How to Use housing starts in a Sentence

housing starts

noun
  • And when housing starts slow, so does lumber demand.
    — Adam Taylor, The Conversation, 15 Oct. 2025
  • But eventually, the lack of housing starts will catch up to these extra units.
    — Will Daniel, Fortune, 10 July 2024
  • Their forecast is that single-unit housing starts will climb by roughly 10% next year.
    — Byalena Botros, Fortune, 20 Nov. 2023
  • The rate of overall housing starts slowed in 2022 while completions climbed.
    — Nicole Goodkind, CNN, 9 Mar. 2023
  • On the data side, there’s retail sales, housing starts, weekly jobless claims, and existing home sales.
    — Jeff Marks, CNBC, 14 Mar. 2025
  • With all the new housing starts underway, trustees expect more than 300 new homes will be built in the township in the next few years.
    — The Enquirer, 1 Mar. 2024
  • Homebuilding activity has ramped up, but the pace of new housing starts is not enough to remedy the housing deficit.
    — Alena Botros, Fortune, 28 May 2024
  • Tuesday Tuesday's housing starts report will provide a key read on the housing market.
    — Alexa Lomonaco, CNBC, 12 June 2026
  • The latest building permit, housing starts and existing home sales figures are also due later in the week.
    — Hakyung Kim,sophie Kiderlin, CNBC, 17 Sep. 2024
  • For instance, housing starts fell during the Great Recession.
    — Adam Taylor, The Conversation, 15 Oct. 2025
  • And housing starts have still not recovered from the bursting of the housing bubble in the mid-2000s.
    — Matt Egan, CNN, 27 June 2024
  • Building permits and new housing starts declined in August, continuing a steep drop-off since the spring.
    — Aldo Svaldi, Denver Post, 23 Sep. 2025
  • Homebuilders fell following the weaker-than-expected report on housing starts.
    — Stan Choe, Fortune, 16 May 2024
  • Lastly, October housing starts will be released on Friday.
    — Zev Fima, CNBC, 4 Jan. 2026
  • The lowest number of monthly housing starts since June 2020 raised fears that there won’t be enough supply to take the air out of home prices.
    — WSJ, 19 Sep. 2023
  • Another risk is that the number of homes under construction could fall as backlogs ease and applications for permits lag the pace of housing starts.
    — Augusta Saraiva, Fortune, 24 June 2023
  • Cramer said a soft housing starts report could strengthen the case for new Federal Reserve chief Kevin Warsh to cut rates.
    — Alexa Lomonaco, CNBC, 12 June 2026
  • Single-family housing starts and permits slowed in August both from July and from August of last year.
    — Diana Olick, CNBC, 24 Sep. 2025
  • In September, housing starts were 5% higher than pre-pandemic levels.
    — Alena Botros, Fortune, 24 Oct. 2023
  • In September, housing starts were 5% higher than pre-pandemic levels.
    — Alena Botros, Fortune, 10 Nov. 2023
  • That was pretty clear this week when government data showed that housing starts and mortgage applications had dropped in May, largely due to high interest rates.
    — Peter Green, Quartz, 13 July 2024
  • And housing starts the following day will probably point to cooler residential construction.
    — Jason Ma, Fortune, 12 Oct. 2024
  • On Friday, investors will also be watching for the latest building permit and housing starts data, as well as fresh consumer sentiment insights.
    — Brian Evans,sophie Kiderlin, CNBC, 16 Aug. 2024
  • Both single-family housing starts and building permits were also lower annually.
    — Diana Olick, CNBC, 1 June 2026
  • The Dallas Fed reported that construction cycle times have improved and that housing starts are expected to increase in the second half of the year.
    — Rachel Siegel, Washington Post, 17 July 2023
  • The federal government will give an update on May housing starts on Tuesday with its residential construction report.
    — Bloomberg, Oc Register, 16 June 2026
  • The totals fell to 12,352 housing starts in 2024 and 10,066 in 2025.
    — Judith Kohler, Denver Post, 30 May 2026
  • There are no major earnings reports after the close on Monday or before the open on Tuesday, when May import prices, housing starts, and building permits will be released.
    — Jeff Marks,morgan Chittum, CNBC, 15 June 2026
  • Additionally, the number of housing starts tumbled in March, according to a report released last week by the Census Bureau.
    — Zachary Halaschak, Washington Examiner, 25 Apr. 2023
  • Markets expect December retail sales, due Wednesday, to roughly keep November’s pace and housing starts, due Thursday, to fall.
    — WSJ, 12 Jan. 2024

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