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This Month's Housing Starts Report

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U.S. Housing Starts & Building Permits
In millions - Seasonally Adjusted Annual Rate (SAAR)

[Source: U.S. Dept of Commerce]

Table 1: US Starts & Permits
	2012 (Apr)	2012 (Mar)	Percent Change (Month)	2011 (Apr)	Percent Change (Year)
TOTAL U.S. Starts & Permits
Starts	0.717	0.699	2.6%	0.541	32.5%
Permits	0.715	0.769	-7%	0.563	27%
TOTAL Single Family
Starts	0.492	0.481	2.3%	0.404	21.8%
Permits	0.475	0.466	1.9%	0.395	20.3%
TOTAL Multi-Family (2+ units)
Starts	0.225	0.218	3.2%	0.137	64.2%
Permits	0.240	0.303	-20.8%	0.168	42.9%

Table 2: US Starts & Permits By Region
	2012 (Apr)	2012 (Mar)	Percent Change (Month)	2011 (Apr)	Percent Change (Year)
Northeast
Starts	0.069	0.087	-20.7%	0.060	15%
Permits	0.081	0.081	0%	0.059	37.3%
Midwest
Starts	0.127	0.119	6.7%	0.098	29.6%
Permits	0.114	0.130	-12.3%	0.094	21.3%
South
Starts	0.385	0.345	11.6%	0.267	44.2%
Permits	0.359	0.371	-3.2%	0.284	26.4%
West
Starts	0.136	0.148	-8.1%	0.116	17.2%
Permits	0.161	0.187	-13.9%	0.126	27.8%

Canadian Housing Starts
In millions - Seasonally Adjusted Annual Rate (SAAR)

[Source: Canada Mortgage and Housing Corp. (CMHC)]

Table 3: Canadian Starts (Single Family + Multi Family)
	2012 (Apr)	2012 (Mar) Revised	Percent Change (Month)
Total Canadian Starts
Total Starts	0.2449	0.2148	14%
Urban
Total Starts	0.2262	0.1917	18%
Single Family	0.0677	0.0673	0.6%
Multi Family	0.1585	0.1244	27.4%
Rural
Total Starts	0.0187	0.0231	-19%

Table 4: Canadian Starts by Region (Single Family + Multi Family)
	2012 (Apr)	2012 (Mar) Revised	Percent Change (Month)
Atlantic Provinces (Newfoundland, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island)
Starts	0.0079	0.0077	2.6%
Quebec
Starts	0.0551	0.0352	56.5%
Ontario
Starts	0.0954	0.0850	12.2%
Prairie Provinces (Manitoba, Saskatchewan, Alberta)
Starts	0.0457	0.0430	6.3%
British Columbia
Starts	0.0221	0.0208	6.3%