We have observed a 6.2% month-over-month increase in December housing starts, which significantly outperformed the estimated 1.1% rise. This serves as a turnaround from the 4.6% decline recorded in October, bearing in mind that there is no November data available. Furthermore, building permits grew by 4.3%, surpassing the 0.4% estimate and improving upon the 0.3% drop seen in October.