Annual house price growth has continued to slow, and is likely to reach 2% by the end of the year. But that shouldn’t prevent a modest recovery in single-family housing starts, which ended 2018 at a four-month low. Despite a slowing economy, a lack of existing homes for sale will support new home demand.
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