Believers in the housing recovery might contend they got another bit of evidence to bolster their case Thursday, while believers in a re-expanding home market bubble could claim the same.

HD Supply Holdings, formerly part of Home Depot (HD), is the latest company with ties to the housing sector that plans to offer stock, according to a filing with SEC. Private equity firms Bain Capital Partners, Carlyle Group and Clayton, Dubilier & Rice, are HD Supply's primary owners. Home Depot has kept a stake of 12.5%.

For now, the size of the offering isn't set, but the company estimated the amount for the purpose of filing requirements at $1 billion. HD Supply listed sales of $8.04 billion for the fiscal year ended Feb. 3, 2013, with a loss of $1.18 billion. Total long-term debt outstanding on that date was $7.33 billion.

HD Supply is about construction broadly. It's not entirely a bet on housing, although that is a substantial part of what it does. As HD says in the risk factors section that's

Gasoline prices are falling nationwide this year, but there’s no reason for drivers to get too excited about it just yet.

The average price for a gallon of gas is expected to go down slightly this summer versus both 2011 and 2012, according to a new report from the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA), but will still likely top out at $3.63 per gallon during the big travel months of April through September. That’s down from $3.69 last year and $3.71 in 2011. Back in 2010, which seems like a lifetime ago in terms of fuel prices, drivers were rolling out of gas stations at just $2.76 per gallon.

Lower crude oil prices are primarily to thank for these (admittedly tiny) new savings, but U.S. gasoline inventories are also now at healthier levels than in recent years and that’s helping to keep prices down, according to EIA. Last year, 98,000 barrels per day were withdrawn from this inventory to keep up with fuel demand, and that figure is expected to be cut in half this summer.

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