Japan

Construction starts at last year's level

Article by Günther Jauk, translated by Susanne Höfler | 02.09.2019 - 11:23

In July, however, Japan saw 4% less housing starts than in the same month last of 2018.

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Statistics of Japan reports 79,232 housing starts in July. Compared to the previous month (June: 81,541) they saw a slight decline. Between January and July, Japanese housing starts totaled 528,354 units. This matches last year's level.

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