US Housing Starts & Building Permits Plunged In August, But…
With homebuilder sentiment hovering near COVID lockdown lows (at 13-year lows), it is perhaps not surprising that this morning’s Housing Starts and Building Permits data is such a shitshow.
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US Housing Starts tumbled 8.5% MoM (worse than the 4.4% MoM decline expected)
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US Building Permits plunged 3.7% MoM (worse than the 0.6% MoM rise expected)
That is the 5th straight month of MoM declines for the more forward-looking permits print.
The MoM declines dragged the SAARs down to post-COVID-lockdown lows…
Across the US, housing starts in the South, the nation’s biggest homebuilding region, fell 21% to the lowest in nearly a year.
Starts also fell in the Midwest, but they rose in the West and Northeast.
Starts & Permits plunged across the board (for both single-family and multi-family units)
Housing starts:
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Single-family 890K SAAR, down 7.0% from 957K in July and the lowest since July 2024
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Multi-family 403K SAAR, down 11% from 453K in July and the lowest since May
Housing permits:
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Single-family 856K SAAR, down 2.2% from 875K in July and the lowest since March 2023
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Multi-family 403K SAAR, down 6.7% from 432K in July and the lowest since May 2024
However, on the bright side, mortgage rates have been tumbling (near three year lows)…
…and mortgage applications soared almost 30% week-over-week.
Will the rate-cuts expected today (and for the rest of the year) provide the affordability lift that so many hope for?
Bear in mind there is still a vast gap between the current mortgage rates and the effective average rates of homeowners across the nation…
Last month, the number of single-family homes under construction extended its multi-year decline, falling to an annual pace of 611,000, the lowest since early 2021.
Tyler Durden Wed, 09/17/2025 – 08:51
Source: https://freedombunker.com/2025/09/17/us-housing-starts-building-permits-plunged-in-august-but/
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