Housing starts increased 3.2 percent in November to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 1.26 million units, but the increase was all due to an increase in multifamily starts—apartment buildings and condos.
Multifamily starts rose 22.4 percent last month, while single-family housing starts fell 4.6 percent. This marks the third consecutive month for decreases in single-family production, which is now at a one-and-a-half year low.
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“Favorable demographics support healthy housing demand, so it is frustrating that the housing affordability crisis is preventing many consumers from achieving their goal of buying a home,” says Robert Dietz, NAHB’s chief economist. “While homeownership has increased over the last nine quarters.
A turnaround for the new-home sector doesn’t appear to be coming soon either. Housing permits—an indicator of future housing construction—rose 5 percent in November to 1.39 million. But single-family permits only eked up 0.1 percent, while multifamily permits rose 14.8 percent. Higher mortgage rates, Home prices continue to outpace wage growth too.
“Until the demand for owner-occupied homes rebounds, it is difficult to see why single-family starts will turn around,” 
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