US housing starts surge to 13-month high
March surge masked weaker permits, soft confidence and stubborn affordability pressures
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March surge masked weaker permits, soft confidence and stubborn affordability pressures
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.
March starts reached 1.5 million, single-family 1.03 million, while permits fell 10.8% and completions dropped 13.5% year over year.
The Northeast region showed the greatest strength in overall new residential construction, per a new report from HUD and the U.S. Census Bureau.
Prior month 239.7K (revised higher from 235.9K)Canada housing starts surged 17% in April to a seasonally adjusted annualized rate of 279,317 units, up from 239,747 in March. The sh...
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...
While headline figures point to resilience, underlying trends in project timing and housing type raise questions about the future supply of ownership homes.
Annual pace drops 6% to 235,852 units, with trend measure also declining as activity weakens across most regions
New residential construction in the U.S. rose in March to the highest level in more than a year as homebuilders boosted production despite ongoing affordability concerns.
Prior was 250.9KSingle-detached homes- 4% m/mMultiple starts -3% m/mSeasonally adjusted starts -3%“March housing starts data point to a continued loss of momentum in housing const...
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...
Single-family housing starts in March were at their highest since 2022, a fast start to the construction year that could bring more supply to home markets that are still painfully...
As homeownership remains out of reach for many Americans, Congress is debating what could become one of the most comprehensive housing bills in decades. The proposed 21st Centur...
Housing starts posted a strong uptick in March, but there could be trouble ahead, new Census data show.
Canada’s building boom is slowing, but not in the country’s biggest markets—with a big exception. Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation (CMHC) data shows new housing starts fell...
Mixed picture for sector with three month snapshot continuing to show reverse
April housing data reveals a cautious building sector wrestling with elevated mortgage rates and stretched buyer budgets
Metro areas/states allowing sprawl (Texas metros like Dallas/Houston permitted ~72k homes in 2024 alone) + densification (Minneapolis, Auckland NZ upzoning → 21–24% rent drops in t...
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.
A persistent shortage of housing, mostly starter homes, supported year‑over‑year growth
1% monthly rise fails to shift ongoing workload three-month decline
Over 23,000 permits were granted for new-build homes in the first quarter of 2026, and nearly 14,000 were completed, according...
The Glenigan Index covers the three months to the end of April 2026 a
Canada Mortgage and Housing Corp. says the annual pace of housing starts for April rose 17% compared with March.
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