Construction of new single-family homes across the U.S. picked up unexpectedly in August, but mounting bad news for builders signals trouble ahead.Privately owned housing unit starts rose 7.6% last month from July, to a seasonally adjusted annualized rate of 918,000, the U.S. Census Bureau and the Department of Housing and Urban Development reported Thursday. The August figure was also up 5.2% fro…

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