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This R&D provides resources on the U.S. housing market.  The 2008 financial crisis was directly related to problems in the U.S. housing market so the recovery of this sector would be a good sign for the financial health of the U.S. economy as a whole.  Single and multi-family housing starts showed improvement in the last economic quarter, but existing home sales trended downward, creating a complicated picture about what 2016 may mean for the market.