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By CHRISTOPHER S. RUGABER, AP Economics Writer, Seattle Post-Intelligencer: Business
Thu, 01/19/2017 - 7:13am

WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. builders ramped up home construction in December, led by a surge of apartment building, while single-family houses lagged. Housing starts jumped 11.3 percent last month, to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 1.2 million, the Commerce Department said Thursday. Apartment construction soared 53.9 percent last month, while single-family housing starts fell 4 percent.

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