[Economic Report of the President (2006)] [Administration of George W. Bush] [Online through the Government Printing Office, www.gpo.gov] Table B-56.--New private housing units started, authorized, completed and houses sold, 1959-2005 [Thousands; monthly data at seasonally adjusted annual rates] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- New housing units started New housing units authorized \1\ --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- New Type of structure Type of structure housing New Year or month --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- units houses 2 to 4 5 units 2 to 4 5 units completed sold Total 1 unit units or more Total 1 unit units or more ---------------------------------------------------------------------------\2\-------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1959............................................. 1,517.0 1,234.0 283.0 1,208.3 938.3 77.1 192.9 ......... ......... 1960............................................. 1,252.2 994.7 257.5 998.0 746.1 64.6 187.4 ......... ......... 1961............................................. 1,313.0 974.3 338.7 1,064.2 722.8 67.6 273.8 ......... ......... 1962............................................. 1,462.9 991.4 471.5 1,186.6 716.2 87.1 383.3 ......... ......... 1963............................................. 1,603.2 1,012.4 590.8 1,334.7 750.2 118.9 465.6 ......... 560 1964............................................. 1,528.8 970.5 108.3 450.0 1,285.8 720.1 100.8 464.9 ......... 565 1965............................................. 1,472.8 963.7 86.7 422.5 1,240.6 709.9 84.8 445.9 ......... 575 1966............................................. 1,164.9 778.6 61.2 325.1 971.9 563.2 61.0 347.7 ......... 461 1967............................................. 1,291.6 843.9 71.7 376.1 1,141.0 650.6 73.0 417.5 ......... 487 1968............................................. 1,507.6 899.4 80.7 527.3 1,353.4 694.7 84.3 574.4 1,319.8 490 1969............................................. 1,466.8 810.6 85.1 571.2 1,322.3 624.8 85.2 612.4 1,399.0 448 1970............................................. 1,433.6 812.9 84.9 535.9 1,351.5 646.8 88.1 616.7 1,418.4 485 1971............................................. 2,052.2 1,151.0 120.5 780.9 1,924.6 906.1 132.9 885.7 1,706.1 656 1972............................................. 2,356.6 1,309.2 141.2 906.2 2,218.9 1,033.1 148.6 1,037.2 2,003.9 718 1973............................................. 2,045.3 1,132.0 118.2 795.0 1,819.5 882.1 117.0 820.5 2,100.5 634 1974............................................. 1,337.7 888.1 68.0 381.6 1,074.4 643.8 64.3 366.2 1,728.5 519 1975............................................. 1,160.4 892.2 64.0 204.3 939.2 675.5 63.9 199.8 1,317.2 549 1976............................................. 1,537.5 1,162.4 85.8 289.2 1,296.2 893.6 93.1 309.5 1,377.2 646 1977............................................. 1,987.1 1,450.9 121.7 414.4 1,690.0 1,126.1 121.3 442.7 1,657.1 819 1978............................................. 2,020.3 1,433.3 125.1 462.0 1,800.5 1,182.6 130.6 487.3 1,867.5 817 1979............................................. 1,745.1 1,194.1 122.0 429.0 1,551.8 981.5 125.4 444.8 1,870.8 709 1980............................................. 1,292.2 852.2 109.5 330.5 1,190.6 710.4 114.5 365.7 1,501.6 545 1981............................................. 1,084.2 705.4 91.2 287.7 985.5 564.3 101.8 319.4 1,265.7 436 1982............................................. 1,062.2 662.6 80.1 319.6 1,000.5 546.4 88.3 365.8 1,005.5 412 1983............................................. 1,703.0 1,067.6 113.5 522.0 1,605.2 901.5 133.6 570.1 1,390.3 623 1984............................................. 1,749.5 1,084.2 121.4 543.9 1,681.8 922.4 142.6 616.8 1,652.2 639 1985............................................. 1,741.8 1,072.4 93.5 576.0 1,733.3 956.6 120.1 656.6 1,703.3 688 1986............................................. 1,805.4 1,179.4 84.0 542.0 1,769.4 1,077.6 108.4 583.5 1,756.4 750 1987............................................. 1,620.5 1,146.4 65.1 408.7 1,534.8 1,024.4 89.3 421.1 1,668.8 671 1988............................................. 1,488.1 1,081.3 58.7 348.0 1,455.6 993.8 75.7 386.1 1,529.8 676 1989............................................. 1,376.1 1,003.3 55.3 317.6 1,338.4 931.7 67.0 339.8 1,422.8 650 1990............................................. 1,192.7 894.8 37.6 260.4 1,110.8 793.9 54.3 262.6 1,308.0 534 1991............................................. 1,013.9 840.4 35.6 137.9 948.8 753.5 43.1 152.1 1,090.8 509 1992............................................. 1,199.7 1,029.9 30.9 139.0 1,094.9 910.7 45.8 138.4 1,157.5 610 1993............................................. 1,287.6 1,125.7 29.4 132.6 1,199.1 986.5 52.3 160.2 1,192.7 666 1994............................................. 1,457.0 1,198.4 35.2 223.5 1,371.6 1,068.5 62.2 241.0 1,346.9 670 1995............................................. 1,354.1 1,076.2 33.8 244.1 1,332.5 997.3 63.7 271.5 1,312.6 667 1996............................................. 1,476.8 1,160.9 45.3 270.8 1,425.6 1,069.5 65.8 290.3 1,412.9 757 1997............................................. 1,474.0 1,133.7 44.5 295.8 1,441.1 1,062.4 68.5 310.3 1,400.5 804 1998............................................. 1,616.9 1,271.4 42.6 302.9 1,612.3 1,187.6 69.2 355.5 1,474.2 886 1999............................................. 1,640.9 1,302.4 31.9 306.6 1,663.5 1,246.7 65.8 351.1 1,604.9 880 2000............................................. 1,568.7 1,230.9 38.7 299.1 1,592.3 1,198.1 64.9 329.3 1,573.7 877 2001 ............................................ 1,602.7 1,273.3 36.6 292.8 1,636.7 1,235.6 66.0 335.2 1,570.8 908 2002 ............................................ 1,704.9 1,358.6 38.5 307.9 1,747.7 1,332.6 73.7 341.4 1,648.4 973 2003 ............................................ 1,847.7 1,499.0 33.5 315.2 1,889.2 1,460.9 82.5 345.8 1,678.7 1,086 2004 ............................................ 1,955.8 1,610.5 42.3 303.0 2,070.1 1,613.4 90.4 366.2 1,841.9 1,203 2005 p........................................... 2,064.7 1,714.3 40.9 309.5 2,147.6 1,681.2 84.0 382.5 1,930.3 1,282 2004: Jan........................................ 1,927 1,562 30 335 1,963 1,546 94 323 1,734 1,155 Feb........................................ 1,852 1,485 29 338 1,984 1,574 90 320 1,716 1,158 Mar........................................ 2,007 1,638 32 337 2,064 1,633 101 330 1,793 1,253 Apr........................................ 1,968 1,624 36 308 2,069 1,610 92 367 1,956 1,162 May........................................ 1,974 1,649 56 269 2,129 1,660 88 381 1,909 1,243 June....................................... 1,827 1,526 26 275 2,014 1,606 83 325 1,857 1,205 July....................................... 1,986 1,661 64 261 2,114 1,625 105 384 1,888 1,104 Aug........................................ 2,025 1,689 68 268 2,058 1,606 85 367 1,909 1,165 Sept....................................... 1,912 1,555 31 326 2,039 1,593 78 368 1,784 1,223 Oct........................................ 2,062 1,666 41 355 2,093 1,603 87 403 1,841 1,306 Nov........................................ 1,807 1,484 39 284 2,093 1,588 90 415 1,725 1,175 Dec........................................ 2,050 1,713 48 289 2,081 1,620 90 371 1,911 1,247 2005: Jan........................................ 2,188 1,769 48 371 2,136 1,635 84 417 1,883 1,194 Feb........................................ 2,228 1,808 52 368 2,093 1,624 83 386 1,922 1,247 Mar........................................ 1,833 1,550 34 249 2,021 1,552 85 384 1,797 1,307 Apr........................................ 2,027 1,640 47 340 2,148 1,640 78 430 1,944 1,269 May........................................ 2,041 1,724 37 280 2,062 1,628 85 349 2,097 1,293 June....................................... 2,065 1,716 37 312 2,132 1,653 87 392 1,963 1,298 July....................................... 2,062 1,732 36 294 2,171 1,690 99 382 1,889 1,371 Aug........................................ 2,081 1,719 43 319 2,138 1,676 86 376 1,933 1,274 Sept....................................... 2,160 1,791 59 310 2,219 1,767 88 364 1,953 1,249 Oct........................................ 2,051 1,732 33 286 2,103 1,707 82 314 1,948 1,358 Nov p...................................... 2,121 1,798 33 290 2,163 1,724 81 358 1,882 1,233 Dec p...................................... 1,933 1,577 34 322 2,075 1,645 81 349 1,953 1,269 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- \1\ Authorized by issuance of local building permits in permit-issuing places: beginning 2004, 20,000 places; 19,000 for 1994-2003; 17,000 for 1984-93; 16,000 for 1978-83; 14,000 for 1972-77; 13,000 for 1967-71; 12,000 for 1963-66; and 10,000 prior to 1963. \2\ Monthly data derived. Note.--Data beginning 1999 for new housing units started and completed and for new houses sold are based on new estimation methods and are not directly comparable with earlier data. Source: Department of Commerce, Bureau of the Census.