Single-family home building up again
July marks 5th straight rise, but apartment construction falls 13%
Posted: August 19, 2009 at 4:38 a.m.
Workers frame a house in the Briar Chapel community near Chapel Hill, N.C., on Monday.
Construction of single-family homes rose 1.7 percent in July, the fifth straight monthly increase as builders poured foundations at the fastest pace since last October, the Commerce Department said Tuesday.
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