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S-10 SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS February 1972
Unless otherwise stated in footnotes below, data
through 1968 and descriptive notes are as shown
in the 1969 edition of BUSINESS STATISTICS
CONSTRUCTION CONTRACTS
Construction contracts in 50 States (F. W. Dodge
Division, McGraw-Hill): ©
Valuation total mil. $
Index (mo. data seas. adj.)c? .. 1967=100
Public ownership _ mil. $
Private ownership _ do
By type of building:
NonresidentiaL - do
Residential -- - - - __ __ __do __
Non-building construction do
New construction planning
(Engineering News- Record) 0 do
HOUSING STARTS AND PERMITS
New housing units started:
Unadjusted:
Total (private an d public) thous . .
Inside SMSA's . do .
Privately owned. do__
One-family structures do
Seasonally adjusted at annual rates:
Total privately owned do
One-family structures do
New private housing units authorized by building
permits (13,000 permit-issuing places) :J
Monthly data are seas. adj. at annual rates:
Total thous
One-family structures __ - do
Manufacturers' shipments of mobile homes:*
Unadjusted do _
Seasonally adjusted at annual rates do
CONSTRUCTION COST INDEXES
Dept of Commerce composite c? 1967—100
American Appraisal Co., The:
Average 30 cities 1913—100
Atlanta do
New York do
San Francisco do
St Louis do
Associated General Contractors of America, Inc.,
The (building only) 1957 59—100
Boeckh indexes: rf 1
Average 20 cities:
Apartments, hotels, office buildings 1967=100. .
Commercial and factory buildings _.do
Residences do
Engineering News-Record: d"
Buil ding 1967 = 100
Construction.. _ ..do
Federal Highway Adm.— Highway construction:
Composite (avg. for year or qtr.)cf 1967=100
CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS
Output index: f
Composite, unadjusted 9 1947-49=100
Seasonally adjusted do
Iron and steel products, unadjusted do
Lumber and wood products, unadj do
Portland cement, unadjusted do
REAL ESTATE
Mortgage applications for new home construction:
FHA net applications J.... thous. units
Seasonally adjusted annual ratest do
Requests for V A appraisals do
Seasonally adjusted annual ratesj do
Home mortgages insured or guaranteed by-
Fed. Hous. Adm.: Face amount mil. $.. 7, 120. 63
Vet. Adm.: Face amount§ do 4,073.86
Federal Home Loan Banks, outstanding advances
to member institutions, end of period mil. $__
New mortgage loans of all savings and loan associations,
estimated total _ . mil $
By purpose of loan:
Home construction . _._ __do ._
Home purchase do___
All other purposes _ _.do
1969 | 1970
Annual
1970
Dec.
1971
Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. May June July Aug. Sept. Oct. Nov. Dec.
CONSTRUCTION AND REAL ESTATE—Continued
67,446
i 124
22, 687
44,759
25, 641
25, 261
16, 545
57, 164
1,499.6
1, 096. 5
1, 466. 8
810.6
1,322
625
412.7
114
1,050
1,158
1,116
1,054
1,021
150
116.1
114.5
116.2
117.7
118.7
166.2
167.8
164.5
204.2
184.9
138.2
9,289
21, 847
4,757
11,254
5,836
67, 097
1123
23, 188
43, 909
24, 180
24, 428
18, 489
66, 937
1, 469. 0
1,034.4
1, 433. 6
812.9
' 1, 352
'647
401.2
122
1 132
1,254
1 202
1 088
1 116
166
124.4
123.1
122.4
124. 4
128.9
162.1
166.4
161.9
194. 3
299.1
143.7
8, 113. 73
3,442.90
10,615
21 387
4,150
10, 239
6,998
Fire losses (on bldgs., contents, etc.) __.mil. $_. 1, 952. 02 2, 263. 92
r 5, 302
132
'977
••559
' 1, 704
' 2, 061
' 1, 536
6 023
124.1
89.7
121.4
69.0
2,054
1,240
1,808
885
27.0
'400
125
1,185
1,323
1 233
1,128
1,147
181
129.9
128.4
126.2
128.9
135.0
145.6
168.5
152.5
153.0
158.2
33.4
474
10.4
149
751. 18
317. 70
10, 615
2,470
416
968
1,090
224. 02
4,383
117
1,464
2,919
1,711
1,631
1,041
4,682
114.8
85.9
110.6
54.9
r 1, 810
r 1, 007
1,635
806
24.5
395
125
1,190
1,323
1,291
1,138
1,153
183
130.7
128.8
126.4
130.2
136.9
139.4
147.8
145.7
156.1
103.4
'23.4
'366
12.0
190
771. 56
298. 85
10, 326
1,667
307
752
608
o Q7K
200. 66
' Revised. *> Preliminary. 1 Computed from cumulative valuation total. 2 Index as
of February 1,1972: Building, 150.5; construction, 156.6. QData for Oct. and Dec. 1970 and
Apr., July, and Sept. 1971 are for 5 weeks; other months, 4 weeks. *New series. Data from
Mobile Home Manufacturers' Association; seasonally adjusted annual rates calculated by Bu.
of the Census. 0Data for all periods shown here are on a 50-State basis. d 1 New Base;
comparable data for earlier periods will be shown later. J Revisions for Jan. 1967-Oct. 1970
4,993
126
1,578
3,415
1,654
1,818
1,521
5,481
104.6
77.5
102.2
58.3
1,754
985
1,563
760
28.4
404
125
1,194
1,364
1,291
1,142
1,153
184
131. 0
129.0
126.6
130.6
137.0
150.8
I7Q.7^
146.2
169.4
116.1
* 265
••349
12.5
174
734. 61
299. 69
9,926
1,887
346
818
723
ft 774.
202. 26
6,386
142
1,722
4,664
2,199
2,729
1,458
5,245
169.3
123.6
167.9
91.6
1,959
1,048
1,627
796
35.6
419
127
1,211
1,393
1,305
1,163
1,168
184
131.9
130.3
128.5
134.4
139.6
124 1
181.1
187.1
183.4
198.3
169.3
r 36.0
'344
17.9
183
849. 48
307. 20
9.690
2,795
521
1,143
1,131
10 351
221. 54
7,743
161
2,074
5,669
2,080
3,168
2,495
4,580
203.6
147.3
201.1
116.0
1,912
1,098
1,638
833
42.8
478
129
1,218
1,393
1,305
1,168
1,168
186
133.2
130.9
129.7
136.2
141.2
186.9
183.4
194.7
195.4
216.5
r 34.4
'348
19.9
210
759. 52
351. 49
8,269
3,168
597
1,306
1,265
9 665
194. 02
7, 555
141
2,065
5,489
2,264
3,310
1,981
5,502
203.5
144.3
198.5
115.6
1,975
1,124
1,927
921
40.9
473
130
1,241
1,394
1,310
1,168
1,236
188
132.7
131.7
129.7
138.8
144.2
181.6
168.6
192.3
176.0
225.9
r 31.9
'375
19.0
218
793. 73
417. 95
7,268
3,438
1,451
1,367
9 340
195. 50
8,077
147
2,795
5,282
2,800
3,485
1,792
2,837
196.8
137.3
193.8
116.9
2,000
1,177
1,849
914
47.3
490
131
1,257
1,394
1,312
1,168
1,236
193
133.3
132.0
130.3
140.6
147.2
133.4
1Qft 9
184.0
264. 1
- nA 7
'378
23.5
257
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