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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...
Homebuilder stocks surged Thursday as upbeat second-quarter earnings from PulteGroup Inc. and Meritage Homes Corp. helped lift the sector a day after it was roughed ...
These stocks reached one-year highs:The share price of SBA Communications Corporation (NASDAQ:SBAC) increased today, reaching and then surpassing its previous 52-wee...
The Capital Goods sector (XLI) showed little movement while the S&P 500 gained 1.1% during trading today.Increasing 8.4% (+$1.04) to close at $13.44, M/I Homes (NYSE...
So long as the eurozone debt saga doesn't spiral out of control, some housing-market observers are growing increasingly confident the tepid rebound the industry is n...
While the S&P 500 grew 0.7%, the Capital Goods sector (XLI) showed little movement during trading today.Cleantech Solutions International (NASDAQ:CLNT) was a major l...
PulteGroup Inc. rallied over 5% on Tuesday, leading homebuilder stocks higher as new home sales data came in above estimates. Lennar Corp. shares gained 3.2%, D.R. H...
Home builder confidence is rising, hitting its highest level in four years and raising optimism that the worst housing crisis in decades might have scraped bottom.A ...
Appaloosa Management LP, the Short Hills, N.J.-based hedge fund run by investor David Tepper, dropped most of its home builder positions and added shares of Apple In...
The market reacted poorly to the release of the Standard & Poor's Case-Shiller home-price index for August, as homebuilder stocks plunged after investors learned tha...
NEW YORK -(Dow Jones)- NVR Inc.'s (NVR) fourth-quarter earnings fell 3.2% as the home builder reported a lower profit at its mortgage-banking business, though its ho...
NEW YORK -(Dow Jones)- D.R. Horton Inc. (DHI) swung to a fiscal first-quarter loss as the home builder was hurt by sharply lower home-sale revenue in the absence of ...
Ryland Group Inc. (RYL) swung to a fourth-quarter loss as the home-building company recorded a big tax benefit in the year-earlier quarter and saw revenue decline by...
PulteGroup Inc. (PHM) swung to a first quarter-profit after the builder sold more homes at higher prices, but its orders appeared weak compared to the robust results...
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 ...
The Ryland Group Inc. reported Tuesday afternoon that its fourth-quarter net income leaped up from the prior year on greater new orders and closings, and a higher ba...
Megan McGrath, MKM Partners homebuilding analyst, on investing in housing stocks amid market gains.
Gil Morales, VirtueofSelfishInvesting.com, weighs in on investing amid the fiscal cliff debate and gives his outlook on the economy for the New Year.
The Capital Goods sector (XLI) showed little change during trading today while the S&P 500 rose 0.7%.The ETF, as a proxy for the sector, tracked closer to the overal...
