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Is House Flipping Still a Good Idea? RealtyTrac Shows 10% to 60% Gains

Posted: May 2, 2013 at 3:42 pm

The housing market numbers may have recently softened up a tad, but things in the housing market are still much better for those wanting buy and own a home compared the ...
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Big Banks Could Go Higher as UBS Upgrades Citigroup to Buy (C, BAC, WFC, STI, KEY, RF)

Posted: March 11, 2013 at 8:40 am

The financial sector took a beating during the mortgage and housing market meltdown that threw the nation into recession in 2008. After five years of bailouts and rebuilding, the banking ...
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As Rentals Rise, Another Blow to Housing

Posted: July 5, 2012 at 6:00 am

Real estate research firm Reis reports that the average U.S. vacancy rate of 4.7% for rental properties is the lowest since the fourth quarter of 2001. The data cover the first ...
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Fears of a New Housing Peak? (LEN, KBH, DHI, PHM, TOL, HD, LOW)

Posted: April 16, 2012 at 12:17 pm

The housing market is supposed to be doing better and the lack of a new recession is supposed to have helped to put in a floor under what had been ...
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Commodities Watch: Iron Ore Prices Hit China’s Steelmakers; Caterpillar Soars; Lumber Prices Remain Soft; Coffee at Near-Record High (BHP, RIO, VALE, CAT, WY, DHI, SBUX)

Posted: April 29, 2011 at 4:38 pm

Today's report on commodities begins with some sobering news from Chinese steel makers and some roaring news from a maker of heavy equipment. Lumber prices remain low, but arabica coffee ...
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Eight Reasons The Dow Could Get Back Over 14,000

Posted: November 8, 2010 at 4:24 am

It may feel like it was a generation ago when the Dow Jones Industrial Average reached its all-time high of 14,198.10. But that was almost three years ago - October ...
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