The Housing Chronicles Blog: BuilderBytes' MetroIntelligence Economic Update for 9/21/12

Friday, September 21, 2012

BuilderBytes' MetroIntelligence Economic Update for 9/21/12


Please click here to see the edition of BuilderBytes for 9/21/12 on the Web.

In this issue of the MetroIntelligence Economic Update, I covered the following indicators:
  • Housing starts in August rise 2.3% above July and 29.1% above August 2011
  • Building permits in August dip by 1.0% from July but still rise 24.5% above August 2011
  • Existing home sales in August up by 7.8% from July and 9.3% above August 2011
  • Initial unemployment claims fall by 3,000 in latest report
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