US housing permits and starts both slump in April

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US privately-owned housing units authorized by building permits in April fell 21% from March to 1.07m, according to the Census Bureua.

The market had been expecting a deeper decline to 1.00m.

Housing starts slumped 30% to 0.89m, further than an expected fall to 0.95m.

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