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All Housing Construction and Builder Activity

Measures of new building, including housing starts, building permits, construction spending, builder confidence and the tall building boom signal known as the Skyscraper Index. An indicator belongs here when its cited article describes construction activity or builder sentiment. The group brings together the entries filed under the heading Housing Construction and Builder Activity, so a reader can compare them and move from one to another within the same part of the economic field.

All Housing Construction and Builder Activity
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Building Permits

Housing and Construction

Construction Spending

Housing and Construction

Housing Starts

Housing and Construction

NAHB/Wells Fargo Housing Market Index

Housing and Construction

Skyscraper Index

Housing and Construction
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Wikipedia: Skyscraper Index
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The Skyscraper Index is a concept put forward by Andrew Lawrence, a property analyst at Dresdner Kleinwort Wasserstein, in January 1999, which showed that the world's tallest buildings have risen on the eve of economic downturns.
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NAHB/Wells Fargo Housing Market Index (NAHB)
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Each month, the HMI depicts overall builder sentiment toward housing market conditions on a scale ranging between 0 and 100.
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U.S. Census Bureau: Construction Spending
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The survey covers construction work done each month on new structures or improvements to existing structures for private and public sectors.
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Census.gov: New Residential Construction (NRC) Page
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The data are for new, privately-owned housing units, excluding "HUD-code" manufactured (mobile) homes.
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Building Permits Survey (Census.gov)
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Revised permits are usually released on the 17th workday of the month.
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