Financial News: U.S. Housing Starts Pull Back More Than Expected

U.S. Housing Starts Pull Back More Than Expected In January

02/19/2025 - 08:39:00 (RTTNews)

(RTTNews) - After reporting a substantial increase by new residential construction in the U.S. in the previous month, the Commerce Department released a report on Wednesday showing housing starts pulled back by more than expected in the month of January.

The Commerce Department said housing starts plunged by 9.8 percent to an annual rate of 1.366 million in January after soaring by 16.1 percent to an upwardly revised rate of 1.515 million in December.

Economists had expected housing starts to tumble by 6.6 percent to an annual rate of 1.400 million from the 1.499 million originally reported for the previous month.

The sharp pullback came a month after housing starts surged to their highest level since hitting an annual rate of 1.546 million in February 2024.

Meanwhile, the report said building permits inched up by 0.1 percent to an annual rate of 1.483 million in January after falling by 0.7 percent to a slightly downwardly revised rate of 1.482 million in December.

Building permits, an indicator of future housing demand, were expected to slump by 1.6 percent to an annual rate of 1.460 million from the 1.483 million originally reported for the previous month.

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