Economic Indicators: Housing

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Sources for data on new housing permits, starts, and completions:

• The Bureau of the Census gathers data about new housing starts. 

• Here's a report from the Census titled "The Relationship Between Building Permits, Housing Starts and Housing Completions"

• The National Association of Home Builders (NAHB) provides their forecast for residential construction.

• Here is data on Housing Starts from the Federal Reserve Bank's St. Louis branch

Sources for existing home sales and pending sales:

• Realtor.org

• Existing home sales and prices from Realtor.org

•  Interest rates for conventional 30-year mortgages from the St. Louis branch of the Federal Reserve Bank.