The construction of new houses in the USA started during the month of January and had reached annualized units of 596.000 that is the highest level since September 2010, after recording a 14.6% compared to December, when the figure was revised to 520.000 houses, according to the Department of Commerce. 

However, this figure is 2.6% lower than the data recorded in the same month of 2010, when they began the construction of 612.000 new houses in the U.S. 

Meanwhile, the permissions for the housing construction granted during the month of January decreased by 10.4% in inter-monthly terms and 10.7% compared with the figure that was a year ago, to annualized figure of 562.000 authorizations. 

Similarly, the annualized figure of completed housing in the first month of the year reached 512,000 units, which is 9.5% lower than the upwardly revised data of January and 22.7% less than the same month of 2010.