Thursday, August 05, 2010

How few new homes are being built?

Very few.

New building permits:


New housing starts:


Hat tip: Paul Krugman.

3 comments:

  1. I think it's because Apartments and condo are pretty demanding these days and the stats shows thats it's on a record low.

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  3. Arlington rents up again:

    https://www.nvar.com/Portals/1/marketstats/quarterly/2010-q2-totals.pdf

    Thankfully, this doesnt say Clarendon rents are going up, or specifically one guy in Clarendon's rents are going up. Therefore we can throw this out as being invalid.

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