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ORLANDO-Striving hard to remain positive, David Seiders, chief,economist, National Association of Home Builders, predicts sales ofnew housing in the multifamily and single-family sectors are ontheir way up after hitting bottom at the end of 2006.

"Housing starts in 2007 will continue down for the first half ofthe year and then turn up for the last half," Seiders predictedFriday at the four-day International Builders Show. The OrangeCounty Convention Center event, the largest in its 24-year history,has drawn 105,000 industry professionals from 90 countries to thenon-public attraction which has focused on the growth of greenbuilding concepts.

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