[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]
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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
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\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.