U.S. Housing Starts Dip Slightly In November
U.S. housing starts (combined single-family and multi-family) showed a slight decline in November, coming in at a seasonally adjusted rate of 1.427 million, 0.5% below October, and 16.4% below starts in November 2021, according to the U.S. Census Bureau and U.S. Dept. of Housing and Urban Development monthly new residential construction report.
Single-family starts were 828,000, down 4.1% compared to October, and recording the third consecutive monthly decline; but multi-family came in at 584,000, up 4.8% over October.
Building permits declined 11.2% to 1.342 million, including a 7.1% drop in single-family to 781,000, and a 17.9% dip in multi-family to 509,000 compared to October.

Miramar Beach, Sandestin, Fla.
Housing completions in November were 1.490 million, an increase of 10.8% over October, including single-family completions at 1.047 million, up 9.5%, and multi-family completions at 430,000, up 16% from October.
RELATED ARTICLES
Housing Starts Continue Negative Pattern
U.S. Housing Starts Dip In September, Both Single-Family & Multi-Family Soften
U.S Housing Starts Break Negative Pattern: Both Single-Family, Multi-Family Increase
U.S. Housing Starts Take Another Dip, Single-Family Declines For Fifth Straight Month
U.S. Single-Family Housing Starts Dip, But Multi-Family Shows Strength
Armor In Housing Starts Reveals Crack
Multi-Family Housing Continues Surge
Multi-Family Housing Takes Up Slack For March
U.S. Housing Starts Gain Momentum
New Year Brings In Housing Starts Dip
U.S. Housing Starts Complete Robust Year
Single-Family, Multi-Family Starts Flourished In November
Single-Family Housing Has Narrow Drop, Multi-Family Rises, Permits Looking Good
Housing Starts Show Modest Decline In September
Multi-Family Leads Way In U.S. Housing Jump
Housing Starts Dip, Permits Still Gain
Housing Starts Gain Steam, Though Permits Show Slight Decline
Housing Starts Increase In May, Far Ahead Of One Year Ago
Single-Family Starts Dip, But Multi-Family Ticks Upward
U.S. Housing Starts Hit A High Note
U.S. Housing Dips Again in February; Pandemic Started Hitting Home A Year Ago
Housing Starts Jump Out Of Gate Slowly, But Building Permits Looking Good
Housing Starts Finish Year With A Bang
U.S. Housing Starts Continue Upward
U.S. Single-Family Starts Jump for Sixth Month In Row
Single-Family Housing Starts Rise Again
Single-Family Housing Starts Go Up
U.S. Housing Starts Show Big Increase
Latest News
North American Lumber Prices Forecast To Soar In 2013 and Reach Record Highs In 2014
A new five-year outlook shows that supply and demand conditions in wood products for the long-awaited ‘super-cycle’ are now taking hold, with the full impact still some 3+ years away. With the return of a demand-driven wood products market in 2012 – due to rapidly...
U.S. Home Building Drives Up Lumber Prices
U.S. lumber prices are near an eight-year high as demand for the staple commodity of the American housing sector has risen on the back of a pick-up in new home construction. Lumber – or sawn timber – futures contracts for March delivery stood at $380 per 1,000 board...
Canfor Southern Pine Expanding In S.C. Mill
Lumber manufacturer Canfor Southern Pine announced Wednesday plans to expand its existing production facility in Horry County. The $3.6 million investment is expected to generate 56 new jobs. Canfor plans to install a continuous kiln system to increase its...
Wyoming Sawmill Receives Worker Training Grant
The Wyoming Workforce Development Council has awarded the newly reopened Saratoga Sawmill, now known as Saratoga Forest Management, a $50,000 grant to train 22 workers in the Saratoga area. The council allocated the grant money to the Department of Workforce...
American Industrial Partners Acquires Potomac Supply Corporation
American Industrial Partners Acquires Potomac Supply CorporationAmerican Industrial Partners, a middle-market private equity firm focused on acquiring and improving North American-headquartered industrial businesses, has acquired the operating assets of Potomac Supply...
Find Us On Social
Newsletter
The monthly Timber Processing Industry Newsletter reaches over 4,000 mill owners and supervisors.
Subscribe/Renew
Timber Processing is delivered 10 times per year to subscribers who represent sawmill ownership, management and supervisory personnel and corporate executives. Subscriptions are FREE to qualified individuals.
Advertise
Complete the online form so we can direct you to the appropriate Sales Representative.