WASHINGTON (AP) — Builders broke ground on the most new homes in nine years last month, a response to strong demand that should lift the economy. Home construction soared 25.5 percent to a seasonally adjusted 1.3 million in October, the ...

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WASHINGTON (AP) — Homebuilders pulled back on construction in the South, causing the pace of August housing starts nationwide to fall to their lowest level in three months. Despite the monthly decline, construction activity has accelerated for much this year. ...

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WASHINGTON (AP) — Apartment construction in the Northeast fueled a jump in home building in July as the pace of housing starts nationwide reached the strongest pace in six months. The rate of overall construction rose 2.1 percent to a ...

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WASHINGTON (AP) — Construction of new homes posted a solid increase in June, led by a surge of building in the Northeast and the West. The Commerce Department said Tuesday that housing starts rose 4.8 percent to a seasonally adjusted ...

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WASHINGTON (AP) — Construction of new homes nudged down slightly in May, with builders pulling back in the Northeast and Midwest. The Commerce Department says that housing starts ticked down 0.3 percent to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 1.16 ...

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WASHINGTON (AP) — Construction of new homes fell in March by the largest amount in five months, with weakness in all regions of the country except the Northeast. Home construction dropped 8.8 percent to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of ...

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WASHINGTON (AP) — Construction of new homes rose in February to the highest level in five months, but applications for new construction were weak for a third month. Housing starts rose 5.2 percent last month to a seasonally adjusted annual ...

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WASHINGTON (AP) — US builders started fewer homes in December, but prior gains meant that residential construction ended 2015 at its healthiest level in eight years. Housing starts dipped 2.5 percent last month to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of ...

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WASHINGTON – A big jump in apartment construction in the Midwest and South boosted the pace of homebuilding in November, marking a solid bounce back after tumbling in October. Construction of single-family houses also increased and reached an eight-year high. ...

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WASHINGTON  — Construction of new homes fell slightly in October after a big surge in the previous month, but the weakness was largely driven by the volatile apartment sector. Builders started construction at a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 1.009 ...

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