Wednesday, April 11, 2007

UPDATE 1-Canada March housing starts rise, miss estimates

(Reuters) - The number of starts was up from a revised 196,000 units in February, but fell short of consensus expectations of analysts who had called for 215,000 starts.

Urban single-family dwellings climbed 6.2 percent to 85,200 units, while urban multiples, which include condominiums and apartments, rose 12 percent to an annual rate of 92,700 in March.


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