December Housing Starts Up 4.4%, Builders Get Small Boost By: Benzinga via Benzinga January 21, 2015 at 11:04 AM EST U.S. housing starts grew 4.4 percent in December, giving a modest boost to homebuilders' shares in the face of recently narrowing ... Read More >> Related Stocks: S&P Homebuilders SPDR SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust