Privately owned housing starts were up 12.8% year over year in October, according to data released Thursday by the US Census Bureau
Housing starts jumped more than 17% from May to June as the housing market continues to recover from stay-at-home orders
Home prices rose 3.9% in January, but the data does not take into account the impact of the coronavirus pandemic, which didn't take hold in the US until late February
Housing starts are up 11.1% over November 2018 while permits increased by 13.6%
Quicken Loans released its monthly Home Price Perception Index, which found that, on average, appraised values were 0.34 percent less than what homeowners estimated in May.