Increase In Housing Starts At End Of Year Signals Housing Market Recovery [Getty Images]

PETALUMA, CA - JANUARY 21: A worker carries lumber as he builds a new home on January 21, 2015 in Petaluma, California. According to a Commerce Department report, construction of new homes increased 4.4 percent in December, pushing building of new homes to the highest level in nine years. (Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)

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