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HOUSING STARTS FOR NOVEMBER 2017 RELEASED DECEMBER 19, 2017

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FOR RELEASE AT 8:30 AM EST, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 19, 2017 MONTHLY NEW RESIDENTIAL CONSTRUCTION, NOVEMBER 2017
Release Number: CB17-206 December 19, 2017 - The U.S. Census Bureau and the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development jointly announced the following new residential construction statistics for November 2017: 
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Housing Starts Privately-owned housing starts in November were at a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 1,297,000. This is 3.3 percent (±9.1 percent)* above the revised October estimate of 1,256,000 and is 12.9 percent (±11.7 percent) above the November 2016 rate of 1,149,000. Single-family housing starts in November were at a rate of 930,000; this is 5.3 percent (±10.2 percent)* above the revised October figure of 883,000. The November rate for units in buildings with five units or more was 359,000. 
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