Click on graph for larger image in new window. Total housing starts were at 582 thousand (SAAR) in June, up sharply over the last two months from the all time record low in April of 479 thousand (the lowest level since the Census Bureau began tracking housing starts in 1959). Single-family starts were at 470 thousand (SAAR) in June; 31 percent above the record low in January and February (357 thousand). Permits for single-family units were 430 thousand in May, suggesting single-family starts might decline some in July. Here is the Census Bureau report on housing Permits, Starts and Completions .

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