brittany murphy joins us. e trends you are seeing that you think might be lasting, are we going to see this boom continue? brittany: we do. i want to talk about the drops in the supply, which is causing the supply and demand analysis we are seeing in the housing market now. over the past year, we have seen a 33% drop with housing supply across the u.s. this sustained drop we are seeing is really what's driving the home price increases, the large, double digit increases we are seeing across the u.s., so when we are focusing on that, we see this sustained housing supply drop due to a number of different reasons. that piece is what we are not seeing subside anytime soon. we think those trends and lack of supply will be sustained. matt: you think they will sustain. i was thinking this would force construction or or or or real estate businesses to get out and start building more on spec. will we see new -- jumped dramatically? brittany: we won't. we have constraints in the markets, lumber supplies, of which, during