Total housing starts fell 0.3% in March to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 1.14 million units from a downwardly revised reading in February, according to a report from the U.S. Housing and Urban Development and Commerce Department that was delayed due to the partial government shutdown.

The June reading of 1.17 million is the number of housing units builders would begin if they kept this pace for the next 12 months. 

More than 70 million millennials are poised to dominate the home buying market in the months and years ahead.

Multifamily starts jumped 36.8 percent to 413,000 units after a weak September report.

The Housing Market Index gauges builder perceptions of current single-family home sales and sales expectations for the next six months.

The stigma attached to trade professions is waning as job demand grows.

Commercial and residential real estate is expected to slow in the New Year.

Millennials prefer an in-personshopping experience.