Historical Year Data · 2008

Housing Starts: Single-Family in 2008

Housing Starts: Single-Family opened 2008 at 773 and closed at 403, a -47.87% move for the year. The high of 773 was reached on January 1, and the low of 403 on December 1.

Open

773

2008-01

403

12 data points

High

773

Jan 1

Low

403

Dec 1

Full Year Change

-47.87%

2007 Change

-28.76%

Monthly Breakdown

Month	Open	Close	High	Low	Change
Jan	773	773	773	773	+0.00%
Feb	724	724	724	724	+0.00%
Mar	728	728	728	728	+0.00%
Apr	682	682	682	682	+0.00%
May	679	679	679	679	+0.00%
Jun	647	647	647	647	+0.00%
Jul	615	615	615	615	+0.00%
Aug	607	607	607	607	+0.00%
Sep	537	537	537	537	+0.00%
Oct	542	542	542	542	+0.00%
Nov	459	459	459	459	+0.00%
Dec	403	403	403	403	+0.00%

Events During 2008

2008 Financial Crisis

Deflation

September 2007 – March 2009

The 2008 Financial Crisis remains the deepest and most instructive market event of the 21st century. Subprime losses cascaded through leveraged balance sheets, froze interbank lending, and forced unprecedented central bank intervention.

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