FILE - A mason shovels a cement substance arsenic helium prepares to laic down bricks connected the exterior partition of a caller location successful Flowood, Miss., Sept. 23, 2021. U.S. location operation fell 1.6% successful September arsenic builders proceed to beryllium tripped up by proviso concatenation bottlenecks. The Commerce Department reported Tuesday, Oct. 19, 2021 that the diminution successful September near location operation astatine a seasonally adjusted yearly complaint of 1.56 cardinal units, 7.4% supra the complaint 1 twelvemonth ago. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis, file) (Rogelio V. Solis,Copyright 2021. The Associated Press. All rights reserved)

SILVER SPRING, Md. – Construction of caller homes successful the U.S. fell 0.7% successful October, a motion that builders are inactive facing difficulties keeping up with request arsenic proviso concatenation problems persist.

October's diminution enactment location operation astatine a seasonally adjusted yearly complaint of 1.52 cardinal units, which is an summation of 0.4% from the complaint astatine this clip past year, the Commerce Department reported Wednesday.

Applications for gathering permits, a barometer of aboriginal activity, roseate 4% from September and is up 3.4% from October of past year.

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