Thursday, January 17, 2013

US Housing Starts - January 17, 2013

US housing starts continued to accelerate in December, surging 12.1 per cent to 954,000 units at a seasonally adjusted annual rate (SAAR), the fastest pace of new home construction since June 2008.  Building permit data, a proxy for future housing starts, edged higher as well to 903,000 (SAAR).Surging US housing starts suggest that residential investment provided a significant contribution to US economic growth for the first time since 2005. This trend, if sustained, bodes well for BC economic growth, and in particular BC lumber exports in 2013. 

2 comments:

  1. Good thing that, in lieu with this start,there are excellent real estate companies, CT homes for sale, that provides excellent housing to people.

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