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May 17, 2013 11:56 AM
Analyst says take advantage of dismal housing reports

In a recent homebuilding note, Jay McCanless, an analyst for Sterne Agee, encourages investors to take advantage of the weakness created by national housing reports. The analyst recommends buying Meritage Homes, D.R. Horton and The...

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May 17, 2013 11:05 AM
Analyst says take advantage of dismal housing reports

In a recent homebuilding note, Jay McCanless, an analyst for Sterne Agee, encourages investors to take advantage of the weakness created by national housing reports. The analyst recommends buying Meritage Homes, D.R. Horton and The...

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May 16, 2013 02:13 PM
Freddie Mac: Housing is the juice of the recovery

Freddie Mac in its latest housing outlook made the claim that housing is the "juice" needed for the economic recovery to fully accelerate.

This is especially true when looking at the potential for building construction to spur economic...

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May 16, 2013 12:50 PM
California continues to gain steam

The California housing market continued to gain steam in April, with both home sales and prices experiencing strong increases due to high demand and tight inventory.

According to the latest data from the California Association of Realtors, the median price surpassed the $...

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May 16, 2013 11:56 AM
Homebuilders left shaken, but opportunities are on the horizon

While the market witnessed softer-than-expected data on all ends of the spectrum Thursday, the housing market continues to deal with conflicting forces.

Weekly jobless claims jumped the most since November this past week, while the Consumer Price Index posted its biggest decline since...

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May 16, 2013 11:36 AM
Homebuilders left shaken, but opportunities are on the horizon

While the market witnessed softer-than-expected data on all ends of the spectrum Thursday, the housing market continues to deal with conflicting forces.

Weekly jobless claims jumped the most since November this past week, while the Consumer Price Index posted its biggest decline since...

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May 16, 2013 08:27 AM
Housing outlook brightens as April permits grow

New home starts on private residences dropped significantly from the revised March estimate of 1.02 million units to a seasonally adjusted 853,000 units in April, according to data from the...

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May 15, 2013 09:35 AM
NAHB: Builder confidence blooms in May

After dropping in April, builder confidence turned around in May, reflecting improvement in all three index metrics — current sales conditions, sales expectations and traffic of...

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May 15, 2013 09:30 AM
NAHB: Builder confidence blooms in May

After dropping in April, builder confidence turned around in May, reflecting improvement in all three index metrics — current sales conditions, sales expectations and traffic of...

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May 14, 2013 09:02 AM
Housing recovery no longer constricted as confidence booms

The housing market is on its way to a broad-based recovery, an accelerated trend since March.

The home buying season shifted into high gear in April as housing inventory and home list prices increased by 4.12% and 2.63% month-over-month, respectively...

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May 14, 2013 08:38 AM
Housing recovery no longer constricted as confidence booms

The housing market is on its way to a broad-based recovery, an accelerated trend since March.

The home buying season shifted into high gear in April as housing inventory and home list prices increased by 4.12% and 2.63% month-over-month, respectively...

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May 14, 2013 07:44 AM
CoreLogic: Real estate recovery is locally driven

Residential investment and rising home prices are definitely a current trend, but how much investing and home buying occurs is highly contingent on the dynamics of the local economy, CoreLogic said in its latest MarketPulse Report.

The real...

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May 13, 2013 07:15 AM
New York rebounds on housing, economic front

It's a positive sign when the largest job market in the nation is in the midst of a strong economic recovery. According to the latest data from the Obama Administration, the local New York economy made modest improvement after the 2001 recession....

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May 10, 2013 05:12 PM
New York rebounds on housing, economic front

It's a positive sign when the largest job market in the nation is in the midst of a strong economic recovery. According to the latest data from the Obama Administration, the local New York economy made modest improvement after the 2001 recession....

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May 10, 2013 02:07 PM
Obama Scorecard: Housing headed in right direction

The latest data from the Obama Administration indicates housing is getting back on its feet. However, much like the last scorecard, these numbers are a reminder...

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