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Housing Starts Climb Unexpectedly In May

Housing Starts (2009-2011)The housing market received a jolt of good news Thursday. The Commerce Department reports that Single-Family Housing Starts improved in May.

As compared to April, last month's Single-Family Housing Starts rose 4 percent to a seasonally-adjusted, annualized rate of 419,000 units, a figure slightly better than the 6-month average and the highest tally since January.

A "housing start" is defined as.....

Housing Starts Climb Unexpectedly In May

Posted Monday Jun 20