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Economics

Housing Construction Permits at Four and a Half Year High

Housing starts rising

Reason Staff | 3.19.2013 10:04 AM

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Groundbreaking to build homes rose in February and new permits for construction climbed to the highest level since 2008, a sign the nation's housing market recovery is gathering steam.

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