NCTimes.com - "New-home forecast: Gloomy early, then sunny" (1-5-07)

"The pace of home construction in San Diego and Riverside counties this year will continue the downward slide that gripped the building industry in 2006, according to a trade group's forecast. But Alan Nevin, a San Diego economist who authored a California Building Industry Association report that was released Thursday, predicted that the industry will enjoy a modest rebound after a particularly slow first quarter."