Snowfall chills homebuilding
Hard-hit Northeast, South led February’s decline
Posted: March 17, 2010 at 5:05 a.m.
Construction workers frame a house in Mesa, Ariz., in February. The Commerce Department said Tuesday that housing starts fell in February.
Housing starts fell in February as record snowfall in parts of the U.S. hampered construction, while fewer building permits signaled the recovery in real estate will take longer to unfold.
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