News: Business US home construction surges 12.1 percent in December to end best year since 2008 January 17, 2013 | Modified: January 17, 2013 at 9:30 am Leave a comment WASHINGTON (AP) — US home construction surges 12.1 percent in December to end best year since 2008. Sign Up for the Daily E-dition newsletter! Please enter your email address below to begin receiving the Daily E-dition newsletter. You must enter a valid email address in the field above! Thank you for signing up for the Daily E-dition newsletter! You should receive your first newsletter very soon. We're sorry, there was an error processing your newsletter signup. Please click here to visit our Newsletter Signup Center to register for this newsletter.