I wouldn't read too much into the new starts, permits, and sentiment data, but I don't take them as very encouraging.Housing starts, which seemed to have been moving up, nudged down last month.
Source: FREDWhile housing permits, which had been trending down, nudged up.
Source: FREDWhat really counts at this point, though, is home sales-- it won't do any good to build the homes, if nobody buys them. And even if sales do start to rebound, the recent higher mortgage...