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Housing starts jump in December

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Canadian housing starts climbed more than expected in December, fueled by low mortgage rates and a boom in condo construction, even as analysts predicted the once-hot sector would cool further in 2012.
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Cordray Says Politics Won't Distract Him from Job

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