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FOR RELEASE AT 8:30 AM EDT, TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 19, 2017
MONTHLY NEW RESIDENTIAL CONSTRUCTION, AUGUST 2017 Release Number: CB17-158 Notice: For information on the impact of Hurricanes Harvey and Irma on the compilation of this report, please see the Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) on our website. September 19, 2017 - The U.S. Census Bureau and the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development jointly announced the following new residential construction statistics for August 2017:
Building Permits:
1,300,000
Housing Starts:
1,180,000
Housing Completions:
1,075,000
Next Release: October 18, 2017 Seasonally Adjusted Annual Rate Source: U.S. Census Bureau, HUD, September 19, 2017
New Residential Construction (Seasonally Adjusted Annual Rate) 1,500 Thousands of Units
NEW RESIDENTIAL CONSTRUCTION AUGUST 2017
1,200 900 600 Permits Starts Completions
300 0 Aug-12
Aug-13
Aug-14
Aug-15
Aug-16
Aug-17
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, HUD, September 19, 2017
Building Permits Privately-owned housing units authorized by building permits in August were at a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 1,300,000. This is 5.7 percent (±2.0 percent) above the revised July rate of 1,230,000 and is 8.3 percent (±1.6 percent) above the August 2016 rate of 1,200,000. Single-family authorizations in August were at a rate of 800,000; this is 1.5 percent (±1.3 percent) below the revised July figure of 812,000. Authorizations of units in buildings with five units or more were at a rate of 464,000 in August. Housing Starts Privately-owned housing starts in August were at a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 1,180,000. This is 0.8 percent (±9.6 percent)* below the revised July estimate of 1,190,000, but is 1.4 percent (±8.9 percent)* above the August 2016 rate of 1,164,000. Single-family housing starts in August were at a rate of 851,000; this is 1.6 percent (±9.0 percent)* above the revised July figure of 838,000. The August rate for units in buildings with five units or more was 323,000. Housing Completions Privately-owned housing completions in August were at a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 1,075,000. This is 10.2 percent (±12.3 percent)* below the revised July estimate of 1,197,000, but is 3.4 percent (±13.0 percent)* above the August 2016 rate of 1,040,000. Single-family housing completions in August were at a rate of 724,000; this is 13.3 percent (±14.7 percent)* below the revised July rate of 835,000. The August rate for units in buildings with five units or more was 348,000. Data Inquiries Economic Indicators Division, Residential Construction Branch 301‐763‐5160
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The September report is scheduled for release on October 18, 2017. View the full schedule in the Economic Briefing Room: . The full text and tables for this release can be found at . EXPLANATORY NOTES
In interpreting changes in the statistics in this release, note that month-to-month changes in seasonally adjusted statistics often show movements which may be irregular. It may take three months to establish an underlying trend for building permit authorizations, six months for total starts, and five months for total completions. The statistics in this release are estimated from sample surveys and are subject to sampling variability as well as nonsampling error including bias and variance from response, nonreporting, and undercoverage. Estimated relative standard errors of the most recent data are shown in the tables. Whenever a statement such as “2.5 percent (±3.2 percent) above” appears in the text, this indicates the range (-0.7 to +5.7 percent) in which the actual percentage change is likely to have occurred. All ranges given for percentage changes are 90 percent confidence intervals and account only for sampling variability. If a range does not contain zero, the change is statistically significant. If it does contain zero, the change is not statistically significant; that is, it is uncertain whether there was an increase or decrease. The same policies apply to the confidence intervals for percentage changes shown in the tables. On average, the preliminary seasonally adjusted estimates of total building permits, housing starts and housing completions are revised 2 percent or less. Explanations of confidence intervals and sampling variability can be found on our website. API The Census Bureau’s application programming interface lets developers create custom apps to reach new users and makes key demographic, socio-economic and housing statistics more accessible than ever before. ### * The 90 percent confidence interval includes zero. In such cases, there is insufficient statistical evidence to conclude that the actual change is different from zero.
Data Inquiries Economic Indicators Division, Residential Construction Branch 301‐763‐5160
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Media Inquiries Public Information Office 301‐763‐3030
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New Privately‐Owned Housing Units Authorized in Permit‐Issuing Places (Thousands of Units. Detail may not add to total because of rounding.)
Table 1a ‐ Seasonally adjusted annual rate Period Total
United States 2 to 4 5 units 1 unit units or more
Northeast Total
1 unit
Midwest Total
South 1 unit
Total
West 1 unit
Total
1 unit
2016 August . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . September . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . October . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . November . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . December . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
1,200 1,270 1,285 1,255 1,266
743 749 779 786 830
36 39 32 41 39
421 482 474 428 397
117 142 116 119 131
53 53 59 55 54
192 181 202 187 187
112 113 113 120 119
606 618 616 608 604
407 408 420 419 452
285 329 351 341 344
171 175 187 192 205
2017 January . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . February . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . March . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . April . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . May . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . June . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . July (r) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . August (p) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 . Average RSE (%) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
1,300 1,219 1,260 1,228 1,168 1,275 1,230 1,300 2
806 834 826 794 779 811 812 800 2
29 45 37 36 32 35 40 36 5
465 340 397 398 357 429 378 464 2
153 117 136 120 122 104 123 107 3
59 54 53 53 52 57 57 58 5
198 247 192 192 173 207 170 185 3
124 136 128 124 108 120 117 112 4
653 585 623 579 579 622 623 646 2
451 448 456 424 436 445 452 431 2
296 270 309 337 294 342 314 362 2
172 196 189 193 183 189 186 199 3
5.7% ± 2.0 8.3% ± 1.6
‐1.5% ± 1.3 7.7% ± 2.3
‐10.0% ± 24.7 0.0% ± 7.5
22.8% ± 6.0 10.2% ± 1.7
‐13.0% ± 3.4 ‐8.5% ± 3.2
1.8% ± 7.0 9.4% ± 6.3
8.8% ± 5.3 ‐3.6% ± 4.6
‐4.3% ± 2.6 0.0% ± 8.2
3.7% ± 3.6 6.6% ± 2.0
‐4.6% ± 2.0 5.9% ± 1.8
15.3% ± 4.0 27.0% ± 4.0
7.0% ± 5.8 16.4% ± 6.7
2
Percent Change Aug. 2017 from Jul. 2017 . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90 percent confidence interval 3 . . . . . . Aug. 2017 from Aug. 2016 . . . . . . . . . . . . 90 percent confidence interval 3 . . . . . .
Table 1b ‐ Not seasonally adjusted Period Total
United States 2 to 4 5 units 1 unit units or more
Northeast Total
1 unit
Midwest Total
South 1 unit
Total
West 1 unit
Total
1 unit
2015 Annual . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,182.6 696.0 32.1 2016 Annual . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,206.6 750.8 34.8 . RSE (%) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X X X
454.5 421.1 X
162.0 116.4 X
52.4 54.3 X
170.6 186.1 X
104.7 572.8 378.2 112.4 594.5 406.0 X X X
277.2 309.6 X
160.7 178.1 X
2016 Year to date . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 797.5 509.6 22.4 2017 Year to date . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 857.5 564.0 24.3 . RSE (%) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 2 5
265.5 269.3 1
73.4 80.1 2
35.6 37.6 4
123.4 128.7 3
77.8 401.5 276.7 82.6 427.0 310.1 4 1 2
199.2 221.7 2
119.5 133.6 2
Year to date percent change² . . . . . . . . . . 90 percent confidence interval 3 . . . . . .
7.5% ± 0.6
10.7% ± 0.8
8.5% ± 7.4
1.4% ± 1.2
9.1% ± 2.6
5.6% ± 3.5
4.3% ± 3.1
6.2% ± 2.7
6.4% ± 0.8
12.1% ± 0.6
11.3% ± 0.9
11.8% ± 2.1
2016 August . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . September . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . October . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . November . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . December . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
111.6 111.7 104.0 94.5 94.8
71.3 63.4 61.6 55.9 55.5
3.6 3.6 2.7 3.2 3.0
36.8 44.6 39.7 35.3 36.4
11.0 13.4 9.5 9.6 10.5
5.0 5.0 5.1 4.4 3.7
19.4 18.4 18.9 14.6 11.3
11.9 10.7 10.1 8.8 6.5
55.1 51.9 48.7 44.2 45.8
38.3 33.6 32.3 29.3 31.2
26.2 28.0 26.9 26.1 27.2
16.2 14.2 14.2 13.5 14.1
2017 January . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . February . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . March . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . April . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . May . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . June . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . July (r) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . August (p) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Average RSE (%) 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
87.3 84.8 112.5 102.6 113.0 127.9 101.0 122.6 2
53.6 57.8 77.1 69.2 78.3 81.8 69.1 76.5 2
1.9 3.0 3.1 2.6 3.0 3.6 3.2 3.7 5
31.8 24.0 32.3 30.8 31.6 42.5 28.7 42.5 2
9.6 6.4 10.8 9.7 11.7 11.0 10.7 9.9 3
3.5 3.0 4.6 4.6 5.2 5.9 5.0 5.5 5
10.0 12.7 15.9 16.8 18.0 21.3 14.7 19.0 3
5.7 7.1 11.2 11.2 12.0 12.8 10.5 11.7 4
48.6 45.8 57.2 48.2 54.7 59.9 50.4 60.2 2
33.3 34.0 43.9 36.8 42.2 42.9 37.5 40.4 2
19.2 19.9 28.7 28.0 28.6 35.6 25.2 33.5 2
11.2 13.6 17.5 16.7 18.9 20.2 16.1 18.8 3
p Preliminary r Revised S Does not meet publication standards because tests for identifiable and stable seasonalilty do not meet reliability standards X Not applicable 1
Average relative standard error for the latest 6‐month period Computed using unrounded data 3 If the 90 percent confidence interval includes zero, there is insufficient evidence to conclude that the actual change is different from zero Note: Year‐to‐date permits estimates reflect revisions not distrubuted to months. 2
Source: U.S. Census Bureau and U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, New Residential Construction, September 19, 2017. Additional information on the survey methodology may be found at .
New Privately‐Owned Housing Units Authorized, but Not Started, at End of Period (Thousands of Units. Detail may not add to total because of rounding.)
Table 2a ‐ Seasonally adjusted Period Total
United States 2 to 4 5 units 1 unit units or more
Northeast Total
1 unit
Midwest Total
South 1 unit
Total
West 1 unit
Total
1 unit
2016 August . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . September . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . October . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . November . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . December . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
131 139 133 139 139
71 70 67 66 70
S S S S S
59 68 65 71 66
16 17 14 14 14
6 6 6 6 5
17 18 18 20 20
9 10 9 8 8
63 68 66 65 68
39 38 37 35 39
35 36 35 40 37
17 16 15 17 18
2017 January . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . February . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . March . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . April . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . May . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . June (r) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . July (r) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . August (p) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 . Average RSE (%) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
143 135 138 142 146 145 141 152 6
72 74 77 77 80 78 79 79 6
S S S S S S S S X
68 60 59 64 65 65 60 70 10
15 12 13 15 18 12 12 13 18
6 5 5 6 6 6 5 6 15
19 21 19 22 21 20 21 21 16
8 9 9 10 9 9 10 10 16
69 66 69 67 71 75 70 78 7
40 41 44 42 46 44 44 43 7
40 36 37 38 36 38 38 40 11
18 19 19 19 19 19 20 20 13
7.8% ± 4.7 16.0% ± 11.6
0.0% ± 5.9 11.3% ± 9.0
S X S X
16.7% ± 9.5 18.6% ± 22.3
8.3% ± 7.4 ‐18.8% ± 36.0
20.0% ± 12.9 0.0% ± 21.9
0.0% ± 9.5 23.5% ± 28.2
0.0% ± 17.4 11.1% ± 30.2
11.4% ± 7.2 23.8% ± 16.2
‐2.3% ± 8.3 10.3% ± 10.8
5.3% ± 8.1 14.3% ± 19.3
0.0% ± 7.4 17.6% ± 18.3
2
Percent Change Aug. 2017 from Jul. 2017 . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 . 90 percent confidence interval . . . . . . Aug. 2017 from Aug. 2016 . . . . . . . . . . . . 90 percent confidence interval 3 . . . . . .
Table 2b ‐ Not seasonally adjusted Period Total
United States 2 to 4 5 units 1 unit units or more
Northeast Total
1 unit
Midwest Total
West
South 1 unit
Total
1 unit
Total
1 unit
2016 August . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . September . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . October . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . November . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . December . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
132.9 140.2 129.6 130.9 135.9
71.6 71.4 64.6 61.3 66.6
1.5 1.4 1.4 2.2 2.7
59.8 67.3 63.7 67.4 66.6
16.7 16.3 13.0 12.9 13.9
5.4 5.9 5.4 5.4 5.3
17.5 20.2 19.8 19.5 17.7
9.3 10.3 8.9 6.8 7.0
64.5 68.6 64.5 62.2 67.3
39.8 38.8 35.6 33.3 37.0
34.3 35.0 32.3 36.3 37.1
17.0 16.3 14.6 15.8 17.4
2017 January . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . February . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . March . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . April . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . May . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . June (r) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . July (r) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . August (p) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 . Average RSE (%) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
137.3 131.5 144.6 143.7 151.3 155.9 140.1 156.2 6
67.9 69.9 82.8 78.3 83.6 85.3 77.7 81.8 6
2.6 1.4 1.9 1.5 1.2 2.2 2.2 2.8 34
66.8 60.1 59.9 64.0 66.4 68.4 60.1 71.6 10
14.4 12.3 13.3 15.1 18.1 13.9 12.8 12.7 18
5.6 5.2 5.2 5.6 6.6 6.7 5.4 5.4 15
17.0 19.4 21.6 21.7 21.4 20.3 20.1 21.5 16
6.7 7.6 10.8 10.4 9.5 9.9 9.4 10.9 16
67.6 64.7 70.7 67.7 72.1 78.9 70.9 81.3 7
38.1 39.3 46.5 43.2 47.1 47.3 43.8 45.1 7
38.3 35.1 39.0 39.3 39.6 42.7 36.4 40.7 11
17.5 17.8 20.3 19.0 20.5 21.4 19.2 20.4 13
p Preliminary r Revised S Does not meet publication standards because tests for identifiable and stable seasonalilty do not meet reliability standards X Not applicable 1
Average relative standard error for the latest 6‐month period Computed using unrounded data 3 See the Explanatory Notes in the accompanying text for an explantion of 90 percent confidence intervals Note: These data represent the number of housing units authorized in all months up to and including the last day of the reporting period and not started as of that date without regard to the months of original permit issuance. Cancelled, abandoned, expired, and revoked permits are excluded. 2
Source: U.S. Census Bureau and U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, New Residential Construction, September 19, 2017. Additional information on the survey methodology may be found at .
New Privately‐Owned Housing Units Started (Thousands of Units. Detail may not add to total because of rounding.)
Table 3a ‐ Seasonally adjusted annual rate Period Total
United States 2 to 4 5 units 1 unit units or more
Northeast Total
Midwest
1 unit
Total
South 1 unit
Total
West 1 unit
Total
1 unit
2016 August . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . September . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . October . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . November . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . December . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
1,164 1,062 1,328 1,149 1,268
727 783 871 823 808
S S S S S
420 265 447 323 449
133 95 162 83 89
52 62 68 59 58
170 150 198 216 222
113 114 125 142 128
562 539 624 581 566
377 427 463 442 418
299 278 344 269 391
185 180 215 180 204
2017 January . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . February . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . March . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . April . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . May . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . June (r) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . July (r) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . August (p) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 . Average RSE (%) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
1,236 1,288 1,189 1,154 1,129 1,217 1,190 1,180 5
815 877 824 823 795 857 838 851 4
S S S S S S S S X
418 392 355 314 320 354 343 323 14
125 111 116 85 85 158 115 105 14
59 67 65 47 55 62 67 66 11
202 182 139 200 165 202 164 200 13
137 163 105 124 140 134 115 110 10
678 658 633 562 564 529 611 563 6
453 448 466 449 410 452 457 463 6
231 337 301 307 315 328 300 312 8
166 199 188 203 190 209 199 212 7
‐0.8% ± 9.6 1.4% ± 8.9
1.6% ± 9.0 17.1% ± 8.3
S X S X
‐5.8% ± 27.3 ‐23.1% ± 21.5
‐8.7% ± 20.2 ‐21.1% ± 22.1
‐1.5% ± 28.7 26.9% ± 33.5
22.0% ± 27.1 17.6% ± 24.8
‐4.3% ± 19.1 ‐2.7% ± 18.0
‐7.9% ± 17.4 0.2% ± 14.3
1.3% ± 14.8 22.8% ± 14.9
4.0% ± 13.4 4.3% ± 18.1
6.5% ± 14.2 14.6% ± 11.1
2
Percent Change Aug. 2017 from Jul. 2017 . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 . 90 percent confidence interval . . . . . . Aug. 2017 from Aug. 2016 . . . . . . . . . . . . 90 percent confidence interval 3 . . . . . .
Table 3b ‐ Not seasonally adjusted Period Total
United States 2 to 4 5 units 1 unit units or more
Northeast Total
Midwest
1 unit
Total
West
South 1 unit
Total
1 unit
Total
1 unit
2015 Annual . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,111.8 714.5 11.5 2016 Annual . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,173.8 781.5 11.5 . RSE (%) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 1 16
385.8 380.8 5
138.1 116.1 4
54.8 60.1 3
152.6 182.3 3
107.3 555.5 387.1 120.9 584.6 421.1 3 2 2
265.6 290.9 3
165.2 179.4 2
2016 Year to date . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 790.0 527.3 8.2 2017 Year to date . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 810.9 574.3 6.7 . RSE (%) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 1 16
254.5 229.9 7
79.3 74.3 6
39.3 40.4 4
117.4 120.0 4
79.3 403.1 287.7 84.6 407.4 311.4 2 3 2
190.1 209.2 4
121.0 137.9 2
Year to date percent change² . . . . . . . . . 3 . 90 percent confidence interval . . . . . .
2.7% ± 3.0
8.9% ± 2.5
‐17.8% ± 26.6
‐9.7% ± 9.3
‐6.3% ± 9.3
2.7% ± 9.2
2.2% ± 8.2
6.8% ± 5.5
1.1% ± 4.5
8.3% ± 3.8
10.0% ± 6.7
13.9% ± 5.6
2016 August . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . September . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . October . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . November . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . December . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
102.8 95.0 114.5 87.8 86.5
66.5 67.4 73.4 60.6 52.9
1.5 1.4 0.9 0.2 0.8
34.8 26.2 40.2 27.0 32.8
11.6 8.7 14.9 6.8 6.4
4.9 5.5 6.4 4.8 4.1
15.5 14.8 18.7 17.4 13.9
10.8 11.2 12.2 11.3 7.0
49.6 46.9 52.1 43.4 39.0
34.3 35.8 37.7 31.7 28.2
26.1 24.5 28.8 20.3 27.2
16.6 14.9 17.2 12.8 13.5
2017 January . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . February . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . March . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . April . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . May . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . June (r) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . July (r) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . August (p) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Average RSE (%) 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
82.3 87.8 97.1 105.2 106.0 116.3 112.9 103.3 5
53.1 58.8 69.5 76.9 76.9 83.8 79.2 76.1 4
0.2 1.3 0.7 1.4 1.2 0.5 0.8 0.5 38
29.0 27.7 27.0 26.8 28.0 31.9 32.8 26.7 14
8.0 6.6 8.8 7.7 7.9 14.8 11.2 9.4 14
3.4 3.5 4.9 4.4 5.2 6.1 6.6 6.2 11
10.7 8.9 9.9 18.8 16.8 20.6 16.5 17.7 13
6.2 7.6 7.3 12.3 14.6 14.5 11.8 10.3 10
48.0 48.4 53.8 50.3 52.5 49.5 56.1 48.9 6
32.4 33.6 41.1 40.7 39.1 42.6 41.4 40.6 6
15.6 23.8 24.7 28.4 28.9 31.4 29.1 27.4 8
11.1 14.1 16.1 19.5 18.0 20.6 19.5 19.1 7
p Preliminary r Revised S Does not meet publication standards because tests for identifiable and stable seasonalilty do not meet reliability standards X Not applicable 1
Average relative standard error for the latest 6‐month period Computed using unrounded data 3 See the Explanatory Notes in the accompanying text for an explantion of 90 percent confidence intervals 2
Source: U.S. Census Bureau and U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, New Residential Construction, September 19, 2017. Additional information on the survey methodology may be found at .
New Privately‐Owned Housing Units Under Construction at End of Period (Thousands of Units. Detail may not add to total because of rounding.)
Table 4a ‐ Seasonally adjusted Period Total
United States 2 to 4 5 units 1 unit units or more
Northeast Total
Midwest
1 unit
Total
South 1 unit
Total
West 1 unit
Total
1 unit
2016 August . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . September . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . October . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . November . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . December . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
1,034 1,033 1,053 1,046 1,062
427 432 442 447 449
S S S S S
596 590 599 588 602
192 190 196 192 191
49 49 51 52 53
136 139 142 144 144
70 72 73 74 73
446 442 447 442 448
208 210 213 214 214
260 262 268 268 279
100 101 105 107 109
2017 January . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . February . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . March . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . April . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . May . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . June (r) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . July (r) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . August (p) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 . Average RSE (%) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
1,071 1,080 1,074 1,074 1,068 1,068 1,068 1,082 3
447 455 454 457 459 462 462 472 2
S S S S S S S S X
613 614 610 607 599 597 597 601 6
193 194 189 190 184 184 186 187 7
52 54 52 51 51 50 50 50 5
147 151 149 151 154 153 150 153 5
73 76 73 74 76 77 77 77 5
449 452 452 445 442 442 441 448 3
212 215 218 219 219 222 221 228 4
282 283 284 288 288 289 291 294 5
110 110 111 113 113 113 114 117 4
1.3% ± 0.7 4.6% ± 3.3
2.2% ± 1.4 10.5% ± 3.0
S X S X
0.7% ± 1.4 0.8% ± 5.9
0.5% ± 2.3 ‐2.6% ± 9.3
0.0% ± 2.8 2.0% ± 7.4
2.0% ± 2.0 12.5% ± 10.4
0.0% ± 3.4 10.0% ± 6.6
1.6% ± 1.7 0.4% ± 5.2
3.2% ± 2.3 9.6% ± 3.9
1.0% ± 1.3 13.1% ± 6.7
2.6% ± 2.8 17.0% ± 6.6
2
Percent Change Aug. 2017 from Jul. 2017 . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 . 90 percent confidence interval . . . . . . Aug. 2017 from Aug. 2016 . . . . . . . . . . . . 90 percent confidence interval 3 . . . . . .
Table 4b ‐ Not seasonally adjusted Period Total
United States 2 to 4 5 units 1 unit units or more
Northeast Total
Midwest
1 unit
Total
West
South 1 unit
Total
1 unit
Total
1 unit
2016 August . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . September . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . October . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . November . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . December . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
1,049.4 1,051.6 1,061.4 1,049.9 1,039.0
447.6 450.7 453.3 448.5 427.7
11.3 11.4 11.6 10.6 10.6
590.5 589.5 596.5 590.8 600.7
192.1 191.2 196.2 192.6 189.5
50.5 50.3 52.0 52.3 51.9
140.3 143.5 145.1 146.3 142.1
74.6 76.2 76.5 76.1 71.2
452.6 450.9 450.2 443.1 435.5
216.7 218.9 217.4 214.2 202.3
264.4 266.0 269.9 267.9 271.9
105.9 105.3 107.3 105.9 102.3
2017 January . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . February . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . March . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . April . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . May . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . June (r) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . July (r) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . August (p) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 . Average RSE (%) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
1,045.8 1,051.1 1,052.6 1,071.4 1,077.5 1,083.4 1,093.7 1,099.7 3
424.4 430.4 435.0 450.9 461.4 473.5 483.6 494.2 2
10.5 11.2 10.4 9.9 10.0 8.9 9.1 9.2 14
610.9 609.5 607.2 610.6 606.1 601.0 601.1 596.3 6
191.0 190.9 187.4 189.9 185.4 185.8 188.5 187.6 7
50.7 51.6 50.7 50.4 50.7 51.0 51.4 51.7 5
142.5 143.7 143.2 147.8 153.9 155.6 155.4 156.6 5
68.6 69.5 67.8 70.1 75.2 79.0 81.5 81.1 5
437.4 441.0 443.1 445.1 447.2 448.0 451.5 456.1 3
201.1 205.9 210.3 217.8 221.7 227.1 230.3 238.0 4
275.0 275.6 278.9 288.7 291.1 294.0 298.3 299.4 5
104.0 103.5 106.1 112.5 113.8 116.5 120.4 123.4 4
p Preliminary r Revised S Does not meet publication standards because tests for identifiable and stable seasonalilty do not meet reliability standards X Not applicable 1
Average relative standard error for the latest 6‐month period Computed using unrounded data 3 See the Explanatory Notes in the accompanying text for an explantion of 90 percent confidence intervals 2
Source: U.S. Census Bureau and U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, New Residential Construction, September 19, 2017. Additional information on the survey methodology may be found at .
New Privately‐Owned Housing Units Completed (Thousands of Units. Detail may not add to total because of rounding.)
Table 5a ‐ Seasonally adjusted annual rate Period Total
United States 2 to 4 5 units 1 unit units or more
Northeast Total
Midwest
1 unit
Total
South 1 unit
Total
West 1 unit
Total
1 unit
2016 August . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . September . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . October . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . November . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . December . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
1,040 1,005 1,067 1,203 1,096
744 718 755 766 765
S S S S S
288 273 305 426 323
130 97 82 110 102
63 56 49 48 50
150 118 189 180 184
100 103 120 126 120
541 537 538 693 574
420 384 424 432 414
219 253 258 220 236
161 175 162 160 181
2017 January . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . February . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . March . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . April . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . May . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . June (r) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . July (r) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . August (p) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 . Average RSE (%) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
1,083 1,161 1,194 1,098 1,180 1,230 1,197 1,075 5
802 763 810 774 799 815 835 724 5
S S S S S S S S X
277 382 368 301 369 404 355 348 13
84 119 111 88 138 134 109 141 18
67 40 60 60 54 61 76 60 19
174 123 188 183 146 220 175 173 15
134 108 134 127 120 128 108 121 10
611 575 629 591 600 541 631 491 7
459 402 449 420 426 419 462 366 7
214 344 266 236 296 335 282 270 10
142 213 167 167 199 207 189 177 8
‐10.2% ± 12.3 3.4% ± 13.0
‐13.3% ± 14.7 ‐2.7% ± 12.8
S X S X
‐2.0% ± 29.2 20.8% ± 28.6
29.4% ± 61.0 8.5% ± 43.8
‐21.1% ± 40.4 ‐4.8% ± 34.3
‐1.1% ± 33.0 15.3% ± 29.1
12.0% ± 33.6 21.0% ± 24.8
‐22.2% ± 17.1 ‐9.2% ± 18.8
‐20.8% ± 18.3 ‐12.9% ± 15.7
‐4.3% ± 16.8 23.3% ± 17.6
‐6.3% ± 31.4 9.9% ± 25.7
2
Percent Change Aug. 2017 from Jul. 2017 . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 . 90 percent confidence interval . . . . . . Aug. 2017 from Aug. 2016 . . . . . . . . . . . . 90 percent confidence interval 3 . . . . . .
Table 5b ‐ Not seasonally adjusted Period Total
United States 2 to 4 5 units 1 unit units or more
Northeast Total
Midwest
1 unit
Total
West
South 1 unit
Total
1 unit
Total
1 unit
2015 Annual . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 968.2 647.9 10.0 2016 Annual . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,059.7 738.4 10.4 . RSE (%) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 2 18
310.3 311.0 5
92.6 99.5 6
46.6 55.2 6
154.4 164.0 3
102.7 489.8 351.9 116.8 551.3 402.9 2 2 2
231.5 245.0 3
146.7 163.5 3
2016 Year to date . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 669.2 462.4 7.0 2017 Year to date . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 740.5 500.5 7.3 . RSE (%) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 1 14
199.7 232.8 6
64.0 74.8 6
35.5 37.1 7
101.3 108.9 4
70.9 346.3 255.3 74.4 376.2 273.1 3 3 2
157.6 180.6 3
100.7 115.8 2
Year to date percent change² . . . . . . . . . 3 . 90 percent confidence interval . . . . . .
10.7% ± 4.5
8.2% ± 3.8
3.4% ± 29.0
16.6% ± 11.9
16.9% ± 13.0
4.4% ± 12.4
7.5% ± 9.7
5.0% ± 6.0
8.6% ± 6.5
7.0% ± 4.7
14.6% ± 6.9
15.0% ± 8.2
2016 August . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . September . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . October . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . November . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . December . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
98.0 90.2 96.7 100.0 103.6
66.0 63.7 70.0 67.3 75.0
0.9 1.3 0.6 0.8 0.6
31.1 25.3 26.1 31.9 28.0
12.9 9.3 7.2 9.4 9.5
5.7 5.5 4.4 4.7 5.0
14.3 11.3 17.8 16.0 17.7
8.9 9.9 11.9 11.9 12.2
50.3 46.9 48.5 55.6 54.0
37.2 32.7 38.7 36.1 40.1
20.5 22.8 23.2 19.0 22.4
14.3 15.5 15.0 14.6 17.7
2017 January . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . February . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . March . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . April . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . May . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . June (r) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . July (r) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . August (p) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Average RSE (%) 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
74.6 78.9 92.0 83.4 98.1 109.9 102.5 101.0 5
55.0 52.7 62.4 60.1 66.9 71.3 68.6 63.5 5
0.3 1.1 1.3 1.6 1.0 1.1 0.7 0.3 40
19.4 25.1 28.3 21.7 30.3 37.5 33.3 37.1 13
5.6 7.5 8.0 6.3 11.6 12.5 9.3 14.0 18
4.4 2.3 4.0 4.3 4.8 5.7 6.2 5.3 19
11.3 7.6 13.3 13.9 11.9 19.2 15.4 16.3 15
8.5 6.6 9.2 9.9 9.8 10.7 9.0 10.8 10
43.5 40.6 50.0 45.3 49.6 48.2 53.6 45.3 7
32.9 29.2 36.1 33.0 35.3 36.9 37.8 31.9 7
14.3 23.1 20.7 17.8 25.0 30.0 24.2 25.4 10
9.2 14.5 13.0 12.8 17.0 18.1 15.5 15.5 8
p Preliminary r Revised S Does not meet publication standards because tests for identifiable and stable seasonalilty do not meet reliability standards X Not applicable 1
Average relative standard error for the latest 6‐month period Computed using unrounded data 3 See the Explanatory Notes in the accompanying text for an explantion of 90 percent confidence intervals 2
Source: U.S. Census Bureau and U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, New Residential Construction, September 19, 2017. Additional information on the survey methodology may be found at .