TORONTO, April 19 (Reuters) - Canadian housing starts
fell more than expected in March compared with the previous
month as groundbreaking decreased on multiple unit and
single-family detached urban homes, data from the national
housing agency showed on Wednesday.
The seasonally adjusted annualized rate of housing starts
fell 11% to 213,865 units from a revised 240,927 units in
February, the Canadian Mortgage and Housing Corporation (CMHC)
said. Economists had expected starts to fall to 237,800.
(Reporting by Fergal Smith; Editing by Chizu Nomiyama)
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