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National Association of Home Builders

The National Association of Home Builders (NAHB) is one of the largest trade associations in the United States.

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US April Housing Starts Up 2.6%; March Revised Up

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S. home building grew in April, the latest sign that the recovery may be strengthening in the long-struggling market.Home construction increased 2.6% from March to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 717,000, the Commerce Department said Wednesday. Year-over-year, starts were up nearly 30%.Economists surveyed by Dow Jones Newswires had forecast April's housing starts would grow to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 685,000. That would have been a 4.7% jump from the prior month's previously reported figures.March starts, however, were revised significantly upward to a rate of 699,000 starts from a previously reported 654,000. The newly stated data reflects a 2.6% decline from February.Construction of single-family homes, which made up 69% of housing starts last month, grew 2.3% in April and was up 18.8% from a year ago. Meanwhile, multifamily homes with at least two units increased by 3.2% in April.In a speech Tuesday, Federal Reserve Gov. Elizabeth Duke cited several positive sign...

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