Multifamily housing completions also higher<\/strong><\/h5>\nThe preliminary November multifamily housing unit completions figure in buildings with 5 or more units per building was 472,000 units on a seasonally adjusted, annualized basis. This was reported to be up 26.5 percent (99,000 units) from October\u2019s revised (-35,000 units) figure.<\/p>\n
Compared to the year-earlier level, multifamily housing completions in buildings with 5 or more units per building were up 9.5 percent. Compared to the trailing 12-month average, completions were up 10.3 percent.<\/p>\n
For the country as-a-whole, multifamily housing construction completions (two or more units per building) were up 7.5 percent month-over-month, comparing three-month weighted moving averages. The three-month weighted moving average of completions was up 21.8 percent in the South, 7.1 percent in the Northeast and 2.8 percent in the Midwest. However, completions fell 14.2 percent in the West.<\/p>\n
On a year-over-year basis, the three-month weighted moving average of completions in buildings with 2 or more units per building was up 9.8 percent nationally. Completions were up 88.0 percent in the South and 12.7 percent in the Midwest. Completions fell 15.4 percent in the West and 57.6 percent in the Northeast.<\/p>\n
The three-month weighted moving average of completions by region for the past 25 months are shown in the chart below.<\/p>\n
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The number of multifamily units reported to be under construction fell in November. Census reported that there were 988,000 units under construction in buildings with 5 or more units per building on a seasonally adjusted annualized basis. This was reported to be down by 1,000 units from the revised level of the month before. It is 7.9 percent, or 72,000 units, higher than the number of units under construction one year earlier.<\/p>\n
All data quoted are based on seasonally adjusted results and are subject to revision.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
The Census Bureau\u2019s new residential construction report for November stated that multifamily construction starts and completions were up from the levels reported last month. However, the number of multifamily construction permits fell. The number of multifamily units under construction ticked down slightly from October\u2019s revised level. Census reports that the number of multifamily units under […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":40842,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[1114,427,605,38],"tags":[2382,40,3543,31983],"class_list":["post-40837","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-apartment-watch","category-national","category-news","category-pro-blog","tag-apartment-construction","tag-blog","tag-census-bureau","tag-construction-starts"],"yoast_head":"\n
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