Nov 18 (Reuters) - Commerce Department housing starts, building permits and housing completions data.
Starts and building permits with percent changes, seasonally adjusted annual rates in 1,000s of units: PCT CHANGE Oct Sep Aug Oct 09/08 Starts -10.6 1.9 -2.0 -30.7 Permits -4.0 -0.9 2.8 -24.3 RATES Oct Sep Aug Oct 2008 Starts 529 592 581 763 Permits 552 575 580 729 STARTS Oct Sep Aug Oct 2008 Single 476 511 481 534 Multiple 53 81 100 229 PERMITS Oct Sep Aug Oct 2008 Single 451 452 464 470 Multiple 101 123 116 259 REGIONAL BREAKDOWN STARTS Pct Rate PERMITS Pct Rate Northeast -18.8 56 Northeast unch 64 Midwest -10.6 93 Midwest 2.0 101 South -9.6 272 South -5.8 275 West -8.5 108 West -6.7 112 Actual Starts and Permits, unadjusted in 1,000s:
Oct Sep Aug Oct08 Starts 45 53 53 68 Permits 47 51 52 64 Completions of new privately-owned housing units (seasonally adjusted annual rates, in 1,000s): RATES: Oct Sep Oct08 Total Units 740 726 1,055
FORECAST:
Reuters survey of economists forecast:
U.S. Oct housing starts 600,000 unit rate
U.S. Oct permits 580,000 unit rate
NOTES:
The department revised Sept building permits on Oct 27.
