However,
despite solid job growth, wages remain restrained, with average hourly earnings holding steady at a 2.5 % annual growth rate.
Not exact matches
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Despite a surprising slowdown in household
growth at the end of 2015, the outlook for the U.S. housing market remains upbeat thanks to
solid housing demand driven by continued
job growth and incipient wage gains.
Despite solid interest in buying a home — sparked by steady
job gains, record low mortgage rates and higher rents — the severe drought in housing supply in much of the country over the past year accelerated price
growth and kept many first - time buyers out of the market.
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Despite the overall U.S. housing activity losing some of the momentum we saw earlier in the recovery, recent
solid job growth should help reinvigorate the housing market.»