Home Improvement Weekly Report 07/22/22
Welcome to the Home Improvement Weekly report for July 18-22, 2022 . In this report you can get information on home construction related commodities and stock information for the major industry companies. You can also see highlighted details from the U.S. Census Bureau and U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development regarding new home permits and construction.
New Home Construction
Revised May 2022 Data
Type | Single Unit | 2-4 Units | 5+ Units |
Building Permits Issued | 95,400 | 4,700 | 48,900 |
Housing Starts | 95,800 | 2,600 | 44,600 |
Under Construction | 826,500 | 15,000 | 840,200 |
Housing Completions | 86,500 | 500 | 33,400 |
Preliminary June 2022 Data
Type | Single Unit | 2-4 Units | 5+ Units |
Building Permits Issued | 91,100 | 4,900 | 59,800 |
Housing Starts | 93,400 | 800 | 48,700 |
Under Construction | 834,000 | 15,300 | 847,100 |
Housing Completions | 86,100 | 300 | 32,900 |
Year to Date Totals
Type | Single Unit | 2-4 Units | 5+ Units |
Building Permits Issued | 562,600 | 27,000 | 304,700 |
Housing Starts | 565,600 | 8,900 | 265,500 |
Housing Completions | 485,900 | 4,300 | 155,600 |
Preliminary data for June 2022 has permits issued down for single unit developments but up for 2-4 and 5+ unit developments. Total homes under construction is up from the May report as well.
Totals for all Unit categories Year to Date:
- Building Permits Issued: 894,300
- Housing Starts: 840,000
- Housing Completions: 645,800
A copy of the full report can be found here: Monthly New Residential Construction, June 2022
Stocks, Indexes, and Futures
Company/Commodity | Week Open | Week Close | Change |
Lowes | $188.06 | $195.58 | 4.00% |
Home Depot | $295.94 | $306.59 | 3.60% |
Grainger | $460.03 | $473.88 | 3.01% |
Masco | $53.85 | $56.31 | 4.57% |
Tractor Supply Company | $203.80 | $194.89 | -4.37% |
Lumber Futures | $649.80 | $583.50 | -10.20% |
ARCA Steel Index | $1,428.98 | $1,429.29 | 0.02% |
Aluminum | $2,431.15 | $2,475.70 | 1.83% |
Year to Date Performance (Jan 3 to Present)
Company/Index | Year Open | Week Close | Change |
Lowes | $255.51 | $195.58 | -23.46% |
Home Depot | $408.64 | $306.59 | -24.97% |
Grainger | $510.20 | $473.88 | -7.12% |
Masco | $69.42 | $56.31 | -18.89% |
Tractor Supply Company | $235.72 | $194.89 | -17.32% |
Dow Jones | 36,585.06 | 31,899.29 | -12.81% |
NASDAQ | 15,832.80 | 11,834.11 | -25.26% |
S&P 500 | 4,796.56 | 3,961.63 | -17.41% |