Housing Starts Remain Flat In September

Housing Starts and Building Permits for September 2009
	DATE	CURRENT		LAST	% Change	Download Starts and Permits
Starts	10/20/2009	590Th		587Th	+0.5%
Permits	10/20/2009	573Th		580Th	-1.4%

Nationwide housing production remained virtually unchanged in September, edging up half of a percent to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 590,000 units, according to U.S. Commerce Department figures released today. Meanwhile, issuance of new building permits, an indicator of future construction activity, fell by 1.2 percent to a seasonally adjusted 573,000 units.

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