Estados Unidos Início de Construção de Casas

Housing starts in the United States soared by 9.6% from the previous month to an annualized rate of 1.356 million units in August of 2024, firmly above market expectations of 1.31 million units, rebounding from the near 7% plunge in the previous period to record the sharpest increase in nine months. Starts of single-family homes rose by 15.8% to an annualized rate of 992 thousand units. These were enough to offset the 6.7% decrease in starts of homes with five or more units, which totaled 333 thousand. Among different areas of the country, starts rose sharply in the South (15.5% to 745 thousand), the Midwest (29.6% to 206 thousand), and the West (5.9% to 288 thousand). On the other hand, starts fell by 27.3% to 117 thousand in the Northeast.