NAHB: Economy may be headed for 'red zone'
Forecast anticipates 31% drop in single-family housing starts this year
By Inman News, Thursday, February 28, 2008.The chief economist for the National Association of Home Builders, in his latest annual forecast, said he expects total housing starts to fall 25 percent this year, with single-family starts plummeting 31 percent.
"We still expect starts to begin edging up in the final quarter of this year, but we've also trimmed the outlook for 2009," Seiders stated in a forecast report released this week.
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