Single-Family Starts Hold Firm In February

Housing Starts and Building Permits for February 2010
	DATE	CURRENT		LAST	% Change	Download Starts and Permits
Starts	03/16/2010	575Th		611Th	-5.9%
Permits	03/16/2010	612Th		622Th	-1.6%

The pace of single-family home production remained virtually unchanged in February, with a 0.6 percent decline to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 499,000 units, according to figures released Tuesday by the U.S. Commerce Department. Meanwhile, a large decline on the more volatile multifamily side brought the overall number of housing starts down 5.9 percent to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 575,000 units.

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