The Commerce Department reported(.pdf) that U.S. housing starts jumped 14.6 percent to an annual rate of 629,000 and that permits for new construction rose 2.5 percent to a 624,000 rate. As noted here many times over the last couple years, despite what you’ll read today, this really isn’t a big deal since the housing market is extremely depressed, homebuilder stocks now the equivalent of 2002-era dot.com stocks for reasons made clear below.
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