US Housing Starts Are Up 7.4% from May and 5.1% from Year Earlier

The U.S. Census Bureau and the Department of Housing and Urban Development said:

Building permits were issued at a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 1,254,000 units.  

This is a 7.4 percent jump from the May rate of 1,168,000. 

June permits were issued at a 5.1 percent higher pace than a year earlier.

 

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