US Housing Starts Fall Back in August: Macro Headwinds Suppress Both Permits and Starts | Metals Mine

  • US Housing Starts Fall Back in August: Macro Headwinds Suppress Both Permits and Starts

    From wellsfargo.bluematrix.com

    Overall housing starts slipped by 8.5% in September, driven by declines in both single-family and multifamily starts. A downtrend in single-family starts remains the largest drag as builders try to right-size elevated inventory amid a weak demand environment. But multifamily starts also retreated substantially, coinciding with a descent in the number of apartments under construction to the lowest level since August 2021. Perhaps more telling, overall housing permits retreated by 3.7% in August, the fifth consecutive decline. An ongoing slide in single-family permits and recent weakness in multifamily permits suggest ... (full story)

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Trader#E154
Sep 17, 2025 8:05pm
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Digging time.
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Trader#3D3F
Sep 18, 2025 3:34am
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October is going to be brutal for the markets.

Look at the bubble that’s ready to burst . There’s zero value to be found in equities at these levels .
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