Housing starts hit high point in June

Jul 18, 2012

Updated Jul 30, 2012

Flatbedders, if freight demand seemed stronger than normal in June, that was no illusion.

Housing starts rose almost 7 percent last month, said the U.S. Commerce Department. That was the highest rate in three and a half years.

Read more about it in this report from Reuters.

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