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Upcoming Earnings: Home Depot Takes The Stage As Housing Data Looks Mixed
2018 Nov 12, 12:22pmRead More...Home improvement retailer Home Depot Inc. (NYSE: HD) reports before market open on Tuesday, Nov. 13. For Q3, HD is expected to report adjusted EPS of $2.26 on revenue of $26.26 billion, according to third-party consensus analyst estimates. In the same quarter last year, adjusted EPS came in...
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Why Your Neighbors Are Tapping Their Home Equity
2018 Nov 08, 12:54pmRead More...You've accumulated a decent amount of equity in your home. Why not put your equity to use with a home equity loan or a home equity line of credit (HELOC)? Both allow you to borrow against the equity in your home. A home equity loan is a lump sum option with a fixed interest rate and payment...
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Is The Housing Market Turning? And What Does That Mean For You?
2018 Nov 07, 3:55pmRead More...The housing market has suffered from excess demand and limited supply for years, causing a sharp increase in home prices. Add continually increasing interest rates to the mix, and eventually something has to give. The turning point may have arrived. The S&P CoreLogic Case-Shiller report shows...
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The Street's Mixed Reaction To Zillow's Q3, One Analyst Says 'Game Over'
2018 Nov 07, 12:39pmRead More...Online real estate database company Zillow Group Inc (NASDAQ: Z) (NASDAQ: ZG) reported Tuesday its third-quarter results and fourth quarter guidance, which may have caught some investors off guard given the immediate sell off in the stock. Here is a summary of how some of the Street's top...
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The Home Affordable Refinance Program Is Ending Again, For Real This Time
2018 Nov 01, 1:54pmRead More...Since 2009, the Home Affordable Refinance Program (HARP) has helped qualified homeowners with limited equity in their homes find affordable refinancing. After seven program extensions, HARP is scheduled to end December 31, 2018, when new assistance programs from the mortgage-loan-backing agencies...
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Rent Or Buy? 5 Signs You're Ready To Stop Renting
2018 Nov 01, 8:26amRead More...There’s a lot of conflicting advice about whether it’s smarter to rent or buy. Some say renting is like throwing money down the drain when you could be building equity in your own home. Others argue there are better ways to invest your cash, and you’re giving up valuable...
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Podcast: Should You Buy The Cheap Home Builder Stocks?
2018 Oct 25, 1:51pmRead More...Stocks have pulled back, hitting some of the growth and momentum names hard. But that doesn't mean value stocks have been immune from the sell off, far from it. Banks and the home builders have been hit especially hard, with many of those stocks now in bear market corrections, down 20 percent...
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9 Alternatives To A Reverse Mortgage
2018 Oct 24, 2:44pmRead More...A reverse mortgage allows you to convert the equity in your home to cash that you can use for other purposes. Essentially, you're selling your home back to a lender in increments. It's a popular method for seniors to supplement living expenses. So long as the home is maintained and...
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Deutsche Bank Turns Cautious On Homebuilders, But Upgrades Lennar, Meritage
2018 Oct 22, 11:19amRead More...Homebuilding stocks as a group are down more than 30 percent since the start of 2018 due to multiple concerns, and the Street's 2019 outlook appears to be overly optimistic, according to Deutsche Bank. The Analyst Analyst Nishu Sood made the following rating changes: Lennar Corporation (NYSE:...
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Here's How Decentralization Is Changing Every Part Of The Real Estate Industry
2018 Oct 12, 10:37amRead More...The real estate industry has been booming in recent years, especially in the U.S. So much so in fact, that some are beginning to worry that we may well be on the precipice of a potential market crash fueled by overvaluation. In June of 2018, CoreLogic Inc. (NYSE: CLGX) reported that more than half...
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Video: Seniors, Don't Worry About Timeshares You Can't Afford
2018 Oct 11, 11:48amRead More...By Eric Olsen, Executive Director, HELPS Nonprofit Law Firm I just got off the phone with a senior couple who have a timeshare they can't afford and don't use any longer. They had called a company who advertised that they help people get out of timeshares. (I hear such advertisements on the...
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Here's How Rent Payments Could Help Build Your Credit Score
2018 Oct 10, 2:51pmRead More...Paying your credit card bill on time is a major factor in raising your credit score. On-time mortgage payments also raise your credit score. But paying rent on time generally has no effect on your credit score. Why is fiscal responsibility rewarded in one case and not the other? While all...
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REIT Pair Trade: Morgan Stanley Upgrades Store Capital, Downgrades Realty Income
2018 Oct 01, 9:08amRead More...Morgan Stanley offered a real estate investment trust pair trade Monday in the form of Realty Income Corp. (NYSE: O) and STORE Capital Corp. (NYSE: STOR). The Analyst Morgan Stanley analyst Vikram Malhotra upgraded Store Capital from Equal-Weight to Overweight with a $31 price target....
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First Session After Rate Hike Seems To Have Investors Mulling Fed Comments
2018 Sep 27, 10:01amRead More...With the year’s third Fed rate hike out of the way, investors could still have plenty to chew on as they digest commentary from monetary policy makers about the economy and potential future trajectory of interest rates. Even as they process the latest Fed speak, investors also appear to be...
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Report: Airbnb Wants SEC Rules Changed To Give Hosts Company Equity
2018 Sep 21, 4:22pmRead More...Hospitality service Airbnb provides an online marketplace that allows users to rent out their houses, properties and spare rooms to travelers. The service reported 29 million users in the U.S. and Europe in 2017, and 33 million so far in 2018, according to a study conducted by Statista....
