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Actually it doesn't look that great at all!!! You should have posted all of the information in it's entirety, that way it would not appear that you were attempting to be deceptive. Below is the whole report you failed to mention. Although they are 8.2% above the March 2008 estimates they are 30.6 percent below April 2007 figures!!! Housing is in bad shape and things are just beginning.



FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE FRIDAY, MAY 16, 2008 AT 8:30 A.M. EDT
CB08-80
Erica Filipek or Raemeka Mayo
Manufacturing and Construction Division
[phone]
NEW RESIDENTIAL CONSTRUCTION IN APRIL 2008
The U.S. Census Bureau and the Department of Housing and Urban Development jointly announced the following new residential
construction statistics for April 2008:
BUILDING PERMITS
Privately-owned housing units authorized by building permits in April were at a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 978,000.
This is 4.9 percent (±1.2%) above the revised March rate of 932,000, but is 34.3 percent (±1.4%) below the revised April 2007 estimate
of 1,489,000.
Single-family authorizations in April were at a rate of 646,000; this is 4.0 percent (±1.4%) above the March figure of 621,000.
Authorizations of units in buildings with five units or more were at a rate of 294,000 in April.
HOUSING STARTS
Privately-owned housing starts in April were at a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 1,032,000. This is 8.2 percent (±14.5%)* above the
revised March estimate of 954,000, but is 30.6 percent (±6.7%) below the revised April 2007 rate of 1,487,000.
Single-family housing starts in April were at a rate of 692,000; this is 1.7 percent (±11.7%)* below the March figure of 704,000. The
April rate for units in buildings with five units or more was 326,000.
HOUSING COMPLETIONS
Privately-owned housing completions in April were at a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 1,000,000. This is 16.0 percent (±8.4%)
below the revised March estimate of 1,190,000 and is 34.9 percent (±5.9%) below the revised April 2007 rate of 1,535,000.
Single-family housing completions in April were at a rate of 792,000; this is 13.0 percent (±8.9%) below the March figure of 910,000.
The April rate for units in buildings with five units or more was 181,000.
New Residential Construction data for May 2008 will be released on Tuesday, June 17, 2008, at 8:30 A.M. EDT.
Our Internet site is: http://www.census.gov/newresconst
EXPLANATORY NOTES
* 90% confidence interval includes zero. The Census Bureau does not have sufficient statistical evidence to conclude that the actual change is different from zero.
http://www.census.gov/newresconst
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 3 months to establish an underlying trend for building permit authorizations, 4 months for total starts, and 6 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%) above” appears in
the text, this indicates the range (-0.7 to +5.7 percent) in which the actual percent change is likely to have occurred. All ranges given for percent 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 percent changes shown
in the tables. On average, the preliminary seasonally adjusted estimates of total building permits, housing starts and housing completions are revised about one percent.
Explanations of confidence intervals and sampling variability can be found on our web site listed above.
Unadjusted estimates of housing units authorized by building permits for January through December 2007 have been revised.
Also, seasonally adjusted estimates of housing units authorized by building permits, started, under construction and completed
for January 2006 through March 2008 have been revised.
Table 1. New Privately-Owned Housing Units Authorized in Permit-Issuing Places
[Thousands of units. Detail may not add to total because of rounding]
2 to 4 5 units
Total 1 unit units or more Total 1 unit Total 1 unit Total 1 unit Total 1 unit
2006:r January 2,212 1,689 101 422 211 128 350 265 1,090 862 561 434
February 2,141 1,643 85 413 205 125 354 265 1,030 839 552 414
March 2,118 1,551 83 484 211 120 323 242 1,070 810 514 379
April 1,998 1,496 78 424 184 115 283 228 1,017 768 514 385
May 1,905 1,450 81 374 167 100 288 222 953 766 497 362
June 1,867 1,393 72 402 172 101 286 206 929 727 480 359
July 1,763 1,307 78 378 172 97 277 204 898 696 416 310
August 1,722 1,282 77 363 166 97 272 194 871 680 413 311
September 1,655 1,218 72 365 164 94 248 186 837 646 406 292
October 1,570 1,175 69 326 152 95 238 181 808 630 372 269
November 1,535 1,163 58 314 147 90 234 172 801 627 353 274
December 1,638 1,198 72 368 172 94 246 179 831 648 389 277
2007:r January 1,585 1,138 74 373 186 99 261 172 760 583 378 284
February 1,580 1,118 73 389 142 80 207 151 817 602 414 285
March 1,578 1,135 72 371 163 90 238 174 768 580 409 291
April 1,489 1,078 61 350 162 89 226 167 735 557 366 265
May 1,522 1,063 64 395 148 87 230 170 775 549 369 257
June 1,433 1,016 56 361 155 87 223 165 718 516 337 248
July 1,386 997 57 332 155 85 208 154 686 513 337 245
August 1,343 928 55 360 147 86 197 150 640 476 359 216
September 1,277 870 50 357 138 79 205 145 636 457 298 189
October 1,182 811 48 323 145 76 185 133 554 415 298 187
November 1,187 767 53 367 126 70 192 131 594 406 275 160
December 1,111 714 56 341 134 71 166 116 560 378 251 149
2008: Januaryr 1,052 675 43 334 126 68 180 112 539 365 207 130
Februaryr 981 646 40 295 105 66 130 97 504 350 242 133
Marchr 932 621 37 274 111 60 126 93 502 340 193 128
Aprilp 978 646 38 294 109 60 160 110 493 344 216 132
Average RSE (%)1 1 1 4 2 3 3 3 4 1 1 1 2
Percent Change:
April 2008 from March 2008 4.9% 4.0% 2.7% 7.3% -1.8% 0.0% 27.0% 18.3% -1.8% 1.2% 11.9% 3.1%
90% Confidence Interval 2 ± 1.2 ± 1.4 ± 2.5 ± 1.9 ± 1.9 ± 2.5 ± 4.7 ± 5.5 ± 2.0 ± 2.3 ± 2.1 ± 2.6
April 2008 from April 2007 -34.3% -40.1% -37.7% -16.0% -32.7% -32.6% -29.2% -34.1% -32.9% -38.2% -41.0% -50.2%
90% Confidence Interval 2 ± 1.4 ± 1.1 ± 3.4 ± 3.7 ± 6.4 ± 8.4 ± 5.0 ± 5.9 ± 1.6 ± 1.9 ± 1.2 ± 1.5
See footnotes at end of table.
Seasonally adjusted annual rate
Period In structures with --
United States Northeast Midwest South West
Table 1. New Privately-Owned Housing Units Authorized in Permit-Issuing Places - Con.
[Thousands of units. Detail may not add to total because of rounding]
2 to 4 5 units
Total 1 unit units or more Total 1 unit Total 1 unit Total 1 unit Total 1 unit
2006 1,838.9 1,378.2 76.6 384.1 174.6 103.4 279.4 209.3 929.7 726.2 455.2 339.3
2007r 1,398.4 979.9 59.6 359.0 150.6 83.7 211.7 153.8 692.2 507.5 343.9 234.9
RSE (%) (X) (X) (X) (X) (X) (X) (X) (X) (X) (X) (X) (X)
2007: First 4 months3 493.7 361.2 21.2 111.3 48.0 26.6 67.8 49.5 252.6 193.2 125.3 91.8
2008: First 4 months3 319.9 211.6 12.0 96.3 32.9 18.4 44.1 30.1 173.7 119.7 69.2 43.4
RSE (%) 1 1 3 (Z) 3 4 2 2 1 1 1 1
Year to Date Percent Change 4 -35.2% -41.4% -43.4% -13.5% -31.5% -30.8% -34.9% -39.2% -31.3% -38.0% -44.8% -52.8%
90% Confidence Interval 2 ± 0.9 ± 1.1 ± 3.0 ± 1.1 ± 5.3 ± 7.1 ± 2.8 ± 3.4 ± 0.7 ± 0.8 ± 1.0 ± 1.3
2006: January 152.6 114.3 6.6 31.7 12.6 7.6 18.5 13.3 83.7 64.3 37.8 29.0
February 151.0 115.6 5.7 29.7 11.9 6.9 20.7 14.5 78.2 64.5 40.3 29.7
March 194.2 146.7 7.5 40.0 17.2 10.4 27.3 21.3 101.6 78.5 48.1 36.6
April 168.6 130.8 6.3 31.5 15.6 10.0 25.4 21.2 85.0 65.9 42.6 33.7
May 184.4 144.5 7.8 32.1 16.5 10.4 29.7 23.7 89.8 73.5 48.4 36.9
June 184.2 139.3 7.0 38.0 17.7 10.5 28.5 21.4 89.6 70.7 48.5 36.7
July 148.0 111.6 6.7 29.7 15.8 8.8 24.6 18.5 73.2 57.6 34.4 26.7
August 161.2 121.5 7.4 32.3 16.0 9.5 27.3 19.3 80.1 63.6 37.8 29.1
September 136.6 97.7 6.0 32.8 13.9 8.0 22.2 16.3 65.7 50.2 34.7 23.2
October 133.1 98.0 6.0 29.1 13.6 8.7 22.7 17.2 66.2 50.7 30.6 21.4
November 111.4 82.2 4.6 24.6 11.7 6.6 17.8 12.9 56.7 43.8 25.3 18.8
December 113.6 76.0 5.0 32.6 12.1 6.0 14.7 9.6 59.9 42.8 26.9 17.6
2007:r January 114.1 80.3 5.0 28.8 12.0 6.1 14.5 9.0 60.0 45.0 27.5 20.2
February 112.1 79.4 4.9 27.9 8.2 4.4 12.1 8.1 61.6 46.4 30.2 20.5
March 139.4 103.4 6.3 29.8 12.8 7.4 19.4 14.7 70.8 54.5 36.5 26.8
April 130.9 98.6 5.2 27.2 14.4 8.3 20.9 16.2 64.1 49.8 31.6 24.2
May 146.0 106.6 6.1 33.3 14.1 9.0 23.7 18.3 73.1 53.1 35.1 26.2
June 135.6 97.2 5.2 33.3 15.5 8.4 21.5 16.4 65.6 47.9 33.0 24.4
July 122.5 89.8 5.2 27.5 14.5 8.3 19.9 14.8 59.3 44.8 28.8 21.9
August 126.0 87.5 5.2 33.3 14.3 8.4 19.0 14.7 59.1 44.3 33.5 20.1
September 100.5 66.6 3.9 30.0 11.2 6.4 17.7 12.2 47.8 33.7 23.8 14.3
October 103.8 70.7 4.3 28.8 13.7 7.2 18.0 13.2 45.9 34.5 26.2 15.9
November 89.5 54.7 4.3 30.5 10.1 5.2 14.9 9.9 44.3 28.8 20.2 10.8
December 77.8 45.2 4.0 28.7 9.8 4.6 10.0 6.2 40.4 24.9 17.6 9.6
2008: January 75.9 47.5 2.8 25.6 8.0 4.2 10.1 5.9 43.0 28.2 14.8 9.2
February 73.4 47.5 2.8 23.0 6.4 3.8 7.9 5.3 40.3 28.5 18.8 9.9
Marchr 77.4 53.6 3.0 20.8 8.4 4.7 9.9 7.5 43.2 30.2 15.9 11.2
Aprilp 89.0 62.3 3.3 23.4 9.8 5.7 16.0 11.5 43.7 32.4 19.5 12.8
Average RSE (%)1 1 1 4 2 3 3 3 4 1 1 1 2
pPreliminary. rRevised. RSE Relative standard error. S Does not meet publication standards because tests for identifiable and stable seasonality do not meet reliability standards.
X Not applicable. Z Relative standard error is less than 0.5 percent.
1Average RSE for the latest 6-month period. 2 See the Explanatory Notes in the accompanying text for an explanation of 90% confidence intervals
3Reflects revisions not distributed to months. 4 Computed using unrounded data.
Not seasonally adjusted
Period In structures with --
United States Northeast Midwest South West
Table 2. New Privately-Owned Housing Units Authorized, but Not Started, at End of Period
[Not seasonally adjusted. Thousands of units. Detail may not add to total because of rounding]
2 to 4 5 units
Total 1 unit units or more Total 1 unit Total 1 unit Total 1 unit Total 1 unit
2006: January 215.7 156.9 9.9 48.8 27.4 13.3 28.6 20.8 104.6 82.1 55.2 40.7
February 214.9 152.6 9.9 52.4 27.3 14.8 30.3 20.2 105.4 81.7 51.9 36.0
March 234.1 167.6 10.5 56.0 30.8 17.0 34.8 26.1 112.0 84.7 56.5 39.8
April 235.6 169.7 9.3 56.6 29.0 16.2 31.3 23.6 114.9 88.0 60.5 41.9
May 231.1 165.7 8.6 56.8 27.2 15.0 31.9 23.5 113.3 86.8 58.7 40.3
June 238.6 169.8 11.4 57.4 23.1 15.4 29.8 20.4 122.4 91.3 63.3 42.7
July 217.4 150.7 7.8 58.9 23.4 15.6 25.3 17.1 112.1 81.0 56.7 37.1
August 229.7 157.4 7.9 64.4 23.6 14.9 27.4 17.5 123.0 87.7 55.6 37.2
September 205.1 136.9 8.2 60.1 23.7 13.4 23.5 15.3 102.7 72.9 55.2 35.2
October 201.5 136.9 7.1 57.5 24.8 15.0 22.3 14.2 104.5 74.3 50.0 33.4
November 194.3 129.9 7.5 56.9 23.9 13.4 22.4 13.3 98.9 71.3 49.1 31.8
December 189.9 126.2 6.5 57.3 23.0 12.2 20.8 12.7 99.9 72.4 46.2 28.8
2007: January 199.8 131.4 7.9 60.5 23.0 12.2 24.6 13.6 103.0 71.9 49.3 33.7
February 201.6 130.3 7.1 64.3 22.3 12.0 27.0 14.7 102.5 71.0 49.8 32.5
March 215.7 138.0 9.0 68.7 25.7 13.1 29.6 16.3 105.6 72.8 54.8 35.8
April 206.9 132.0 9.2 65.7 24.9 13.6 30.6 16.7 100.7 67.0 50.7 34.7
May 213.6 131.8 7.4 74.4 23.0 13.4 28.1 14.7 110.4 68.5 52.1 35.2
June 208.5 125.5 7.9 75.1 22.8 11.7 25.9 12.4 108.1 66.7 51.7 34.7
July 196.6 115.3 8.4 72.9 22.4 10.7 22.6 11.1 105.9 63.4 45.7 30.1
August 195.7 119.4 7.3 69.0 25.7 12.4 19.5 11.2 101.0 63.7 49.5 32.2
September 190.1 113.1 6.7 70.3 22.5 12.3 20.9 11.8 97.9 59.3 48.9 29.7
October 177.7 107.2 5.8 64.7 20.7 10.9 19.4 8.9 88.1 57.3 49.5 30.0
November 175.2 107.0 5.0 63.2 19.6 10.6 18.2 9.3 87.7 57.7 49.7 29.5
December 178.3 103.2 5.9 69.3 20.8 10.3 19.6 9.4 87.4 53.9 50.5 29.6
2008: January 182.0 105.3 6.0 70.7 20.7 9.7 21.1 10.3 91.3 55.0 48.9 30.3
Februaryr 176.7 104.9 6.4 65.3 19.6 9.8 20.1 10.4 87.9 55.6 49.1 29.1
Marchr 170.7 99.9 5.8 65.0 18.9 10.0 20.0 10.3 86.8 52.5 45.0 27.1
Aprilp 165.5 98.9 5.3 61.3 20.0 9.6 20.8 11.6 84.5 53.1 40.2 24.6
Average RSE (%)1 5 8 13 8 10 17 10 10 9 10 10 15
Percent Change: 2
April 2008 from March 2008 -3.0% -1.0% -8.6% -5.7% 5.6% -3.8% 4.0% 12.8% -2.6% 1.2% -10.6% -9.3%
90% Confidence Interval 3 ± 3.6 ± 4.1 ± 10.9 ± 6.9 ± 7.6 ± 12.7 ± 7.1 ± 12.2 ± 4.8 ± 6.3 ± 7.2 ± 3.9
April 2008 from April 2007 -20.0% -25.1% -42.0% -6.7% -19.7% -29.4% -32.1% -30.3% -16.1% -20.7% -20.6% -29.2%
90% Confidence Interval 3 ± 5.3 ± 6.0 ± 21.7 ± 15.0 ± 8.0 ± 13.4 ± 13.0 ± 12.0 ± 10.4 ± 9.3 ± 11.7 ± 12.0
pPreliminary. rRevised. RSE Relative Standard Error.
1Average RSE for the latest 6-month period. 2 Computed using unrounded data.
3 See the Explanatory Notes in the accompanying text for an explanation of 90% 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.
Period
South West
In structures with --
United States Northeast Midwest
Table 3. New Privately-Owned Housing Units Started
[Thousands of units. Detail may not add to total because of rounding]
2 to 4 5 units
Total 1 unit units or more Total 1 unit Total 1 unit Total 1 unit Total 1 unit
2006:r January 2,273 1,823 (S) 423 224 158 370 333 1,146 912 533 420
February 2,119 1,804 (S) 280 189 149 329 302 1,033 879 568 474
March 1,969 1,601 (S) 331 169 130 296 238 1,017 845 487 388
April 1,821 1,511 (S) 254 180 134 341 287 873 722 427 368
May 1,942 1,570 (S) 320 193 131 288 246 954 799 507 394
June 1,802 1,451 (S) 307 166 91 288 249 902 760 446 351
July 1,737 1,424 (S) 230 150 106 291 239 876 751 420 328
August 1,650 1,364 (S) 246 160 121 248 200 842 723 400 320
September 1,720 1,384 (S) 306 142 104 268 214 931 751 379 315
October 1,491 1,212 (S) 242 144 104 228 192 735 616 384 300
November 1,570 1,290 (S) 261 151 113 228 195 833 689 358 293
December 1,649 1,249 (S) 350 176 107 234 186 802 629 437 327
2007:r January 1,382 1,106 (S) 254 173 112 190 177 693 584 326 233
February 1,486 1,188 (S) 268 138 94 163 144 798 650 387 300
March 1,492 1,196 (S) 259 132 93 232 199 754 616 374 288
April 1,487 1,198 (S) 253 163 104 207 177 732 617 385 300
May 1,436 1,146 (S) 256 165 107 246 194 699 578 326 267
June 1,458 1,136 (S) 284 155 107 234 197 719 555 350 277
July 1,371 1,055 (S) 276 154 94 239 177 644 525 334 259
August 1,337 968 (S) 332 98 75 240 171 696 507 303 215
September 1,185 936 (S) 220 143 77 170 150 597 492 275 217
October 1,275 884 (S) 351 161 96 204 170 629 433 281 185
November 1,179 816 (S) 342 128 82 209 139 587 422 255 173
December 1,000 779 (S) 211 101 74 137 120 549 435 213 150
2008: Januaryr 1,064 750 (S) 287 137 103 156 119 531 403 240 125
Februaryr 1,107 722 (S) 356 129 67 154 110 577 376 247 169
Marchr 954 704 (S) 232 102 69 127 101 498 377 227 157
Aprilp 1,032 692 (S) 326 89 64 158 106 516 352 269 170
Average RSE (%)1 5 4 (X) 11 14 16 13 11 6 6 9 8
Percent Change:
April 2008 from March 2008 8.2% -1.7% (S) 40.5% -12.7% -7.2% 24.4% 5.0% 3.6% -6.6% 18.5% 8.3%
90% Confidence Interval 2 ± 14.5 ± 11.7 (X) ± 45.9 ± 31.4 ± 37.5 ± 33.1 ± 23.9 ± 17.2 ± 15.2 ± 35.9 ± 19.8
April 2008 from April 2007 -30.6% -42.2% (S) 28.9% -45.4% -38.5% -23.7% -40.1% -29.5% -42.9% -30.1% -43.3%
90% Confidence Interval 2 ± 6.7 ± 4.8 (X) ± 33.1 ± 15.8 ± 21.8 ± 14.4 ± 11.6 ± 9.8 ± 7.5 ± 14.6 ± 6.5
See footnotes at end of table.
Seasonally adjusted annual rate
South West
Period
United States Northeast Midwest
In structures with --
Table 3. New Privately-Owned Housing Units Started - Con.
[Thousands of units. Detail may not add to total because of rounding]
2 to 4 5 units
Total 1 unit units or more Total 1 unit Total 1 unit Total 1 unit Total 1 unit
2006 1,800.9 1,465.4 42.7 292.8 167.2 118.0 279.5 235.3 910.3 756.5 443.8 355.6
2007 1,355.0 1,046.0 31.7 277.3 142.9 93.0 210.1 171.1 681.1 539.5 320.9 242.4
RSE (%) 1 1 9 3 3 5 2 2 2 2 2 2
2007: First 4 months 457.4 371.0 9.5 76.9 42.5 27.3 53.3 46.1 246.2 208.2 115.4 89.3
2008: First 4 months 321.0 224.8 6.4 89.8 31.3 20.0 40.8 28.8 172.4 126.6 76.5 49.4
RSE (%) 2 2 15 6 5 6 6 4 3 3 4 3
Year to Date Percent Change 3 -29.8% -39.4% -32.5% 16.7% -26.4% -26.9% -23.5% -37.5% -30.0% -39.2% -33.7% -44.7%
90% Confidence Interval 2 ± 2.7 ± 2.1 ± 22.3 ± 12.4 ± 6.3 ± 7.2 ± 8.7 ± 5.1 ± 3.4 ± 2.8 ± 5.9 ± 5.2
2006: January 153.0 121.0 1.9 30.1 13.3 8.6 18.0 15.4 84.7 68.0 37.0 29.0
February 145.1 123.6 2.4 19.1 10.1 7.4 17.1 15.2 77.7 67.2 40.2 33.9
March 165.9 137.7 2.8 25.4 12.9 9.9 22.4 18.0 89.7 76.5 41.0 33.4
April 160.5 134.8 4.6 21.0 16.0 12.2 30.0 25.5 77.8 65.3 36.7 31.8
May 190.2 158.0 4.5 27.7 18.8 13.4 30.9 27.3 89.6 76.2 50.8 41.1
June 170.2 139.9 3.8 26.4 16.1 9.6 30.1 26.7 81.9 69.7 42.1 33.9
July 160.9 133.1 7.3 20.4 13.7 9.8 27.4 22.8 80.2 69.1 39.6 31.5
August 146.8 120.0 3.7 23.1 15.6 12.0 24.2 19.7 71.4 60.3 35.5 28.1
September 150.1 119.2 2.7 28.2 12.3 8.9 25.1 20.2 80.9 64.3 31.8 25.9
October 130.6 104.0 3.5 23.1 13.3 9.5 22.0 18.5 61.7 50.4 33.7 25.7
November 115.2 91.7 1.6 21.9 12.2 9.0 18.1 15.3 58.8 46.7 26.1 20.7
December 112.4 82.3 3.8 26.3 12.9 7.8 14.3 10.7 55.9 42.8 29.3 21.0
2007: January 95.0 75.4 1.6 18.0 10.5 6.2 9.2 8.3 52.8 45.1 22.4 15.8
February 103.1 82.9 2.0 18.2 7.6 4.6 8.5 7.2 59.8 49.7 27.3 21.4
March 123.8 101.3 2.8 19.6 10.0 7.1 17.1 14.6 65.6 55.1 31.0 24.5
April 135.6 111.4 3.0 21.2 14.4 9.5 18.5 16.0 68.0 58.3 34.7 27.6
May 136.5 111.4 2.9 22.1 16.1 11.1 26.2 21.7 61.8 51.4 32.4 27.3
June 137.8 110.1 3.3 24.4 15.5 11.4 23.9 20.7 66.4 52.3 31.9 25.7
July 127.9 100.1 3.5 24.3 13.8 8.6 23.5 18.1 58.3 47.8 32.3 25.7
August 121.2 86.6 3.5 31.1 9.5 7.4 22.9 16.4 61.5 43.8 27.3 19.0
September 101.5 78.6 2.6 20.3 12.7 6.6 15.6 13.8 50.2 40.6 23.0 17.7
October 115.0 77.4 3.8 33.8 15.0 8.8 20.0 16.8 55.2 36.3 24.7 15.5
November 88.8 58.6 1.8 28.4 10.4 6.5 16.7 10.9 42.5 28.8 19.2 12.4
December 68.9 52.3 0.8 15.9 7.4 5.4 8.0 6.7 38.9 30.3 14.6 9.9
2008: January 70.8 48.5 1.9 20.4 8.2 5.8 8.2 5.5 38.0 28.9 16.5 8.3
Februaryr 78.4 51.9 2.0 24.5 7.6 3.3 8.7 5.7 44.2 30.4 17.9 12.5
Marchr 79.4 60.6 1.3 17.4 7.7 5.2 9.1 7.2 43.8 34.7 18.8 13.5
Aprilp 92.4 63.7 1.2 27.5 7.9 5.7 14.7 10.4 46.4 32.6 23.4 15.0
Average RSE (%)1 5 4 26 11 14 16 13 11 6 6 9 8
pPreliminary. rRevised. RSE Relative standard error. S Does not meet publication standards because tests for identifiable and stable seasonality do not meet reliability standards.
X Not applicable.
1Average RSE for the latest 6-month period. 2 See the Explanatory Notes in the accompanying text for an explanation of 90% confidence intervals.
3 Computed using unrounded data.
Not seasonally adjusted
South West
Period
United States Northeast Midwest
In structures with --
Table 4. New Privately-Owned Housing Units Under Construction at End of Period
[Thousands of units. Detail may not add to total because of rounding]
2 to 4 5 units
Total 1 unit units or more Total 1 unit Total 1 unit Total 1 unit Total 1 unit
2006:r January 1,424 989 (S) 402 177 99 227 175 646 451 374 264
February 1,423 990 (S) 402 178 102 225 174 645 451 375 263
March 1,423 983 (S) 410 176 101 225 173 643 445 379 264
April 1,401 962 (S) 407 173 100 224 172 631 432 373 258
May 1,409 960 (S) 416 174 99 225 170 637 437 373 254
June 1,383 934 (S) 415 173 94 219 165 627 429 364 246
July 1,363 913 (S) 411 170 92 214 158 618 423 361 240
August 1,339 888 (S) 411 169 90 207 149 609 417 354 232
September 1,317 864 (S) 413 165 87 202 144 606 410 344 223
October 1,283 837 (S) 407 164 86 196 138 587 399 336 214
November 1,265 822 (S) 407 163 86 193 134 574 390 335 212
December 1,247 805 (S) 407 164 85 187 131 558 374 338 215
2007:r January 1,217 780 (S) 404 165 84 183 128 539 359 330 209
February 1,206 770 (S) 403 165 82 179 126 531 353 331 209
March 1,192 758 (S) 402 165 81 178 126 522 346 327 205
April 1,184 751 (S) 401 167 82 175 123 513 341 329 205
May 1,164 730 (S) 403 167 81 175 122 502 329 320 198
June 1,163 724 (S) 408 167 81 175 122 499 323 322 198
July 1,144 708 (S) 405 169 82 173 120 484 312 318 194
August 1,125 683 (S) 411 163 77 178 121 475 300 309 185
September 1,110 667 (S) 412 165 74 170 117 471 295 304 181
October 1,096 647 (S) 417 161 71 169 117 465 283 301 176
November 1,077 623 (S) 424 161 70 170 114 455 273 291 166
December 1,055 608 (S) 417 157 68 166 111 448 269 284 160
2008: Januaryr 1,034 590 (S) 416 157 69 165 109 435 260 277 152
Februaryr 1,024 580 (S) 416 159 70 162 105 428 253 275 152
Marchr 1,004 563 (S) 413 158 68 157 101 420 247 269 147
Aprilp 997 549 (S) 422 155 66 155 98 417 240 270 145
Average RSE (%)1 2 3 (X) 3 5 10 5 7 3 4 4 6
Percent Change:
April 2008 from March 2008 -0.7% -2.5% (S) 2.2% -1.9% -2.9% -1.3% -3.0% -0.7% -2.8% 0.4% -1.4%
90% Confidence Interval 2 ± 0.8 ± 1.1 (X) ± 1.5 ± 1.3 ± 2.9 ± 2.1 ± 2.4 ± 1.7 ± 2.1 ± 1.4 ± 1.6
April 2008 from April 2007 -15.8% -26.9% (S) 5.2% -7.2% -19.5% -11.4% -20.3% -18.7% -29.6% -17.9% -29.3%
90% Confidence Interval 2 ± 1.9 ± 2.1 (X) ± 4.2 ± 5.9 ± 7.2 ± 4.7 ± 4.8 ± 3.0 ± 3.2 ± 3.1 ± 3.8
See footnotes at end of table.
Seasonally adjusted
Period In structures with --
United States Northeast Midwest South West
Table 4. New Privately-Owned Housing Units Under Construction at End of Period - Con.
[Thousands of units. Detail may not add to total because of rounding]
2 to 4 5 units
Total 1 unit units or more Total 1 unit Total 1 unit Total 1 unit Total 1 unit
2006: January 1,369.3 936.7 33.2 399.4 171.9 94.6 217.3 165.5 620.9 426.7 359.2 249.9
February 1,371.2 938.7 30.6 401.9 170.3 94.1 211.3 160.8 625.8 431.9 363.8 251.9
March 1,382.3 943.1 29.6 409.7 170.2 95.3 211.3 159.8 632.6 434.7 368.2 253.3
April 1,384.8 943.9 32.1 408.8 170.6 97.3 214.6 162.6 632.6 432.5 366.9 251.5
May 1,418.1 968.5 33.5 416.1 174.8 99.9 222.4 167.6 644.8 444.4 376.2 256.7
June 1,407.2 958.8 34.2 414.3 174.7 96.2 222.6 169.0 639.9 441.7 370.0 251.9
July 1,406.8 955.3 38.7 412.7 173.7 95.1 222.3 166.0 636.8 441.2 374.0 253.0
August 1,383.7 934.3 39.7 409.7 173.3 94.6 217.2 159.2 625.7 434.9 367.5 245.7
September 1,354.3 902.1 39.6 412.6 168.3 90.6 211.5 153.4 621.2 425.5 353.3 232.5
October 1,313.1 864.4 39.5 409.2 166.9 88.5 205.3 146.7 596.7 407.9 344.2 221.3
November 1,271.8 827.0 36.3 408.5 165.1 87.8 198.3 139.2 571.9 387.2 336.4 212.8
December 1,204.9 764.7 34.9 405.3 162.3 83.7 183.7 127.6 534.3 351.2 324.6 202.2
2007: January 1,172.5 737.3 33.2 402.0 161.5 80.4 175.3 120.8 518.9 339.5 316.9 196.6
February 1,162.6 728.3 32.9 401.4 159.0 76.5 168.7 115.8 514.6 337.1 320.4 198.9
March 1,160.2 726.9 32.4 400.9 159.8 76.4 168.0 116.2 513.7 337.6 318.6 196.8
April 1,171.0 736.3 32.1 402.5 164.9 79.5 167.4 115.6 513.8 340.8 324.9 200.4
May 1,173.8 739.2 30.9 403.7 168.3 82.2 173.5 120.7 508.3 335.0 323.7 201.4
June 1,181.9 743.0 30.6 408.3 169.2 82.9 178.0 125.0 507.7 332.1 327.0 203.1
July 1,178.5 741.5 31.2 405.7 171.6 84.6 180.4 127.6 497.5 325.1 328.9 204.3
August 1,158.5 717.9 31.1 409.5 166.7 80.9 185.9 129.3 487.1 312.7 318.8 195.1
September 1,137.9 695.4 30.8 411.7 168.4 77.6 177.4 124.4 481.0 305.6 311.1 187.8
October 1,119.9 668.1 31.9 419.9 164.4 73.5 177.5 124.8 472.1 289.2 306.0 180.7
November 1,085.2 626.8 30.7 427.7 163.4 71.1 174.0 117.4 455.3 271.8 292.5 166.4
December 1,025.0 579.1 29.6 416.3 155.9 67.0 162.5 107.2 431.6 253.3 274.9 151.6
2008: January 1,002.4 559.2 28.4 414.8 155.0 67.0 158.3 102.1 421.0 246.4 268.1 143.8
Februaryr 989.6 548.1 27.6 414.0 153.4 64.9 152.5 96.1 416.3 242.0 267.4 145.0
Marchr 978.3 538.5 27.9 411.9 154.2 64.5 149.2 93.1 412.4 240.3 262.6 140.7
Aprilp 987.5 538.2 26.5 422.8 153.7 63.9 150.0 93.0 417.5 239.8 266.4 141.5
Average RSE (%)1 2 3 9 3 5 10 5 7 3 4 4 6
pPreliminary. rRevised. RSE Relative standard error. S Does not meet publication standards because tests for identifiable and stable seasonality do not meet reliability standards.
X Not applicable.
1Average RSE for the latest 6-month period. 2 See the Explanatory Notes in the accompanying text for an explanation of 90% confidence intervals.
Not seasonally adjusted
Period In structures with --
United States Northeast Midwest South West
Table 5. New Privately-Owned Housing Units Completed
[Thousands of units. Detail may not add to total because of rounding]
2 to 4 5 units
Total 1 unit units or more Total 1 unit Total 1 unit Total 1 unit Total 1 unit
2006:r January 2,036 1,663 (S) 329 188 129 350 305 981 794 517 435
February 2,048 1,742 (S) 236 206 129 319 294 971 848 552 471
March 2,245 1,911 (S) 286 192 140 380 327 1,140 979 533 465
April 2,071 1,737 (S) 301 233 141 341 294 995 859 502 443
May 1,897 1,609 (S) 254 167 126 309 287 925 769 496 427
June 2,050 1,742 (S) 279 167 139 349 308 991 844 543 451
July 1,934 1,654 (S) 256 176 132 325 310 998 838 435 374
August 1,877 1,614 (S) 237 169 134 326 294 916 777 466 409
September 2,011 1,675 (S) 302 196 133 325 267 979 849 511 426
October 1,918 1,559 (S) 317 158 123 314 271 994 767 452 398
November 1,893 1,525 (S) 302 171 112 287 255 999 798 436 360
December 1,888 1,509 (S) 326 156 115 307 242 978 807 447 345
2007:r January 1,815 1,496 (S) 289 169 141 262 230 955 800 429 325
February 1,624 1,303 (S) 283 143 107 229 187 884 721 368 288
March 1,620 1,310 (S) 271 137 90 247 202 836 696 400 322
April 1,535 1,270 (S) 226 124 79 228 208 816 680 367 303
May 1,549 1,297 (S) 209 139 106 233 197 785 680 392 314
June 1,491 1,229 (S) 229 153 112 227 198 768 639 343 280
July 1,515 1,203 (S) 282 129 83 228 174 785 647 373 299
August 1,498 1,224 (S) 251 149 116 178 156 773 630 398 322
September 1,378 1,101 (S) 246 139 96 245 192 651 539 343 274
October 1,401 1,133 (S) 240 184 135 209 170 696 583 312 245
November 1,404 1,140 (S) 234 124 93 216 193 686 545 378 309
December 1,329 1,026 (S) 287 143 94 194 175 645 498 347 259
2008: Januaryr 1,331 998 (S) 291 125 80 191 169 680 512 335 237
Februaryr 1,251 906 (S) 315 101 67 228 178 682 485 240 176
Marchr 1,190 910 (S) 267 99 81 181 150 615 461 295 218
Aprilp 1,000 792 (S) 181 108 80 153 130 498 413 241 169
Average RSE (%)1 5 5 (X) 13 16 19 12 12 7 7 9 9
Percent Change:
April 2008 from March 2008 -16.0% -13.0% (S) -32.2% 9.1% -1.2% -15.5% -13.3% -19.0% -10.4% -18.3% -22.5%
90% Confidence Interval 2 ± 8.4 ± 8.9 (X) ± 16.2 ± 31.4 ± 36.7 ± 25.1 ± 24.1 ± 12.0 ± 13.5 ± 13.6 ± 16.5
April 2008 from April 2007 -34.9% -37.6% (S) -19.9% -12.9% 1.3% -32.9% -37.5% -39.0% -39.3% -34.3% -44.2%
90% Confidence Interval 2 ± 5.9 ± 6.7 (X) ± 20.0 ± 21.4 ± 28.2 ± 24.2 ± 23.1 ± 8.4 ± 9.7 ± 11.2 ± 10.9
See footnotes at end of table.
Period
United States
In structures with --
Northeast
Seasonally adjusted annual rate
Midwest South West
Table 5. New Privately-Owned Housing Units Completed - Con.
[Thousands of units. Detail may not add to total because of rounding]
2 to 4 5 units
Total 1 unit units or more Total 1 unit Total 1 unit Total 1 unit Total 1 unit
2006 1,979.4 1,654.5 40.8 284.2 179.1 128.3 325.1 285.5 986.7 825.8 488.6 414.9
2007 1,502.8 1,218.4 31.4 253.0 144.8 104.6 222.7 188.6 766.1 631.5 369.3 293.8
RSE (%) 1 1 9 4 6 8 2 2 2 2 3 2
2007: First 4 months 481.5 392.7 10.7 78.1 40.4 28.9 67.7 57.6 258.0 214.6 115.4 91.6
2008: First 4 months 347.1 262.1 8.2 76.8 30.4 21.2 52.5 43.3 182.4 138.5 81.9 59.1
RSE (%) 3 3 15 9 7 9 6 6 5 4 4 4
Year to Date Percent Change 3 -27.9% -33.3% -23.6% -1.6% -24.9% -26.6% -22.5% -24.9% -29.3% -35.4% -29.0% -35.5%
90% Confidence Interval 2 ± 3.5 ± 3.0 ± 23.3 ± 15.9 ± 9.9 ± 11.1 ± 10.4 ± 11.5 ± 5.3 ± 3.9 ± 6.3 ± 5.7
2006: January 142.4 115.1 3.2 24.0 13.3 8.9 23.5 20.2 69.8 56.1 35.8 29.8
February 141.7 120.8 4.8 16.1 14.0 8.7 21.3 19.5 68.5 60.1 38.0 32.5
March 169.2 144.9 3.5 20.8 12.7 9.0 26.1 22.3 87.6 75.9 42.8 37.8
April 160.3 134.0 2.6 23.8 17.2 10.0 26.6 22.9 77.9 67.1 38.6 34.0
May 158.8 133.7 3.0 22.2 13.7 10.1 25.5 23.5 78.0 64.4 41.7 35.6
June 179.6 151.7 2.7 25.2 15.5 13.0 29.3 25.6 86.5 73.2 48.2 39.9
July 163.6 138.7 2.1 22.9 14.8 10.9 27.2 25.9 85.1 70.8 36.6 31.1
August 170.4 142.4 2.8 25.2 16.1 12.3 30.4 26.9 82.1 67.4 41.9 35.8
September 180.9 152.6 2.9 25.4 18.0 12.7 30.5 25.7 86.2 75.3 46.1 39.0
October 172.5 142.4 3.5 26.5 14.4 11.4 29.4 25.7 87.9 69.0 40.8 36.3
November 158.9 131.4 4.9 22.6 14.0 9.6 26.4 24.0 82.6 67.6 35.8 30.1
December 181.1 146.7 4.8 29.5 15.3 11.6 29.0 23.1 94.5 79.0 42.3 33.0
2007: January 127.3 103.9 2.2 21.1 11.9 9.8 17.7 15.3 67.7 56.4 30.0 22.4
February 112.5 90.5 2.6 19.4 9.7 7.2 15.3 12.4 62.3 51.1 25.2 19.7
March 122.8 100.2 2.8 19.8 9.7 6.2 17.0 13.7 64.3 54.0 31.9 26.2
April 118.9 98.1 3.1 17.8 9.2 5.6 17.7 16.2 63.7 53.0 28.3 23.3
May 129.5 107.5 3.8 18.2 11.2 8.3 19.4 16.2 66.1 56.9 32.9 26.2
June 131.2 107.5 2.9 20.7 14.5 10.8 19.1 16.5 67.1 55.4 30.4 24.8
July 129.0 101.2 2.7 25.1 11.0 6.9 19.3 14.5 67.3 54.9 31.5 24.9
August 136.9 107.9 2.5 26.5 14.1 10.7 16.6 14.2 70.0 54.9 36.2 28.1
September 123.2 99.8 2.6 20.7 12.2 8.6 22.9 18.4 57.2 47.7 30.9 25.1
October 126.0 103.4 2.4 20.3 16.6 12.5 19.4 16.1 62.1 52.5 28.0 22.3
November 118.7 98.9 2.3 17.5 10.9 8.6 19.9 18.2 56.6 46.0 31.3 26.1
December 126.8 99.4 1.5 25.8 13.8 9.4 18.4 16.8 61.8 48.5 32.7 24.8
2008: January 93.5 69.0 3.1 21.4 8.7 5.4 12.9 11.3 48.4 36.0 23.6 16.4
Februaryr 87.0 63.2 2.1 21.7 7.2 4.9 15.2 11.8 48.1 34.5 16.5 12.1
Marchr 89.6 69.1 1.0 19.5 6.6 5.3 12.4 10.2 47.2 35.9 23.3 17.7
Aprilp 77.1 60.8 2.1 14.1 7.9 5.7 11.9 10.1 38.7 32.1 18.6 12.9
Average RSE (%)1 5 5 26 13 16 19 12 12 7 7 9 9
pPreliminary. rRevised. RSE Relative standard error. S Does not meet publication standards because tests for identifiable and stable seasonality do not meet reliability standards.
X Not applicable.
1Average RSE for the latest 6-month period. 2 See the Explanatory Notes in the accompanying text for an explanation of 90% confidence intervals.
3 Computed using unrounded data.
Period
United States
In structures with --
Northeast
Not seasonally adjusted
Midwest South West