Growth

Housing Agent

Tracks housing starts, permits, sales, prices, and mortgage stress.

Utility

This agent must be runnable on its own and must produce evidence that supports a decision, an avoidance, or a confidence change.

Decisions Supported

cyclical exposureicredit riski

Questions Answered

Is housing confirming growth or stress?i

Data Sources

Yahoo housing proxy basketiFRED HOUSTiFRED PERMITiFRED HSN1FiFRED MORTGAGE30USi

Current Run Market Data

Label	Symbol	Group	Price	Change	Change %	Status
XHB	XHB	housing_etf	102.78	-1.06	-1.03%	live
ITB	ITB	housing_etf	96.91	-1.72	-1.74%	live

Computed Signal

Name	Value	Regime	Confidence	Source	Observed
housing_proxy_score	32.0	weak	100%	Yahoo live proxy data	2026-11-06T19:31:06+00:00

Declared And Target Feeds

Source	Status	Current Run Data
Yahoo housing proxy basket	current run	2/2 observed rows attached below.
FRED HOUST	target feed	Not used in the current run yet; listed as the permanent feed this agent should graduate to.
FRED PERMIT	target feed	Not used in the current run yet; listed as the permanent feed this agent should graduate to.
FRED HSN1F	target feed	Not used in the current run yet; listed as the permanent feed this agent should graduate to.
FRED MORTGAGE30US	target feed	Not used in the current run yet; listed as the permanent feed this agent should graduate to.

Live Status

Housing ETF proxies average -1.38% across XHB and ITB.

Score

Warnings

• Housing proxies are weakening.

Signals

Name	Value	Regime	Confidence	Source	Observed
housing_proxy_score	32.0	weak	100%	Yahoo live proxy data	2026-11-06T19:31:06+00:00