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December 24, 2008

Housing Starts at Lowest Level in 50 Years
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The real estate market continues to struggle. Newly released figures
show the median price of a home fell 13 percent last month, reaching its
lowest point since 2004. Overall, home sales were down 13 percent.
Housing starts are also on the decline, dropping last month to their
lowest point on record in fifty years.



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