Housing

If you’re thinking about investing in real estate, you don’t need to invest in your city or even your state. You can invest anywhere in the country - wherever real estate is affordable enough for your budget. Luckily, house prices vary across the country, giving everyone an affordable...

Investing in real estate can be a great way to diversify your portfolio. Relying only on the stock market can leave you devastated if the market crashes. Most financial advisors suggest that you diversify your portfolio outside of investments involved in the market, and real estate is a great...

A category-leading smart home technology company is going public in a SPAC deal announced Thursday morning. The SPAC Deal: SmartRent announced a SPAC merger with Fifth Wall Acquisition Corp I (NASDAQ: FWAA) valuing the company at $2.2 billion. There are no SPAC warrants involved in the deal, which...

Buying your first rental property is exciting and overwhelming. Done right, it can create regular cash flow and incredible capital gains. But, like any investment, rental properties have a way of wrecking your finances in one fell swoop when not done right. Here are 15 tips to make buying your...

Choosing the right rental property in the right neighborhood can be a great way to diversify your investment portfolio. Whether you’re saving for retirement, to send your kids to college, or you don’t want all your money in the stock market, real estate investments can be a great way to...

U.S. house prices were up 5.4% year-over-year in the second quarter of 2020, according to the Federal Housing Finance Agency House Price Index report released Tuesday. Sustained Housing Growth: Home prices increased in all 50 states and Washington, D.C. on a year-over-year basis, the agency...

National vacancy rates in the second quarter of 2020 were 5.7% for rental housing and 0.9% for homeowners, the U.S. Census Bureau said Tuesday. What Happened: In the second quarter, 90.1% of homes in the U.S. were occupied, with 61.2% of these homes being owner-occupied. The median asking...

The coronavirus capped groundbreaking on U.S. homebuilding projects at a five-year low for the month of April, according to a Tuesday report from the Commerce Department. “Due to recent events surrounding COVID-19, many governments and businesses are operating on a limited capacity or have...

It looks like a little comeback attempt is brewing on hopes of government stimulus, but investors could be excused for not getting too excited yet. Last week, two monster rallies got snuffed out the very next day. There’s no guarantee of that happening again, but this is a skittish, nervous...

If you’re bullish, this must feel like the week that keeps on giving. Sure, there was a slight hiccup a couple days ago, but since then things have gone pretty much straight up. Stocks seem ready to continue that today, with gains in pre-market trading. Momentum means a lot right now, and...

Market Inefficiencies  There were supply-side issues at play that limited the housing industry significantly in 2019. Unfortunately, many of those factors are going to slip into 2020. Construction in general has implications for freight activity; housing construction has major implications....

We often see large flatbed trailers with "oversized load" labels hauling big, bulky construction products, presumably on the way to a new construction site. But often the companies transporting these items are not your normal carrier. The millwork factories that produce large items like roof...

Zach Strickland hosts the Carrier Update presented by PowerFleet, Luke Falasca gives the broker update, and Anthony Smith hosts and provides us with insights for the shippers. Image by druckfuchs from Pixabay

(JJ Kinahan is out of the office today, so Alex Coffey, sr. specialist, Trader Group, is filling in). A question for the market today on Christmas Eve is whether we’re in for a Santa Claus rally during the last five trading sessions of 2019 and the first two of next year.  We...

EUR/USD Current Price: 1.1092 US Durable Goods Order surprisingly fell in November by 2.0%. European macroeconomic calendar to remain empty until next Friday. EUR/USD holding above the critical support at 1.1065, but bounces limited. The EUR/USD pair peaked at 1.1095 this Monday, up with Wall...