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Urban .§m starts ',,:: fell â€" :. National housâ€" ing starts fell 5.2 per cent in August to 153,300 units at a seasonally adjusted annual rate (SAAR), from a revised level of 161,700 units in July, reported Canada Mortgage â€" and U o us I‘n‘s Corporation. Urban starts of singleâ€"detached dwellings inched down to 61,400 units SAAR in August, 3.3 per cent lower than the level _ of 63,500 the previâ€" ous month. Multiple unit conâ€" struction fell 8.6 per cent to 66,900 units, from a level of 73,200 units reached in July. "Nationally, the August the August decline is not surâ€" prising as multiâ€" ple unit construcâ€" tion had surged in July; _ stronger activity is likely in the coming months," _ said Gilles Proulx, Chief Economist at CMHC‘s Market Analysis Centre. The _ August results are mainly due to a large drop in multiple unit construction in Quebec. Starts also fell slightly in Ontario and the Prairies â€" while they â€" rose. in British Columbia and held steady inthe Atlantic region HOME WEEK CLEANâ€"UP Local realtors spent several hours picking up roadside litter as part of their contribution during Ontario Home Week. Pictured here on Dorval Drive are, from left to right, Anne Cousland and Kate Vanderburgh, from Royal LePage Real Estate Services, and Ed Punkris from Countrywide Town Centre Realty Inc. tn m