US DATA: Feb NAHB/Wells Fargo Housing Market Index unch at 16. Two of
the three components (current sales and sales expectations) went up, but
because of weighing and rounding the overall index stayed the same.
Buyer traffic was unch. Regional HMI scores were mixed: Northeast
registered a two-point gain to 22, the South posted a one-point gain to
18, the Midwest posted a one-point decline to 12 and the West posted a
two-point decline to 13.