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Housing starts increase 6.8 percent, building permits drop 3.1 percent in May
After a 14.8-percent drop in April, home construction starts in the U.S. increased 6.8 percent in May, our sister site, Equipment World, reported.
The figures come from new U.S. Census Bureau data, which show that May’s seasonally adjusted annual rate of ... Read More...
April housing starts drop 16.5 percent, building permits increase 14.3 percent
Following a month of high housing starts, the start of home construction fell in April, while an increase in building permits suggests continued recovery, according to our sister site, Equipment World.
Housing starts dropped 16.5 percent from March’s revised rate of ... Read More...
Housing starts increase 7 percent in March to highest rate in almost five years
Preliminary data from the U.S. Commerce Department showed a 7-percent increase in housing starts in March, the highest level since June 2008, our sister site, Equipment World, reported.
In addition to its 7-percent increase over the revised February estimate of 968,000, ... Read More...
U.S. construction industry adds 14,000 jobs
The nation's construction industry added 14,000 jobs nationwide in April, according to the Labor Department, marking the first back-to-back monthly gains in that sector since 2006, the Los Angeles Times reports.
In all, 29 states gained construction jobs that month, according ... Read More...
