Thursday, September 20, 2012

Housing Market Index


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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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.
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US Housing Market Improvements Keep Trickling In
The Market Oracle
The September Housing Market Index of the National Association of Home Builders posted the highest reading since June of 2006, raising expectations of increased momentum in home building in the near term. But the 1.0% drop in total permit extensions ...
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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.
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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 ...
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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.
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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 ...
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Housing Market Index » Jacksonville Real Estate
As reported by the National Association of Home Builders, the Housing Market Index, a measure of builder confidence, rose to a reading of 40 in September ...
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