HUD RELEASES NATIONAL HOUSING MARKET REPORT

摘要

On April 12, 2016, HUD's Office of Policy Development & Research released its analysis of the national housing market with annual and fourth quarter statistics for 2015. The report contains updates on production, sales, multifamily housing performance, hom-eownership, and affordability; provides comparisons with previous quarters; and places the data in a larger historical context. Overall, the analysis indicates that the housing market continued to improve throughout 2015. The report included the following: 1. Construction starts on single-family homes were up 1% from the third quarter and 8% from one year before. Having risen in six of the last seven quarters, single-family starts are now at their highest level since the fourth quarter of 2007. Multifamily housing starts dropped 10% from the third quarter but were up 7% from a year ago. Total housing starts for all of 2015 were up 11% from 2014 and were the highest since 2007.