemic levels as builders worry about inflation

May housing starts fell to the lowest level since the pandemic disrupted construction six years ago, the U.S. Census Bureau announced Tuesday. Builder confidence has dropped recent...

Housing starts sink to pandemic levels as builders worry about inflation

May housing starts fell to the lowest level since the pandemic disrupted construction six years ago, the U.S. Census Bureau announced Tuesday. Builder confidence has dropped recent...

New Construction Data Shows Where Housing Supply Is Falling Short

Housing starts and permits weakened in the latest report. Here’s what that means for agents watching supply, pricing, and buyer demand. The post New Construction Data Shows Where H...

Multifamily starts crater 41.6% as housing pipeline thins

May's Census data showed a 41.6 percent single-month collapse in multifamily starts, while single-family starts held relatively flat.

Housing starts sink to pandemic levels as builders worry about inflation

May housing starts fell to the lowest level since the pandemic disrupted construction six years ago, the U.S. Census Bureau announced Tuesday. Builder confidence has dropped recent...

New home construction falls to lowest rate since April 2020

New home construction falls to lowest rate since April 2020 Diana Ionescu Wed, 06/17/2026 - 06:00 Primary Image Primary Image Capti...

Single-family starts slide as builders pull back on new home construction

April housing data reveals a cautious building sector wrestling with elevated mortgage rates and stretched buyer budgets

Single-Family Home Building Permits Tank in First Quarter as Multifamily Rises

Elevated financing costs, ongoing affordability challenges, and softer builder sentiment continued to weigh on single-family construction activity, while multifamily permitting rem...

CMHC reports annual pace of housing starts down in May compared with April

Canada Mortgage and Housing Corp. says the annual pace of housing starts in May fell 6% compared with April.

Jobs-to-Permits Ratios Highlight Housing Gap

Home building activity did not fully keep pace with demand driven by job gains as strong labor market growth continued to put pressure on the nation's housing supply in 2024.

Single-Family Home Construction Falls Again in May in the Face of Soaring Borrowing Costs

Single-family housing starts, total housing starts, permits, and completions were all down in May compared to the previous month.

Home construction ‘plunge’ may not tell the whole story

Housing starts were way down in May but could just signal a correction after an unexpectedly strong early spring. Still, builder sentiment continues to slide.

US single-family housing starts drop 9% in April amid market pressures

The decline in housing starts signals potential economic slowdown, affecting construction, materials demand, and possibly influencing Fed policies. The post US single-family housin...

Housing starts held back by regulatory conditions, structural factors: CMHC

A new report by the Canada Mortgage and Housing Corp. says regulatory conditions, along with economic and demographic structural factors, have slowed the pace of housing starts and...

New CMHC analysis explores why Canada builds fewer homes than the U.S.

Housing starts could have been nearly one-third higher since 2006 if Canada's homebuilding industry matched U.S. responsiveness, CMHC says The post New CMHC analysis explores why C...

New Home Sales Down in April on Affordability Concerns

Sales of newly built single-family homes fell 6.2% in April to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 622,000, according to newly released data from the U.S. Department of Housing an...

New home sales stumble in April, as affordability pressures mount

U.S. new home sales fell to a 622,000 SAAR in April, down 6.2% from March and 11.3% year over year. The median price rose to $422,500 and supply increased to 9.4 months as affordab...

New construction reduces housing shortage in most states

Housing shortages have eased in most states since 2020, as new construction has made apartments and houses more affordable. Connecticut, New Jersey and Rhode Island are the only st...