Investors were disappointed by the drop in housing starts and building permits in December as they digested a bundle of economic reports from private industry. CNNMoney reports the Dow Jones Industrial Average managed a gain of 41.55 points, +0.25 percent, to end the week at 16,458.56. Meanwhile, the Nasdaq dropped -0.50 percent, -21.11 points, to close at 4,197.58, and the S&P fell -0.39 percent, -7.19 points to end the week at 1838.70. The Yahoo Manufactured Housing Housing Composite fell -1.23 percent to close at 776.3. Housing stocks we track in today’s trading closed mixed or even, although Patrick Industries gained the most, +3.39 percent, +1.01 to close at 30.80. Louisiana Pacific Industries dropped the most, falling -3.14percent, -0.56, to end the day at 17.29. Affiliated Managers Group 211.97 -0.96 (-0.45%). Cavco Industries 73.41, -0.42 (-0.57%). Clayton Homes, Vanderbilt Mortgage and Finance, as well as MH home-building, lending and other housing suppliers parent company Berkshire Hathaway 172,350 -423.00 (-0.24%). Deer Valley remained unchanged at 0.75. Drew Industries 50.86 -0.49 (-0.95%). Equity LifeStyle Properties 36.65 -0.34 (-0.92%). Liberty Homes remained unchanged at 0.75. Nobility Homes 9.50 -0.15 (-1.55.%). Skyline Corp. 5.52 +0.13 (+2.41%). Sun Communities, Inc. 43.38 -0.22 (-0.50%). Third Avenue Value Fund (Jan. 16) 56.93 +0.03 (+0.05%). UMH Properties, Inc. 9.29 -0.04 (-0.43%). Universal Forest Products, Inc. 51.94 -0.57 (-1.09%).
