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Real estate investments are rising in popularity as a combination of strong fundamentals, near-record-low mortgage rates and a drop in foreclosures supports the notion that housing is on a road to recovery.Home prices rose for the 13th month in a row in March, jumping 10.5% year-over-year to post its biggest annual climb in seven years. Also, housing starts topped 1 million in March for the first time in nearly five years while home repossessions fell 20% in April from the previous month."Our positive view of the housing market remains on track," Robert Wetenhall, RBC Capital Markets, said. "The key drivers include low interest rates, tight inventory levels and rising home prices."Investors looking to capitalize off the housing market can play the rebound through various exchange traded funds.Homebuilder exchange traded funds continue to set multiyear highs this year after finishing among the top performers of 2012. The iShares Dow Jones U.S. Construction (NYSE:ITB) and the SPDR S&P Ho...
Battered by the financial crisis, homebuilders in the United States are adopting a targeted approach to growth as the cyclical housing market swings upward again.Sma...
These days, it's not uncommon for multiple generations to live under one roof. Whether the economic downturn forced extended family members to bunk together or aging...
Over the past year, stocks viewed as plays on a residential real estate resurgence, have, well, been resurgent. So have the ETFs these stocks call home.In that time,...
Toll Brothers Inc, the largest luxury homebuilder in the United States, reported first-quarter results well below analysts' estimates, hurt by lower selling prices a...
Bob Wetenhall, RBC Capital director of equity research, on why there is room to run for real estate investors.
Coming off a year in which it was one of the top-performing ETFs of any stripe, the iShares Dow Jones U.S. Home Construction Index Fund (NYSE:ITB) has kept the good ...
With the iShares Dow Jones U.S. Home Construction ETF (NYSE:ITB) up nearly 200 percent since October 2011, all the good news has to be priced into the home builders ...
Real estate as an investment was once left for dead. No longer.Housing prices have crept steadily upward this year. And the much-watched Standard & Poor's/Case-Shill...
RBC Capital Markets Analyst Robert Wetenhall on the outlook for the housing market.
U.S. stocks fell on Tuesday, extending losses into a second day, as Wall Street signaled caution after mixed economic data and before major earnings releases in the ...
Lifted by the strengthening recovery in the housing market, home builder Lennar (NYSE:LEN) beat the Street on Tuesday by revealing surging fourth-quarter profits and...
FBN’s Diane Macedo breaks down the stories moving the markets around the world.
The housing market recovery is gaining momentum, but it's not your average homebuyer behind the push, it's investors.Low interest rates and recuperating home prices ...
Over the past two years, few if any sector ETFs have rivaled the iShares Dow Jones U.S. Home Construction Index Fund (NYSE:ITB) and the SPDR S&P Homebuilders ETF (NY...
D.R. Horton Inc's quarterly profit almost tripled as it sold more homes at higher prices, and the No.1 U.S. homebuilder said the spring selling season was off to a s...
Economic indicators show that the recovery in the US economy is well underway. According to the Commerce Department consumer spending increased 0.7% in February whic...
The S&P 500 finished last week a smidgen lower as Cyprus uncertainty, discouraging European data, while big-name lackluster earnings from the likes of FedEx (NYSE:FD...
The U.S. stock market traded higher on Wednesday after a rocky start to the week on account of a banking crisis in Cyprus.A rise in the euro versus the greenback and...
Fueled by a rise in home sales and stronger prices, Lennar (NYSE:LEN) became the latest major U.S. homebuilder on Wednesday to top quarterly Wall Street expectations...