US homebuilders are facing their biggest credit crunch in more than a decade, with banks cutting lending for residential construction by more than 10 per cent.
US banks had $92bn of loans outstanding to fund the construction of dwellings for one to four families in the quarter to the end of June, down from $102bn a year ago.
This is the largest year-on-year drop in more than a decade, according to an analysis by BankRegData of the most recent data from the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. It was also the fifth consecutive quarter in which lending for home construction fell.
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