The rate of both construction permitting and housing starts retreated from their May levels last month. The significant increase in estimated starts from April to May was also revised lower. The U.S. Census Bureau and Department of Housing and Urban Development report that housing starts in June were at a seasonally adjusted rate of 1.434 million units. This is an 8.0 percent decline from the rate of 1.559 posted for May, a revision from the original estimate of 1.631 million. The pace of housing starts is now 8.1 percent lower than in June 2022. Single family declined 7.0 percent from the May rate of 1.005 million units to 935,000 units and starts in buildings with five or more units declined 11.6 percent to 482,000. Single-family starts were 7.4 percent and multifamily starts 11.2 percent below year-earlier rates. On an unadjusted basis, the number of starts during the month is estimated at 133,800 compared to 143,500 the prior month. Single-family starts were essentially unchanged at just over 90,000 units. Residential permits were issued at a seasonally adjusted rate of 1.440 million units, a 3.7 percent decrease from the May estimate of 1.496 units and 15.3 percent off the pace in May 2022. Single-family permits rose 2.2 percent to 922,000, 2.7 percent fewer year-over-year. The 467,000 annual rate of permitting for multifamily construction was down 13.5 percent for the month and 33.1 percent on an annual basis. Before seasonal adjustment, there were 135,500 permits issued in June, 90,800 of them for single-family houses. The respective May numbers were 139,600 and 88,900.
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