The duration of single-family home construction projects in the United States has increased a lot in 2021 and 2022. On average, it took a month for a house to be authorized by a building permit and reach its construction start phase in 2020, but that same process required 1.4 months two years later. Meanwhile, the time from start to completion of a single-family home increased from 6.8 months in 2020 to 8.3 months in 2022. Multifamily homes were nevertheless the most time-intensive type of residential construction project.
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US Census Bureau. (February 1, 2023). Average length of time from authorization to completion of new privately owned single-family housing in the United States from 1980 to 2022, by construction stage (in months) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved August 24, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1398730/time-of-single-family-home-construction-in-the-us-by-stage/
US Census Bureau. "Average length of time from authorization to completion of new privately owned single-family housing in the United States from 1980 to 2022, by construction stage (in months)." Chart. February 1, 2023. Statista. Accessed August 24, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1398730/time-of-single-family-home-construction-in-the-us-by-stage/
US Census Bureau. (2023). Average length of time from authorization to completion of new privately owned single-family housing in the United States from 1980 to 2022, by construction stage (in months). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: August 24, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1398730/time-of-single-family-home-construction-in-the-us-by-stage/
US Census Bureau. "Average Length of Time from Authorization to Completion of New Privately Owned Single-family Housing in The United States from 1980 to 2022, by Construction Stage (in Months)." Statista, Statista Inc., 1 Feb 2023, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1398730/time-of-single-family-home-construction-in-the-us-by-stage/
US Census Bureau, Average length of time from authorization to completion of new privately owned single-family housing in the United States from 1980 to 2022, by construction stage (in months) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1398730/time-of-single-family-home-construction-in-the-us-by-stage/ (last visited August 24, 2024)
Average length of time from authorization to completion of new privately owned single-family housing in the United States from 1980 to 2022, by construction stage (in months) [Graph], US Census Bureau, February 1, 2023. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1398730/time-of-single-family-home-construction-in-the-us-by-stage/