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Building permits slide in November. The U.S. Census Bureau said privately-owned housing units authorized by building permits in November were at a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 1,035,000, 5.2% below the revised October rate of 1,092,000 and 0.2% below the Nov. 2013 estimate of 1,037,000. Single-family authorizations in November were at a rate of 639,000, 1.2% below the revised October figure of 647,000.
ABI skids 2.8 points in November. Buoyed by sustained demand for apartments and condos and coupled with state and...