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Comment On Eberly And Krishnamurthy: Efficient Credit Policies In A Housing Debt Crisis
Brad DeLong - Seeking Alpha - Fri Jan 09, 7:18AM CST
Comment on: Janice Eberly and Arvind Krishnamurthy : Efficient Credit Policies in a Housing Debt Crisis : Very nicely done by the very sharp Janice Eberly and Arvind Krishnamurthy, yet after reading it I am more mystified than I was before. I am...
PKB: 21.06 (-0.18), XHB: 35.08 (+0.15), ITB: 26.67 (+0.06)

Why Home Builders Are Off To A Relatively Strong Start In 2015
Dr. Duru - at Seeking Alpha - Fri Jan 09, 3:54AM CST

DHI: 26.08 (+0.02), LEN: 47.07 (+0.28), SPY: 202.65 (-1.60), LGIH: 13.86 (-0.39), ITB: 26.67 (+0.06), PHM: 22.69 (+0.05), TOL: 35.01 (-0.36)

U.S. Housing
The Angry Bear - at Seeking Alpha - Fri Jan 09, 1:03AM CST
By Robert Waldmann I am wondering why the rate of US house construction remains so low. I see two candidate explanations. The first is that lending standards remain very tight - the mortgage lenders having been very badly burnt once remain twice...
KME: 55.32 (-1.33), PKB: 21.06 (-0.18), XHB: 35.08 (+0.15), ITB: 26.67 (+0.06)

iShares U.S. Home Construction ETF (ITB) : Buy @ $26.55
Trading Central - Thu Jan 08, 11:06AM CST
# TECHNICAL VIEW # (Daily chart) *the ITB (iShares U.S. Home Construction ETF) has cleared the former top and is posting a 7-year high *as long as the process of higher top and bottom remains intact further upside is expected Regarding technical...
ITB: 26.67 (+0.06)

The State Of The U.S. Housing Market
Ironman at Political Calculations - Seeking Alpha - Thu Jan 08, 8:08AM CST
Today, President Barack Obama is expected to talk about the state of the nation's housing market recovery at a speech in metropolitan Phoenix, Arizona, one of the hardest hit regions for the real estate industry in the whole country. We thought...
PKB: 21.06 (-0.18), XHB: 35.08 (+0.15), ITB: 26.67 (+0.06), IYR: 80.56 (+0.44)

What Falling Oil Prices Mean For Home Prices
Trulia - at Seeking Alpha - Thu Jan 08, 5:40AM CST
The recent plunge in oil prices could cause home prices to slip in the oil-producing markets of Texas, Oklahoma, Louisiana, and elsewhere. But it typically takes two years for oil prices to fully affect home prices in those markets. At the same time,...
USO: 17.41 (-0.87), UCO: 7.56 (-0.80), PKB: 21.06 (-0.18), OLO: 6.98 (-0.35), DTO: 104.23 (+7.14), BNO: 18.68 (-0.98), UWTI: 2.95 (-0.51), SCO: 102.00 (+9.16), SZO: 69.50 (+3.37), XHB: 35.08 (+0.15), DNO: 64.00 (+2.98), DBO: 13.27 (-0.73), OIL: 10.47 (-0.65), ITB: 26.67 (+0.06), OLEM: 22.28 (-0.40), DWTI: 181.01 (+23.40), USL: 23.59 (-0.95)

Watch for iShares Dow Jones US Homenstruction Index Fund to Potentially Pullback After Gaining 3.27% Yesterday
Comtex SmarTrend(R) - Wed Jan 07, 4:14PM CST
iShares Dow Jones US Homenstruction Index Fund (NYSE:ITB) traded in a range yesterday that spanned from a low of $25.25 to a high of $26.17. Yesterday, the shares gained 3.3%, which took the trading range above the 3-day high of $26.12 on volume of 9.2 million shares. Often times after large one-day gains, short term traders will seek to take profits and, as such, investors should be cautious.
ITB: 26.67 (+0.06)

How Are Housing ETFs Poised For The New Year?
Zacks Funds - Seeking Alpha - Wed Jan 07, 1:12PM CST
The housing construction market has recovered at a steady and gradual pace in the second half of 2014 after a slump at the beginning of the year. Overall economic growth, improving job numbers, growing consumer confidence, moderating home prices,...
PKB: 21.06 (-0.18), XHB: 35.08 (+0.15), ITB: 26.67 (+0.06)

Homebuilders welcome report of lower FHA fees
Seeking Alpha - at Seeking Alpha - Wed Jan 07, 10:04AM CST

DHI: 26.08 (+0.02), LEN: 47.07 (+0.28), RYL: 40.32 (+0.02), XHB: 35.08 (+0.15), PHM: 22.69 (+0.05), ITB: 26.67 (+0.06), KBH: 16.57 (unch), HOV: 4.08 (+0.10), TOL: 35.01 (-0.36)

How are Housing ETFs Poised for the New Year? - ETF News And Commentary
Zacks Equity Research - Zacks Investment Research - Wed Jan 07, 9:09AM CST
Housing ETFs deserve a closer look in 2015 in view of improving job market and rebounding economy.
PKB: 21.06 (-0.18), XHB: 35.08 (+0.15), ITB: 26.67 (+0.06)

Zillow's Q3 Housing Report
Anthony Fernandez - at Seeking Alpha - Wed Dec 31, 12:52PM CST

XHB: 35.08 (+0.15), ITB: 26.67 (+0.06)

That Promised Housing Recovery May Finally Occur in 2015
at The Street - Wed Dec 31, 11:54AM CST
Housing rebound in 2015? Maybe, if wages can lead the way. No big price appreciation next year, but more construction is likely as job woes recede.
DHI: 26.08 (+0.02), XHB: 35.08 (+0.15), PHM: 22.69 (+0.05), ITB: 26.67 (+0.06), TOL: 35.01 (-0.36)

Kass' 15 surprises for 15
Seeking Alpha - at Seeking Alpha - Wed Dec 31, 7:43AM CST

XHB: 35.08 (+0.15), ITB: 26.67 (+0.06), BRK.B: 148.28 (-1.19), TWTR: 39.37 (-0.80), XLF: 23.92 (-0.20), BRK.A: 222,424.44 (-2,250.56), GOOG: 492.55 (-3.62), AAPL: 109.25 (-2.76), CSCO: 28.05 (+0.26)

Will the Top Housing Stocks of 2014 Stay Strong in 2015?
Matthew Frankel, The Motley Fool - Motley Fool - Wed Dec 31, 7:00AM CST
The iShares U.S. Home Construction ETF hasn't produced stellar results in 2014, with shares of the fund up 2% for the year, severely lagging the S&P 500's gain of nearly 11%. This is mainly due to poor performance by many of the big...
DHI: 26.08 (+0.02), LEN: 47.07 (+0.28), HD: 104.42 (-0.47), ITB: 26.67 (+0.06), LOW: 67.85 (-0.48), BZH: 19.89 (+0.48), TOL: 35.01 (-0.36)

Breakout In Waiting: Housing Lags The Impressive Growth In U.S. GDP
Dr. Duru - at Seeking Alpha - Sat Dec 27, 10:19AM CST

ITB: 26.67 (+0.06)

Growth Of Median New Home Prices Moderates
Ironman at Political Calculations - at Seeking Alpha - Wed Dec 24, 2:35AM CST
Having started December 2014 seeing something really weird for new home prices in October 2014, we anticipated that the record prices that were initially recorded for the month would be revised considerably downward. And so they were! The median...
PKB: 21.06 (-0.18), XHB: 35.08 (+0.15), ITB: 26.67 (+0.06)

No GDP Resonance In New Home Sales Either
Joseph Calhoun - at Seeking Alpha - Wed Dec 24, 12:42AM CST
By Jeffrey P. Snider Perhaps the BEA should have moved the GDP release up a few days to allow mainstream commentary its unbridled and unstained euphoria. Almost as soon as the GDP revisions were released, the upward appearance of economic growth...
PKB: 21.06 (-0.18), XHB: 35.08 (+0.15), ITB: 26.67 (+0.06)

Homebuilder ETFs shrug off dour home sales report
Seeking Alpha - at Seeking Alpha - Tue Dec 23, 9:15AM CST

XHB: 35.08 (+0.15), ITB: 26.67 (+0.06)

Housing Is Wobbly But The Economy Is Strong...Huh?
James Picerno - Seeking Alpha - Tue Dec 23, 8:54AM CST
US economic growth accelerated last month, according to the November update of the Chicago Fed National Activity Index. But while the broad trend is looking stronger these days, housing remains wobbly. Existing home sales fell a hefty 6.1% in...
PKB: 21.06 (-0.18), XHB: 35.08 (+0.15), ITB: 26.67 (+0.06)




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