The unseasonably warm start to 2023 provided little support to the housing market or construction, with sales and prices falling further in January while housing starts slumped to a 28-month low. As prices have already fallen by 15% and the downward pressure shows no sign of abating, the risks to our forecast for a peak-to-trough decline of 20% are tilted to the downside.
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