Spring is usually the time when construction companies build more homes in anticipation of rising sales. But for the third ...

Privately-owned housing starts in April were at a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 1,361,000, according to the U.S. Census ...

The gauge of new residential construction rose 1.6% last month to 1.36 million, according to the Commerce Department.

The latest government data showed that while overall monthly housing starts rose, they decline for single-family units.

Housing starts — the beginning of new housing construction projects — rose 11.2 percent in February, according to the Census Bureau, a rate that would yield 1.5 million new homes built per year.