United States housing brief, June 2020

Delton Alderman

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United States housing brief, June 2020

Informally Refereed

Authors:

Delton Alderman

Year:

2020

Type:

Research Note

Station:

Forest Products Laboratory

Source:

Res. Note FPL-RN-0390. Madison, WI: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Forest Products Laboratory: 1-8.

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Abstract

In June, housing starts and new house sales were reassuring, as housing was a bright spot for the U.S. economy, albeit a subdued one. Total, single-, and multi-family starts; total and single-family permits; total and single-family completions; and new and existing house sales were positive on a month-over-month basis. Housing under construction and completions were the only subsectors registering positive data year-over-year. The majority of housing subsector data were negative. The effect of the Covid-19 virus is still evident in June’s data.

Keywords

Housing permits, starts, under construction, completions, construction spending, new sales, existing sales, regional housing data, economic indicators

Citation

Alderman, Delton. 2020. United States housing brief, June 2020. Res. Note FPL-RN-0390. Madison, WI: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Forest Products Laboratory: 1-8.