house_starts.def

YEAR MONTH FIXED_RATE STARTS SOLD

  Obs:   184 monthly from 1990.1 to 2005.4

  1. YEAR 
  2. MONTH 
  3. FIXED_RATE Contract Interest Rate (%): Terms On Conventional Single Family Mortgages, Fixed-Rate 30-Year Nonjumbo Loans 
  4. STARTS US Total New Privately Owned Housing Units Started; Thousands; SAAR (seasonally adjusted annual rates)
  5. SOLD Total Houses Sold: Thousands
  

Data source:  www.economagic.com




    Variable |       Obs        Mean    Std. Dev.       Min        Max
-------------+--------------------------------------------------------
        YEAR |       184    1997.174    4.441751       1990       2005
       MONTH |       184    6.413043    3.477177          1         12
  FIXED_RATE |       184    7.650815    1.146265        5.5      10.22
      STARTS |       184    1506.696    272.9083        798       2228
        SOLD |       184    67.82609    19.08515         29        128