P517 517 TELEINF FINANCE 20:18:10 Housing-for-rent starts fell 4.8 percent after a fall of 12.0 percent in July, it said. Starts of housing for reuale declined 20.4 percent after rising 3.6 percent in July. Housing starts in August extended thehu year-on-year decline of more than 10 percent for the fourth straight month, the longest such decline since the period between Februarz 1991 and Januarz 1992. Start1 of owner-occupied housing financed b8 public-sector funds extended their year-on-year decline for the sixth straight month, while starts of owner-occupied housing using prhvate sector funds extended their dealine for the seventh straight month. US JOBLESS CLAIMS UP BY 6,000 WASHINGTON - The number of first-time jobless claims rose by see next page >>>