Housing starts fell for a fifth month in November, the land ministry said Thursday, in an indication that stricter rules for obtaining building permits may remain a drag on economic growth in the first quarter of 2008.
Ground broken on new homes and condominiums fell 27 percent from a year earlier after falling 35 percent in October, the Land, Infrastructure and Transport Ministry said.
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