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WWPA forecasts housing starts to surpass 1 million in 2014



PORTLAND, OR , March 6, 2013 (RISI) - 

The Western Wood Products Association is forecasting 963,000 housing starts in 2013. The association expects construction of single-family houses at 678,000 this year and multi-family construction to total 284,000.

Starts in 2014 are projected to reach 1.179 million, 1.317 million in 2015 and 1.357 million in 2016. Single-family starts are expected to surpass 1 million in 2016.

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