[Economic Report of the President (2007)] [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, 1959-2006 [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 ............................................ 2,068.3 1,715.8 41.1 311.4 2,155.3 1,682.0 84.0 389.3 1,931.4 1,283 2006 p........................................... 1,800.7 1,463.7 43.9 293.0 1,837.3 1,380.0 77.3 380.0 1,978.2 1,061 2005: Jan........................................ 2,137 1,736 46 355 2,144 1,651 79 414 1,891 1,193 Feb........................................ 2,213 1,796 52 365 2,121 1,636 89 396 1,899 1,252 Mar........................................ 1,856 1,578 34 244 2,084 1,600 80 404 1,775 1,324 Apr........................................ 2,079 1,680 48 351 2,177 1,671 76 430 1,923 1,270 May........................................ 2,034 1,717 37 280 2,111 1,669 82 360 2,089 1,311 June....................................... 2,078 1,724 38 316 2,188 1,690 86 412 1,977 1,272 July....................................... 2,070 1,740 36 294 2,206 1,722 99 385 1,883 1,367 Aug........................................ 2,075 1,713 43 319 2,205 1,706 87 412 1,954 1,271 Sept....................................... 2,158 1,790 58 310 2,240 1,778 87 375 1,944 1,253 Oct........................................ 2,046 1,726 33 287 2,131 1,717 81 333 1,967 1,346 Nov........................................ 2,131 1,795 38 298 2,191 1,716 81 394 1,909 1,236 Dec........................................ 2,002 1,633 31 338 2,107 1,642 84 381 1,953 1,259 2006: Jan........................................ 2,265 1,814 27 424 2,195 1,664 103 428 2,044 1,173 Feb........................................ 2,132 1,812 35 285 2,147 1,624 87 436 2,038 1,038 Mar........................................ 1,972 1,615 36 321 2,085 1,555 83 447 2,203 1,121 Apr........................................ 1,832 1,524 56 252 1,973 1,497 72 404 2,043 1,121 May........................................ 1,953 1,587 51 315 1,946 1,488 84 374 1,905 1,101 June....................................... 1,833 1,478 44 311 1,869 1,404 67 398 2,043 1,078 July....................................... 1,760 1,445 83 232 1,763 1,325 85 353 1,946 979 Aug........................................ 1,659 1,365 41 253 1,727 1,284 74 369 1,888 1,021 Sept....................................... 1,724 1,393 29 302 1,638 1,219 72 347 2,038 1,022 Oct........................................ 1,478 1,187 39 252 1,553 1,181 67 305 1,928 995 Nov p...................................... 1,572 1,282 22 268 1,513 1,150 62 301 1,893 1,069 Dec p...................................... 1,642 1,230 62 350 1,613 1,168 75 370 1,900 1,120 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- \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.