Single-Family Housing Starts Are Up As Mortgage Rates Decline, Fed Eyes Lower Rates
Single-Family Housing Starts Are Up As Mortgage Rates Decline, Fed Eyes Lower Rates
Single-family housing completions reached an annualized rate of 1.029 million in August, registering a 5.6% decline from July's revised rate of 1.09 million.New construction on single-family homes in the U.S. jumped in August as mortgage rates trend downward and the Federal Reserve is expected to cut rates on Wednesday for the first time in four years.
美國8月份單戶住宅的新建築數量激增，因爲抵押貸款利率趨勢下降，而預計聯儲局將在週三首次四年內減息。
Single-family housing starts last month came in at an annualized rate of 992,000 units, up 15.8% from a revised figure of 857,000 for July, according to Commerce Department data released on Wednesday.
上個月的單戶住宅開工按年計算的速度爲992,000套，比7月的修訂數字857,000套增加了15.8％，根據商務部週三發佈的數據。
Starts for all privately-owned housing in August totaled an annualized rate of 1.356 million units, up 9.6% from the July revised estimate of 1.237 million and up 3.9% from the August 2023 rate of 1.305 million.
今年8月所有私人住宅的開工總數爲135.6萬套，比7月的修訂估計123.7萬套增加了9.6％，比2023年8月的130.5萬套增加了3.9％。
Single-family housing completions reached an annualized rate of 1.029 million in August, registering a 5.6% decline from July's revised rate of 1.09 million.
單戶住宅竣工於8月按年計算的速度達到102.9萬套，較7月的修訂速度109萬套下降了5.6％。
Completions for all privately-owned homes in August were at a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 1.788 million, up 9.2% from the July revised estimate of 1.637 million and 30.2% above the July 2023 rate of 1.373 million.
8月所有私人住宅的竣工按季節調整的年度速度爲178.8萬套，比7月修訂的163.7萬套增加了9.2％，比2023年7月的137.3萬套增加了30.2％。
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Building permits also rose last month, Commerce Department data showed.
建築許可證也在上個月上升，商務部數據顯示。
Single-family authorizations in August were at a rate of 967,000, up 2.8% from the revised July figure of 941,000.
八月份的單戶授權率爲967,000，比修訂後的七月的941,000上升了2.8％。
Privately-owned housing units authorized by building permits in August were at a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 1,475,000. That's up 4.9% from the July revised rate of 1.406 million but below the August 2023 rate of 1.578 million.
建築許可的私人住房單位在8月份的季節性調整年化率爲147.5萬。這比7月份修正率的140.6萬增長了4.9%，但低於2023年8月的157.8萬。
The average rate for 30-year mortgages fell 14 basis points in the week ended Sept. 13 to 6.15%, marking the lowest rate since September 2022, according to the Mortgage Bankers Association.
根據抵押銀行家協會的數據，截至9月13日的一週內，30年期抵押貸款的平均利率下降了14個點子，至6.15%，達到了2022年9月以來的最低水平。
The Federal Reserve is expected to lower its key interest rate ranging from 5% to 5.25% on Wednesday by either 25 or 50 basis points, signifying its first rate decline in four years.
預計聯儲局將在週三將其關鍵利率從5%至5.25%的範圍內下調25或50個點子，這將是四年來的首次減息。
Price Action: Homebuilders slid into Wednesday's mid-day trading.
股價走勢：房地產開發商在週三的中午交易中下滑。
- D.R. Horton, Inc. (NYSE:DHI) slipped 0.86% to $193.67
- Pulte Group (NYSE:PHM) declined 0.41% to $139.88
- NVR, Inc. (NYSE:NVR) went down 0.34% to $9,542.99
- D.R. Horton, Inc. (紐交所:DHI) 下跌0.86%，至193.67美元。
- Pulte Group (紐交所:PHM) 下跌0.41%，至139.88美元。
- NVR, Inc. (紐交所:NVR) 下跌0.34%，至9,542.99美元。
Exchange-traded funds that hold homebuilder stocks showed gains and losses.
持有房地產開發商股票的交易所交易基金出現漲跌。
- IShares U.S. Home Construction ETF (BATS:ITB) declined 0.57%
- Direxion Daily Homebuilders & Supplies Bull 3X Shares (NYSE:NAIL) fell 1.8%
- Pacer US Cash Cows Growth ETF (NYSE:BUL) gained 0.2%
- iShares美國住宅建築etf（bats：itb）下跌0.57%
- Direxion日常住宅建築商&供應商牛3倍股份（nyse：nail）下跌1.8%
- pacer fds tr us cash cows growth etf（nyse：bul）上漲0.2%
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