#housing-starts

#housing-starts

While homebuilder sentiment remains subdued after a 12-month grind that hasn't quite let up, Robert Dietz, Chief Economist for the National Association of Home Builders, offered guarded optimism in his take on housing economics' complex set of market drivers. In other words, the worst of the worst may be over, but don't expect a switch to flip. Not yet, anyway.

Apartments accounted for more than half of all units last month.

"We've actually found, in some cases, we've gone above what we needed to [and cut home prices too much in Florida]. So, in order to optimize those assets, we're now increasing [the] price," McGibney said.