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Category Archives: Housing Starts

First Time Home Buyer Tax Credit Expiration: Not Slowing Down Builders

By Chris Richter | Published: April 20, 2010
A Housing Start is a new home on which construction has started and, over the last 6 months, home builders are averaging one half-million starts per month. This marks the highest 6-month average since 2008 and a reading one-fifth percent better from 12 months ago. Revisions to prior data have all been higher, too.
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Housing Permits Jump Again

By Chris Richter | Published: January 22, 2010
"Housing Starts" are privately-owned homes on which construction has started. It is a very important measurement because it forecasts the supply of new homes in the future.
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