If remodeling sinks, what’s that say about housing overall?

A contractor not returning your calls? Consider calling next year.
Remodelers are having one of their busiest summers ever, but that’s likely to change.
The annual gain in home-improvement spending is expected to fall by as much as half in many major real estate markets by the end of this year, according to the Joint Center for Housing Studies of Harvard University.
Harvard’s Leading Indicator of Remodeling Activity (LIRA) says annual gains in homeowner expenditures for improvements