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发帖数: 2314 | 1 Housing Starts Fall More Than Forecast On Apartments, Condos
5/19/2009 11:16 AM ET
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(RTTNews) - A government report released Tuesday showed that new home
construction plunged again in April, with the pace of building falling
to a new record low.
A rebound in the western part of the country blunted the decline
somewhat, but other regions saw a substantial decline. A drop-off in
multi-family dwellings, like apartment buildings, was the main cause of
April's drop.
While some declines might be expected as the housing market continues to
work off excess inventories, the surprise fall undercut recent hopes
that the bottom for the long-suffering home building industry was in
sight.
The U.S. Commerce Department announced that housing starts dropped 12.8
percent in April to an annual rate of 458,000. The result for March was
revised to a rate of 525,000 units, a decline of 8.5 percent from the
previous month.
Analysts had expected starts to rise to a pace of 540,000 units from the
rate of 510,000 units that was originally reported for March.
Building permits, a measure of future home building, were also down,
dropping 3.3 percent to an annual rate of 494,000.
Sharp declines in most areas of the country more than offset a sharp
rebound in the West, where a large amount of the foreclosure activity
and housing woes have taken place.
In the Western region, housing starts jumped 42.5 percent, rebounding
after declines in March and February of 29.2 percent and 18.1 percent,
respectively.
Elsewhere in the country, starts were sharply lower across the board.
The Northeast saw a 30.6 percent decline, the Midwest experienced a 21.4
percent drop and the South recorded a 21.1 percent fall.
Starts for multi-family homes plunged 42.2 percent, offset somewhat by a
2.8 percent rise in single-family homes.
The results for single-family homes have shown mild, but steady
improvement over the last couple months. After a flat showing in
February, there was a 0.3 percent increase in March.
Meanwhile, multi-family starts were down 33.8 percent in March,
following a rebound of 72.9 percent in the previous month. | t***y
发帖数: 34 | 2 其实可以细看看：
The results for single-family homes have shown mild, but steady
improvement over the last couple months. After a flat showing in
February, there was a 0.3 percent increase in March.
Meanwhile, multi-family starts were down 33.8 percent in March,
following a rebound of 72.9 percent in the previous month.
我猜测March的72.9 jump in multi-family是建了condo/apartment for rent..
SFH连长了两个月，还是不错的sign. | g********n
发帖数: 2314 | 3 地几年前就买了， 房地产建筑商能拖多长时间？拖到一定时候，他们不得不盖房。
春季不盖什么时候盖？春季的month to month 增长does not mean anything.
就像春季的房屋价格季节性上涨，
春季房屋成交量的季节性上涨，
如果不用y to y来比较，does not mean anything.
NAR, CAR 从2005年就开始用这个trick, 每年春天叫底。叫了四年了，底还没有叫出来。
new permit 的申请才代表他们的信心。
【在 t***y 的大作中提到】
: 其实可以细看看：
: The results for single-family homes have shown mild, but steady
: improvement over the last couple months. After a flat showing in
: February, there was a 0.3 percent increase in March.
: Meanwhile, multi-family starts were down 33.8 percent in March,
: following a rebound of 72.9 percent in the previous month.
: 我猜测March的72.9 jump in multi-family是建了condo/apartment for rent..
: SFH连长了两个月，还是不错的sign.
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