Housing starts, the change in the number of new residential buildings that began construction, rose 3% from May to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 1.35 million in June, according to a ...

The numbers: Construction of new U.S. homes rose 3% in June as builders scaled up new projects. Housing starts rose to a 1.35 million annual pace from 1.31 million in May, the government said ...

U.S. housing starts rose in June, indicating increased optimism in the market that mortgage rates will cool. Here are the main takeaways from the Commerce Department's report released Wednesday.

Total housing starts rose 3.0% to a 1.35-million-unit pace during June. However, the consensus-beating upturn occurred largely as a result of a surge in multifamily starts, which are highly ...

The number of housing starts ticked up in August as mortgage ... factor pushing down mortgage rates. New home sales rose 10.6% from June to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 739,000 in July ...

Canada Mortgage and Housing Corp. says the annual pace of housing starts in June fell nine per cent compared with May. The housing agency said the seasonally adjusted annual rate of housing starts ...

OTTAWA - The annual pace of housing starts in July climbed 16 per cent compared with June as starts of multi-unit projects shot higher for the month, Canada Mortgage and Housing Corp. says.