The shutdown of large parts of the country meant single-family housing starts recorded their largest month-on-month fall on record in April. In the Northeast starts were down over 70% compared to February. But strong fundamentals mean building activity should resume as the country starts to re-open, and we expect starts will have recovered to around 900,000 annualised by the end of the year.
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