Housing Economics - 07/17/2009 (Plain Text Version)

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In this issue:
Housing Starts Continue to Increase
The National Outlook
Housing Market Statistics At-A-Glance

Housing Starts Continue to Increase

Both housing starts and building permits continued their gradual move upward in June.

Housing Starts and Building Permits for June 2009
	DATE	CURRENT		LAST	% Change	Download Starts and Permits
Starts	07/17/2009	582Th		562Th	+3.6%
Permits	07/17/2009	563Th		518Th	+8.7%

Both housing starts and building permits continued their gradual move upward in June. Total starts rose 3.6% from May to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 582,000 while permits advanced a strong 9% to 563,000. For both starts and permits, single-family activity improved upon its May performance.

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