The housing sector added to the Gross Domestic Product this year, signaling a positive trend, according to the commentary, “Why Housing Can Still Pull the United States Out of Economic Doldrums,” by Robert Dietz, an economist with the National Association of Home Builders (NAHB). Read the full piece on the U.S. News and World Report website.

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