| Webster's Online Dictionary |
| Expressions | Definition | ||
| Housing starts | Housing Starts are the number of privately owned new homes (technically housing units) that have been started over some period. Such data are reported by the US Census bureau and can be retrieved from http://www.census.gov/const/www/newresconstindex.html. Also check out this link: http://pages.stern.nyu.edu/~nroubini/bci/HousingStarts.htm. (references) | ||
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| Expressions | Domain | Definition | |
| Housing Starts | Banking | Award of a building permit for construction of new residential multifamily and single family housing. The volume of housing starts, gauging consumer demand for residential mortgages, is one of the 12 leading economic indicators compiled by the U.S. Department of Commerce. (references) | |
| Housing starts | Statistics | An indicator which monitors the level and rate of change of new residential construction. Source: European Union. (references) | |
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