Housing starts

Housing starts

Housing starts refers to the number of privately owned new homes (technically housing units) on which construction has been started in a given period.

External links

* [http://www.census.gov/const/www/newresconstindex.html United States Census Bureau]
* [http://www.census.gov/const/www/nrcdatarelationships.html US Relationship Between Building Permits, Housing Starts, and Housing Completions]
* [http://pages.stern.nyu.edu/~nroubini/bci/HousingStarts.htm]
* [http://www.statistics.gov.uk/cci/nscl.asp?ID=6993 UK National Statistics]


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