That's 30.7% down from the same month last year. Analysts had recently forecast a 1.7% rise in housing starts. Builders curtailed construction of new homes sharply in October, according to a government report released this morning.
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Wed, 11/18/2009 - 7:32am
That's 30.7% down from the same month last year. Analysts had recently forecast a 1.7% rise in housing starts. Builders curtailed construction of new homes sharply in October, according to a government report released this morning.