Talking Points …
- Housing starts rose to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 1,206,000 in September, 6.5 percent above August’s revised estimate of 1,132,000, according to the Census Bureau and the Department of Housing and Urban Development.
- September’s housing starts also printed at a rate 17.5 percent above the September 2014 rate of 1,026,000.
- Building permits came in at a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 1,103,000, which is 5 percent below the revised August rate of 1,161,000.