Housing Market Reports Give Lift to Shares New York Times Housing stocks were among the day's leaders after the reports, one on stronger-than-expected home sales and an increase in prices, and the other on an increase in housing starts. The PHLX housing sector index rose 2.2 percent, led by a 4.3 percent ... See all stories on this topic » |
5 Stocks Ready to Rock Real Estate DailyFinance Two phrases that haven't often gone together lately, "confident" and "real estate market," found common ground yesterday in the National Association of Homebuilders' (NAHB) Housing Market Index. This index measures builder confidence about housing ... See all stories on this topic » |
Housing Market Data Shows Recovery Seeking Alpha On Tuesday, the National Association of Home Builders (NAHB) reported its Housing Market Index (HMI). The HMI is a measure of homebuilder sentiment, and has been deeply underwater for quite some time now. A mark under 50.0 for the HMI signifies that ... See all stories on this topic » |
U.S. Stock Futures Rise on Housing-Market Outlook; Corning Gains San Francisco Chronicle 19 (Bloomberg) -- U.S. stock-index futures advanced as investors awaited reports that may show the housing market in the world's largest economy improved in August and after the Bank of Japan unexpectedly increased its asset-purchase target. Corning Inc. See all stories on this topic » |
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U.S. stocks waver; housing, Bank of Japan in focus MarketWatch SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) — U.S. stocks eked out slight gains Wednesday, supported by strength in the housing sector, while energy stocks dragged on the market as oil futures fell. ... The index had earlier reached an intraday high of 13,626.48. See all stories on this topic » |
Housing market recovery helping bolster US expansion Washington Post The Standard & Poor's Supercomposite Homebuilders Index rose 3.8 percent at 12:56 p.m. in New York, while the S&P 500 gained 0.3 percent. The pickup in housing helps explain why the index of builder shares, including PulteGroup Inc. and D.R. Horton ... See all stories on this topic » |
US housing figures shore up markets OregonLive.com Asian stock markets, which tend to respond favorably to actions targeting economic growth, rallied in the wake of the announcement with Japan's Nikkei 225 stock index closing 1.2 percent higher to 9,232.21, its highest close in more than four months. See all stories on this topic » |
Mexico Stocks End Higher as US Housing Market Improves Wall Street Journal --Mexican housing stocks among top gainers. By Laurence Iliff. MEXICO CITY--Mexican stocks ended broadly higher Wednesday with housing stocks among the top gainers as the U.S. housing market showed additional signs of recovery in August and the Bank of ... See all stories on this topic » |
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