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Housing starts show continued strength in March, while single family permits indicate softness ahead

Housing starts show continued strength in March, while single family permits indicate softness ahead The continued strength in total housing permits and starts shown in this morning’s report for March was surprising; but the series with the most signal and least noise, single family permits, betrayed weakness.  While typically permits, especially single family permits, lead […]