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Housing downturn will drag on for much longer

The recent slowdown in housing starts is just the beginning of a long-term correction that will dampen economic growth this year and next. If, as we expect, new home sales soften further, in response to tighter credit conditions and softening investor sentiment, then the glut of newly completed unoccupied housing units will only get worse.

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