Renter Nation Returns? Massive Jump In Multi-Family Unit Starts Despite Builder Sentiment Slump
US Housing Starts exploded higher by 19% MoM in June, dramatically more than the already large 11.2% MoM expectation and rebounding from the prior two ugly monthly declines.
This was the biggest monthly increase in Starts since May 2023.
On the other side, the more forward-looking Building Permits declined for a second straight month…
This shouldn’t be a total surprise after yesterday’s decline in builder sentiment (confidence among US homebuilders dropped for a second month to the lowest level of the year, dragged lower by elevated borrowing costs and higher material and land prices).
The surge in Starts was dominated by a massive rebound in multi-family units.
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Single-family down 0.2% to 895K
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Multi-family (rentals) soar 76.3% to 513K from 293K, fully reversing the May drop from 494K to 291K
We can’t help but question WTF happened in the May multi-family starts data…
Permits were down among both cohorts:
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single family down 2.4% to 871K SAAR, lowest since August ’25
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multi-family down to 4.9% to 445K SAAR, lowest since March ’26
Additionally, Building Permits are tracking rate-hike expectations (inverted)…
Multi-family Starts are back above Permits (perhaps signaling the short-term peak)…
It seems recent rises in the mortgage rate (and inventories already at over-stuffed levels, given the slowness of sales) has finally dented the homebuilders’ self-satisfying confidence… and the lack of affordability leaves the American Dream fading into Renter Nation…
Tyler Durden Fri, 07/17/2026 – 08:43
Source: https://freedombunker.com/2026/07/17/renter-nation-returns-massive-jump-in-multi-family-unit-starts-despite-builder-sentiment-slump/
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