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09/19/2012 - 8:30am
Building permits in August 2012 were at a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 803,000, down 1.0 percent from the revised July rate, but up 24.5 percent from August 2011. Housing starts in August 2012 were at a seasonally adjusted rate of 750,000, up 2.3 percent from July’s revised estimate and up 29.1 percent from August 2011.