As between housing starts vs. permits, my preferred measure is permits, They tend to lead starts by a month or so, and they are much less volatile (about half) than starts.
So, needless to say, May's housing report, released this morning, was an upside blowout -- one of the strongest month over month moves ever. Here's the graph of permits from their 2009 low:
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