US housing starts for March from the Census Bureau
- Prior month report
- Housing starts prior month 1162K revised to 1142K
- Housing starts -0.3% vs 5.4% exp
- 6- month average 1189K
- Building permits 1269K vs 1300K exp
- Building permits prior 1291K unrevised at 1291K
- Permits -1.7% vs 0.7% exp
- Midwest starts fell -17.6%
- West rose 31.4%
- Single family starts fell -0.4% and permits were down -1.1%
- Multi family was unchanged after falling -2.7% last month
Housing starts are at the slowest pace since May 2017. Next week existing home sales will be released. Existing home sales account for 90% of the market. They are expected to come off from last months largest increase since 2015. The expectations are for 5.3M pace down from 5.51M in February.
