According to the 2009 Census on Population and Housing, young people aged 10 to 30 years constitute approximately 40 per cent of the population of Viet Nam, representing an increasingly important proportion of the population.
According to the U.S. Census Bureau's American Housing Survey, 11 million households lived in gated communities in 2009, up from more than 7 million in 2001.
Inventory currently stands at 6.6 months supply, or 162, 000 new homes, according to the report from the U.S. Census Bureau and Department of Housing and Urban Development.
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The Census Bureau last month said housing starts in October increased 3.6 percent to an annualized pace of 894, 000, on top of a 15.1 percent jump in September.
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The second leg of the argument seems to have fallen short, as the Census Bureau's figures on housing starts, and the Mortgage Bankers Association's (MBA) index on mortgage applications are both down substantially.
According to the American Housing Survey, conducted by the U.S. Census Bureau, the number of people living in gated communities rose to almost 11 million households in 2009, up from slightly more than 7 million in 2001, though the numbers may actually be significantly higher, Low said.
The U.S. Census Bureau and the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development also released March residential construction numbers this week.
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According to the latest Census figures on the topic, one-third of all housing units are occupied by renters.
Housing starts for multifamily units have risen sharply since 2009, according to the Census Bureau.
December housing starts increased 12.1 percent from November, putting the total number of housing units started in 2012 an estimated 28 percent above the 2011 level, according to the Census Bureau report.
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This one comes from a paper, delivered at a NBER conference last month, on the supply dynamics of the housing boom and bust. (A hat tip goes to Benjamin Keys.) The authors crunched census data to compile the compounded annual growth rates of the population, smoothed out over five years.
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