Housing starts fall 0.5% in November Single-family starts drop 4.1%; multi-family up 4.8% Building permits plunge 11.2%; single-family fall 7.1% WASHINGTON, Dec 20 (Reuters) – U.S. single-family homebuilding tumbled to a 2-1/2-year low in November and permits for future construction plunged as higher mortgage rates continued to depress housing market activity. The dour report from […]

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