Construction Industry Round Table (CIRT) - Construction Spending Starts the Year off with a BANG in Housing

Construction Spending Starts the Year off with a BANG in Housing

Mon, March 01, 2021 3:58 PM | Anonymous

Construction spending during January 2021 was estimated at a seasonally adjusted annual rate of $1,521.5 billion, 1.7 percent above the upward revised December estimate of $1,496.5 billion. The January figure is 5.8 percent above the January 2020 estimate of $1,437.7 billion. Nearly ALL of the spending increase occurred in residential private sector (approx. $22 of the +$25 billion total increase), leaving the other areas roughly at a typical pace of change.

PRIVATE CONSTRUCTION:

Spending on private construction was at a seasonally adjusted annual rate of $1,160.0 billion, also was 1.7 percent above the revised December estimate of $1,140.9 billion. Residential construction was at a seasonally adjusted annual rate of $713.0 billion in January, a healthy 2.5 percent above the revised December estimate of $695.7 billion. Nonresidential construction was at a seasonally adjusted annual rate of $447.0 billion in January, 0.4 percent above the revised December estimate of $445.2 billion.