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Fannie Mae ( OTCQB:FNMA ) holds its 2019 forecast at 2.2% growth compared with 3.1% growth in 2018 as fiscal stimulus moderates investment growth and a widening trade deficit contributes to the Y/Y slowdown. More news on: UBS ETRACS Monthly Pay 2x Leveraged Mortgage REIT ETN, iShares Mor...

We’ve all grown pretty accustomed to weaker-than-expected housing data over the last several months, but on Tuesday morning we got some positive news, as homebuilder sentiment not only improved in February but also came in higher than expected. According to the NAHB , homebuilder sen...

Recent reports from the housing sector point to a new round of weakness in this critical slice of the US economy, potentially raising a warning flag for the year ahead. The jury's still out, in part because a critical update has been delayed, due to the partial government shutdown that ended l...

There may be a similar post to this one back in the previous 342 housing posts, but something I happened upon today reminded me of it. Price trends among sold homes, vacant homes for sale, and existing homes give a clue about what happened during the turn in housing. I haven't shown it here,...

30-year fixed-rate mortgage averages 4.37% for the week ended Feb. 14, down 4 basis points from 4.41% the previous week, according to Freddie Mac's Primary Mortgage Market Survey. More news on: SPDR Homebuilders ETF, iShares U.S. Home Construction ETF, Invesco Dynamic Building & Cons...

Real estate - particularly residential real estate - is an extremely important factor when discussing recessions in the modern era. To a certain extent, real estate is where economic theory goes to die. One possibility is that the theory was largely developed when the norms in real estate in...

This article was first published in mid-January. For the inaugural edition of the ETRACS 2x Leveraged ETN Snapshot, please see here . Data are taken from the close of January 18, 2018 . Fund additions, closures, or notable adjustments None. The funds Note: BER = baseline ...

This article was first released to subscribers one month ago. Due to their mouth-wateringly high dividend yields, the "ETRACS" series of 2x leveraged ETNs from UBS ( UBS ) are very popular with income seekers. We profile the line-up of 2x ETNs every month in our ETN snapshot (latest editio...

"Our advice is to own as little exposure U.S. equity exposure as your career risk allows." - Martin Tarlie, member of portfolio allocation at Grantham, Mayo, Van Otterloo investment management The following is an excerpt from the latest Short Seller's Journal: Economy is worse than po...

U.S. mortgage rates move down ahead of the spring homebuying season, with the 30-year fixed-rate mortgage falling to a 10-month low. More news on: SPDR Homebuilders ETF, iShares U.S. Home Construction ETF, Invesco Dynamic Building & Construction Portfolio ETF, Financial stocks news, Ne...