2012-02-16blogspot.com

Housing starts are near three-year highs, but that is in comparison to extremely weak numbers for the past few years. Builders began just 430,900 single-family homes last year, the fewest on records dating back a half-century.

Moreover, home prices are still dropping. Yet, signs of a bottom in construction, not prices, may be at hand.



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