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Housing Starts Surge
March 17, 2022
US Housing Starts Surged To 16 Year High In Feb
by Tyler DurdenThursday, Mar 17, 2022 – 08:35 AM
After January’s surprise drop in Housing Starts MoM, analysts expected February to see a rebound and vice verse, following Jan’s rise, February was expected to see Permits drop MoM, and that is what we saw with Starts surging 6.8% MoM (better than the +3.8% exp) and Permits dropped 1.9% MoM (better than the -2.4% expected).
![](https://assets.zerohedge.com/s3fs-public/styles/inline_image_mobile/public/inline-images/2022-03-17_05-32-22.jpg?itok=0OI_hL2J)
Source: Bloomberg
Single-family permits were down -0.5% but multi-family permits tumbled 4.5% MoM…
![](https://assets.zerohedge.com/s3fs-public/styles/inline_image_mobile/public/inline-images/2022-03-17.png?itok=r6J7Dtj5)
The surge in Starts was driven by a 5.7% MoM spike in Single-family (from 1.150MM to 1.215MM). Multi-family starts rose 0.8% from 497K to 501K
![](https://assets.zerohedge.com/s3fs-public/styles/inline_image_mobile/public/inline-images/2022-03-17%20%281%29.png?itok=caN3RiTo)
This pushed Housing Starts to their highest SAAR since June 2006 as Permits pulls back from similar highs…
![](https://assets.zerohedge.com/s3fs-public/styles/inline_image_mobile/public/inline-images/2022-03-17_05-33-59.jpg?itok=SE88Oykd)
Source: Bloomberg
This surge in starts comes as homebuilder sentiment for sales six-months ahead tumbles and mortgage rates soar.
https://www.zerohedge.com/personal-finance/us-housing-starts-surged-16-year-high-feb
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