Although housing starts saw a solid rise in June, the bigger picture is that there has been no sustained upward progress in homebuilding activity for over a year now. But we suspect that as credit conditions ease very gradually, builders will shift their focus to cheaper, single-family properties. That should help starts to regain their lost momentum.
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