A boom in multifamily construction has supported housing starts in recent months, with multifamily building permits rising to a 31-year high. On the single-family side, homebuilders have reported strong demand but material and labour shortages are preventing builders from getting to work on the large backlog of homes that have been authorised. Those constraints will not be solved overnight, so we except single-family starts will see only a gradual rise to around 1.16m annualised by the end of this year.
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