Single-Family Home Permits Plunged In April, But ‘Renter Nation’ Returns
A day after homeBUILDER sentiment finally cracked (though still dramatically more ‘confident’ than homeBUYERS)…
Source: Bloomberg
…and mortgage rates are rebounding higher, Housing Starts and Building Permits expectations were mixed ahead of this morning’s print.
The actual data was indeed mixed but both were disappointly below expectations as Starts rebounded just 1.6% MoM (below the +4.0% exp) from the 10.1% MoM collapse last month (small revision higher) while Permits (more forward looking) plunged 4.7% MoM (vs -1.2% MoM)…
Source: Bloomberg
That is the biggest MoM drop in Permits since March 2024, dragging the SAAR down tits lowest since July 2024…
Source: Bloomberg
The drop in Permits was largely driven by a huge 5.1% MoM drop in Single-Family apps (multi-family fell 4.4% MoM) – the biggest drop since Dec 2022…
Source: Bloomberg
Housing starts were dominated by multi-family unit increases (for the third month in a row) as Renter Nation returns…
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Single-Family down 2.1% to 927K, lowest since July 2024
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Multi-family up 11.1% to 420K, highest since Dec 2023
Interstingly Starts picked up modestly despite the plunge in Homebuilder future sales expectations.,..
Source: Bloomberg
Perhaps the most shocking chart – that explains why builders are not building single-family homes is that inventories of unsold NEW homes is surging…
Source: Bloomberg
Rate-cut expectations are not helping…
Source: Bloomberg
So, don’t bank on The Fed to save the day.
Tyler Durden Fri, 05/16/2025 – 08:44
Source: https://freedombunker.com/2025/05/16/single-family-home-permits-plunged-in-april-but-renter-nation-returns/
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