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Housing starts are on the rise around the country, particularly in the Northeast. But how is the rest of the country faring?

Even with the increase, and the best year for housing starts in nearly a decade, more is needed in order to overcome the ongoing shortage of available homes for sale, according to one economist.

Analysts said that housing starts still had room to grow even after a large October spike. But things did not exactly go that way for starts in November.

Housing starts are growing at their fastest pace in nine years, but the numbers are still way down from historical norms. What does this mean for the market overall?

Overall housing permits outpaced overall housing starts in September, indicating a significant turning point for the market. What will October's report hold?

The underlying components of the NAHB/First American Leading Markets Index varied greatly, indicating that the nation's economic and housing markets are not quite back up to "normal."

Analysts had been expecting a decline in housing starts in July's residential construction report, but instead they received some good news when the report was released Tuesday.

Housing starts were down slightly and building permits were down substantially over-the-year as demand continues to outpace supply by double-digit percentages.

At least one economist saw that the ongoing trend of starts exceeding permits may be trouble for the housing market down the road.

Though the gains in starts and permits are modest‒‒not to mention multi-faceted‒‒the upturn is certainly more welcome news to industry pundits than the numbers that came from February. That month, the U.S. Census Bureau and U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development reported that privately-owned housing starts had hit their lowest rate in years. Housing starts were down 17 percent from January and 3.3 percent below the February prior.