{"id":22539,"date":"2015-04-01T19:33:29","date_gmt":"2015-04-02T02:33:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/drduru.com\/onetwentytwo\/?p=22539"},"modified":"2015-04-01T19:33:29","modified_gmt":"2015-04-02T02:33:29","slug":"growing-stalemate-housing-starts-affordability-and-sentiment-versus-student-debt","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/drduru.com\/onetwentytwo\/2015\/04\/01\/growing-stalemate-housing-starts-affordability-and-sentiment-versus-student-debt\/","title":{"rendered":"Growing Stalemate: Housing Starts, Affordability, and Sentiment Versus Student Debt"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>(This is an excerpt from an article I originally published on Seeking Alpha on May 20, 2014. <a href=\"http:\/\/seekingalpha.com\/article\/2229063-growing-stalemate-housing-starts-affordability-and-sentiment-vs-student-debt\" target=\"_blank\">Click here to read the entire piece<\/a>.)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The U.S. Census Bureau and the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) released on Friday <a href=\"http:\/\/www.census.gov\/construction\/nrc\/pdf\/newresconst.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">the numbers for April housing starts<\/a>. The continued increase in housing starts confirms the simultaneous and <a href=\"http:\/\/seekingalpha.com\/article\/2190073-residential-employment-plows-ahead-as-housing-indicators-stabilize\" target=\"_blank\">on-going ramp in employment for private residential construction<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>{snip}<\/p>\n<p><center><br \/>\n<figure id=\"attachment_22528\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-22528\" style=\"width: 540px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/drduru.com\/onetwentytwo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/140516_PrivatelyOwnedHousingStarts5Units.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/drduru.com\/onetwentytwo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/140516_PrivatelyOwnedHousingStarts5Units.png\" alt=\"Privately Owned Housing Starts: 5-Unit Structures or More\" width=\"550\" height=\"365\" class=\"size-full wp-image-22528\" srcset=\"https:\/\/drduru.com\/onetwentytwo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/140516_PrivatelyOwnedHousingStarts5Units.png 550w, https:\/\/drduru.com\/onetwentytwo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/140516_PrivatelyOwnedHousingStarts5Units-300x199.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-22528\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Privately Owned Housing Starts: 5-Unit Structures or More<\/figcaption><\/figure><br \/>\n<strong>Source: <a href=\"http:\/\/research.stlouisfed.org\/fred2\/graph\/?g=AZK\" target=\"_blank\">St. Louis Federal Reserve<\/a><\/strong><br \/>\n<\/center><\/p>\n<p>{snip}<\/p>\n<p><center><br \/>\n<figure id=\"attachment_22530\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-22530\" style=\"width: 540px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/drduru.com\/onetwentytwo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/140516_PrivatelyOwnedHousingStarts1Unit.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/drduru.com\/onetwentytwo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/140516_PrivatelyOwnedHousingStarts1Unit.png\" alt=\"Privately Owned Housing Starts (Seasonally Adjusted, Annualized) : 1 Unit Structures\" width=\"550\" height=\"365\" class=\"size-full wp-image-22530\" srcset=\"https:\/\/drduru.com\/onetwentytwo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/140516_PrivatelyOwnedHousingStarts1Unit.png 550w, https:\/\/drduru.com\/onetwentytwo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/140516_PrivatelyOwnedHousingStarts1Unit-300x199.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-22530\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Privately Owned Housing Starts (Seasonally Adjusted, Annualized) : 1 Unit Structures<\/figcaption><\/figure><br \/>\n<strong>Source: <a href=\"http:\/\/research.stlouisfed.org\/fred2\/graph\/?g=B1M\" target=\"_blank\">St. Louis Federal Reserve<\/a><\/strong><br \/>\n<\/center><\/p>\n<p>Interest rates are also supporting housing. Instead of <a href=\"http:\/\/seekingalpha.com\/article\/1862941-the-coming-upward-pressure-on-mortgage-rates-in-2014\" target=\"_blank\">increasing this year as expected<\/a>, rates are on the decline. I assume that part of the trend was helped by Fed Chair Janet Yellen&#8217;s expressing concerns that housing has disappointed this year (at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.federalreserve.gov\/newsevents\/testimony\/yellen20140507a.htm\" target=\"_blank\">the last Joint Economic Committee, U.S. Congress<\/a>). {snip}<\/p>\n<p><center><br \/>\n<figure id=\"attachment_22537\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-22537\" style=\"width: 540px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/drduru.com\/onetwentytwo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/140516_InterestRates.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/drduru.com\/onetwentytwo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/140516_InterestRates.png\" alt=\"U.S. interest rates are on the decline again\" width=\"550\" height=\"378\" class=\"size-full wp-image-22537\" srcset=\"https:\/\/drduru.com\/onetwentytwo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/140516_InterestRates.png 550w, https:\/\/drduru.com\/onetwentytwo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/140516_InterestRates-300x206.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-22537\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">U.S. interest rates are on the decline again<\/figcaption><\/figure><br \/>\n<strong>Source: <a href=\"http:\/\/research.stlouisfed.org\/fred2\/graph\/?g=B31\" target=\"_blank\">St. Louis Federal Reserve<\/a><\/strong><br \/>\n<\/center><\/p>\n<p>Declining rates also help housing affordability. The <a href=\"http:\/\/research.stlouisfed.org\/fred2\/graph\/?g=B1T\" target=\"_blank\">Housing Affordability Index<\/a> plummeted last year when housing prices skyrocketed. Affordability has rebounded sharply since last September. {snip} Note that overall, housing still remains more affordable than it has anytime before the last recession going back to the 1980s. Detailed data on housing affordability are available from <a href=\"http:\/\/www.realtor.org\/topics\/housing-affordability-index\/data\" target=\"_blank\">the National Association of Realtors<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p><center><br \/>\n<figure id=\"attachment_22532\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-22532\" style=\"width: 540px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/drduru.com\/onetwentytwo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/140516_HousingAffordabilityIndex.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/drduru.com\/onetwentytwo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/140516_HousingAffordabilityIndex.png\" alt=\"Housing Affordability Index\" width=\"550\" height=\"445\" class=\"size-full wp-image-22532\" srcset=\"https:\/\/drduru.com\/onetwentytwo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/140516_HousingAffordabilityIndex.png 550w, https:\/\/drduru.com\/onetwentytwo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/140516_HousingAffordabilityIndex-300x242.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-22532\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Housing Affordability Index<\/figcaption><\/figure><br \/>\n<strong>Source: <a href=\"http:\/\/research.stlouisfed.org\/fred2\/graph\/?g=B1T\" target=\"_blank\">St. Louis Federal Reserve<\/a><\/strong><br \/>\n<\/center><\/p>\n<p>Finally, sentiment among home builders remains relatively stable. {snip}<\/p>\n<p><center><br \/>\n<figure id=\"attachment_22534\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-22534\" style=\"width: 540px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/drduru.com\/onetwentytwo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/140516_HousingMarketIndex.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/drduru.com\/onetwentytwo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/140516_HousingMarketIndex.png\" alt=\"Components of the National Association of Home Builders(NAHB) \/Wells Fargo Housing Market Index (HMI)\" width=\"550\" height=\"399\" class=\"size-full wp-image-22534\" srcset=\"https:\/\/drduru.com\/onetwentytwo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/140516_HousingMarketIndex.png 550w, https:\/\/drduru.com\/onetwentytwo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/140516_HousingMarketIndex-300x217.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-22534\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Components of the National Association of Home Builders(NAHB)<br \/>\/Wells Fargo Housing Market Index (HMI)<br \/><\/figcaption><\/figure><br \/>\n<strong>Source: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nahb.org\/reference_list.aspx?sectionID=134\" target=\"_blank\">National Association of Home Builders<\/a><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/center><\/p>\n<p>{snip}<\/p>\n<p>The on-going delay in housing formation is another upside risk as these delays are creating pent-up demand. However, increasing student debt is the next looming headwind for new household formation. A recent blog posted at the New York Federal Reserve&#8217;s Liberty Street Economics titled &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/libertystreeteconomics.newyorkfed.org\/2014\/05\/just-released-young-student-loan-borrowers-remained-on-the-sidelines-of-the-housing-market-in-2013.html#.U3XFXfldWSr\" target=\"_blank\">Young Student Loan Borrowers Remained on the Sidelines of the Housing Market in 2013<\/a>&#8221; shows that not only has home ownership declined for 30-year olds, but also the rate of ownership has declined more sharply for 30-year olds with student debt. {snip}<\/p>\n<p>There are many other slices to these data that warrant unpacking, but the overall message appears to be that, to an increasing extent, young people who incur debt for their education are becoming less able (and\/or willing) to take on home mortgages than their counterparts with no such debt. {snip}<\/p>\n<p>This confluence of signals provides interesting challenges for investors in home builders. If I am correct that the balance of risk is to the upside, it makes sense to wait out the current churn and growing stalemate. {snip}<\/p>\n<p>The iShares US Home Construction (ITB) is a good place to &#8220;sit and wait.&#8221; {snip}<\/p>\n<p><center><br \/>\n<figure id=\"attachment_22553\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-22553\" style=\"width: 540px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/drduru.com\/onetwentytwo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/140519_ITB.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/drduru.com\/onetwentytwo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/140519_ITB.png\" alt=\"iShares US Home Construction (ITB) is still in a holding pattern\" width=\"550\" height=\"375\" class=\"size-full wp-image-22553\" srcset=\"https:\/\/drduru.com\/onetwentytwo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/140519_ITB.png 550w, https:\/\/drduru.com\/onetwentytwo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/140519_ITB-300x204.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-22553\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">iShares US Home Construction (ITB) is still in a holding pattern<\/figcaption><\/figure><br \/>\n<strong>Source: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.freestockcharts.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">FreeStockCharts.com<\/a><\/strong><br \/>\n<\/center><\/p>\n<p>Be careful out there!<\/p>\n<p>Full disclosure: long ITB call options<\/p>\n<p><strong>(This is an excerpt from an article I originally published on Seeking Alpha on May 20, 2014. <a href=\"http:\/\/seekingalpha.com\/article\/2229063-growing-stalemate-housing-starts-affordability-and-sentiment-vs-student-debt\" target=\"_blank\">Click here to read the entire piece<\/a>.)<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(This is an excerpt from an article I originally published on Seeking Alpha on May 20, 2014. Click here to read the entire piece.) The U.S. Census Bureau and the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) released on Friday the numbers for April housing starts. The continued increase in housing starts confirms the &#8230; <a title=\"Growing Stalemate: Housing Starts, Affordability, and Sentiment Versus Student Debt\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/drduru.com\/onetwentytwo\/2015\/04\/01\/growing-stalemate-housing-starts-affordability-and-sentiment-versus-student-debt\/\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[1593,1350,1206,1351],"class_list":["post-22539","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-housing","tag-housing","tag-ishares-us-home-construction","tag-itb","tag-student-debt"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Growing Stalemate: Housing Starts, Affordability, and Sentiment Versus Student Debt - ONE-TWENTY TWO: Trading Financial Markets<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/drduru.com\/onetwentytwo\/2015\/04\/01\/growing-stalemate-housing-starts-affordability-and-sentiment-versus-student-debt\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Growing Stalemate: Housing Starts, Affordability, and Sentiment Versus Student Debt - ONE-TWENTY TWO: Trading Financial Markets\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"(This is an excerpt from an article I originally published on Seeking Alpha on May 20, 2014. 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