Asset Allocation
Broken Homes: Trouble Stirs in Booming Housing Sector
Affordability questions and rising rates chill once-hot builder stocks.
Tag: housing starts
Alternatives
Woodman, Don’t Spare That Tree: Lumber Price Spiral Is Now Over
The tab for this construction-centric wood, which figures in many asset allocators’ alt strategies, has dropped back as production finally expands.
Market Moves
A Break for the Weakened Housing Market
Mortgage rates are on the way down, which should boost affordability and home building starts.
Is the Plunge in Housing Starts a Bad Economic Sign?
Maybe not. The homebuilding industry has been a shadow of its former self since the recession.