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The Commerce Department released this morning housing starts for October.  Privately-owned (multi-family) starts decreased by a more than expected (10.6%) to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 529,000 units, market expectations were 600,000.  September’s previously reported starts of 590,000 was adjusted higher to 592,000.   The starts for October 2009 is (30.7%) below October 2008 rate of 763,000....

The Commerce Department released this morning housing starts for September.  Privately-owned (multi-family) starts increased by .5% to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 590,000 units, market expectations were 607,000.  August’s previously reported starts of 598,000 was adjusted lower to 587,000.   While single-family housing starts rose at a rate of 501,000 which was 3.9% above the revised August figure of 482,000 ...