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Housing Starts (Sep.)

Strong new home sales have helped boost homebuilder confidence to a 20-month high, and single-family building permits and starts both recorded a small rise in September. The lack of existing home inventory is bolstering new home demand, and that will support a steady rise in single-family construction over the next year even as the economy slows.

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