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New home construction plunged in July, according to the Commerce Department. The reports shows that housing starts fell 9.1% in July to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 1.45 million. That’s down from a revised 1.6 million in June, and the lowest level of new home construction since the start of the pandemic in 2020. (1) I'm Kathy Fettke. Single-family construction was down even more, at 10.1%. Permits for new homes were also down 1.3%. But the regional numbers are wildly different, with the Northeast seeing a 65.6% increase in total housing starts. The other three regions account for the big drop. Builders say more homebuyers are canceling contracts because of high prices for homes, mortgages, and the cost of living in general. One in five says they have reduced their home prices in the past month to limit contract cancellations. The Commerce Department says the average cost to build a home has gone up almost 38% since January of 2020. That, along with rising mortgage rates, and supply-chain issues that c