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Jeff Nielson: Every month, the U.S. propaganda machine plays the same game in the housing sector. It announces “new home starts”. Then a few days later it announces “new home sales”. But it never, ever, ever talks about the two numbers in the same news item. Read more…
Shah Gilani: Forget about optimistic headlines on the housing market. Whether it’s record low mortgage rates, improvement in the Case-Shiller Index, higher housing starts, or any other report, Read more…
David Zeiler: The long-anticipated housing market rebound will hit a speed bump this year as the number of foreclosures rises again. With January’s mammoth $26 billion settlement between five major banks and a group of state attorneys general, foreclosures that had been held up for a year or more are Read more…
Ian Wyatt: Nearly four years removed from the subprime mortgage lending crisis pushed the U.S. into a deep recession, it’s finally time to invest in housing. Read more…
Martin Hutchinson: It was the most atrocious bubble in U.S. history pushing tens of millions of Americans into financial misery. Even today, the last of the lawsuits have yet to be filed. But five years later it’s finally coming back. Read more…
Andrew Snyder: The nation’s housing market is in shambles. But as Washington passes the buck to Wall Street, it’s about to get even worse. After nearly 10 years of government manipulation, the fate of the nation’s housing market (NYSEARCA:IYR) once again lies in the hands of capitalism. We’ve gone Read more…
Mike Larson: What was one of the best performing sectors in late 2011 … and the first several days of 2012? Would you believe HOUSING?? The Philadelphia Housing Sector Index, or HGX plunged to 73.65 in October. But then it started rising, ultimately tagging 109.65 this week. That’s a gain of Read more…
Martin Hutchinson: President Obama on Oct. 24 announced yet another housing bailout. This time, borrowers who are underwater by more than 25%, are on time with their payments, and have Fannie Mae/Freddie Mac mortgages dating before March 2009 will be allowed to refinance their home Read more…
Justice Litle: The housing bubble aftermath has reached a new stage as banks sue homeowners, and China (NYSE:FXI) looks more ready than ever for a property bust. Read more…
Martin Hutchinson: The housing market remains a drag on the economy, but there are indications that it is finally starting to bottom. Prices have stopped declining, and there is even some sign of life in sales. Read more…
Stocks closed mixed on Tuesday as trade rose slightly. The morning session showed promise as stocks rallied sharply. For most of the day stocks consolidated at the highs but at the 2:30 reversal period sellers entered the market and drove stocks to session lows into the close. Smaller cap stocks underperformed Read more…
Russ Koesterich: Call #1: Underweight REITs Relative to the Financial Sector – This week, my call focuses on REITs. With yields low and likely to stay that way for the foreseeable future, everyone is searching for income wherever they can find it. One of the biggest beneficiaries of this “stretch-for Read more…
“In mid-2009 we asked whether real estate investment trust ETFs had priced in a predicted tidal wave of commercial real estate foreclosures. We concluded prices had fallen so far they could well Read more…
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