US Housing Starts Illustrated: 50 Year Low

Source: United States Census Bureau.

While housing starts – the number of homes on which construction has been started – have gone up and down since 1959, no year has come close to being as low as 2009. While predictions for 2010 are somewhat improved, you can count on fewer new homes being available in 2010 and 2011.

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