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  • How To Play the Monopoly of Property

    By Alexander Cho - May 15, 2013 | Tickers: BAC, KBH, MAC

    There are three ways to play property. You can buy the home builders, the lenders, or the property developers. The lenders present low yet stable growth while home builders are the deep value proposition, and property developers (real estate operations) present the best long-term growth potential.

    Economics of properties

    Between 2012 and 2013 the number of housing starts has increased from 500,000 to 1,000,000. Housing starts have more »

  • Buy These Ultra High Growth Stocks If You Dare!

    By Alexander Cho - May 14, 2013 | Tickers: FSLR, GRPN, KBH, NFLX, TSLA

    I’m about to take you on a roller coaster ride. In fact, I assembled the perfect list of stocks that are going to grow really fast, make your stomach grumble, and make you scream in joy and shriek in horror a lot. Welcome to the ultra-high-growth portfolio. In this stock portfolio, we will be focusing on five super-high-growth names that are diversified across five different sectors.

    The five company more »

  • Welcome to the New American Poorhouse

    By AnnaLisa Kraft - April 30, 2013 | Tickers: BZH, HOV, KBH, TOL

    You engaged in all the extracurriculars, volunteered, curried favor with teachers for good recommendations, studied instead of partying. Once you got into college you kept up the pace. Rinse and repeat. The glorious day of getting that college diploma arrives. Yay!

    Six months later comes the letter with your student loan payment particulars. If you're the average college graduate that bill totals over $26,000. If you can find more »

  • The Best Way to Ride the Booming Housing Industry

    By Piyush Arora - April 28, 2013 | Tickers: BZH, HOV, KBH

    Thanks to the Fed’s liquidity injections and dipping unemployment rate in a low interest rate environment, real estate in the U.S. is booming again and new home constructions have reached their five year highs. Naturally, investing in loan financing institutions would’ve been a wise choice, but the 11.2% decline in Wells Fargo’s loan originations is an indicator of a weakening loan refinancing industry. Thus, investing more »

  • No Competition And Huge Growth? Sign Me Up!

    By Chad Henage - April 15, 2013 | Tickers: KBH, LEN, PHM, TOL

    I've been pounding the table to buy Toll Brothers (NYSE: TOL) for a while now. I picked TOL in August 2011 to outperform the market on Fool.com CAPS, and the shares have more than doubled since that pick. While some might fear they have missed the opportunity to buy, it's not too late. The same positives that I saw in 2011 are still present today. Even more more »

  • No Competition And Huge Growth? Sign Me Up!

    By Chad Henage - April 15, 2013 | Tickers: KBH, LEN, PHM, TOL | Editor's Choice

    I've been pounding the table to buy Toll Brothers (NYSE: TOL) for a while now. I picked TOL in August 2011 to outperform the market on Fool.com CAPS, and the shares have more than doubled since that pick. While some might fear they have missed the opportunity to buy, it's not too late. The same positives that I saw in 2011 are still present today. Even more more »

  • No Competition And Huge Growth? Sign Me Up!

    By Chad Henage - April 15, 2013 | Tickers: KBH, LEN, PHM, TOL | Editor's Choice

    I've been pounding the table to buy Toll Brothers (NYSE: TOL) for a while now. I picked TOL in August 2011 to outperform the market on Fool.com CAPS, and the shares have more than doubled since that pick. While some might fear they have missed the opportunity to buy, it's not too late. The same positives that I saw in 2011 are still present today. Even more more »

  • Are You Foolish About Home Builders?

    By Holly Thompson - April 15, 2013 | Tickers: DHI, KBH, PHM, RYL

    The United States has experienced more residential home building procedures recently than it has in the last few years. It is not as prominent as what it experienced in the past before the recession hit but the growth in the market is still strong. In fact, it is estimated that the total number of residential home construction permits that have been issued in the United States has increased to rates more »

  • What Makes This Homebuilder a Good Buy?

    By Shas Dey - April 12, 2013 | Tickers: KBH, LEN, TOL, TPH

    Housing demand has been soaring lately, and the nation's home builders are rushing to cash in on the opportunity. New orders are beginning to flow, as the supply of existing homes continues to decline. With such a boom coming in the housing industry after the recession in 2008, and with the Dow Jones and S&P 500 both reaching untouched levels, there is a great deal of investment opportunity more »

  • No Competition And Huge Growth? Sign Me Up!

    By Chad Henage - April 9, 2013 | Tickers: KBH, LEN, PHM, TOL

    I've been pounding the table to buy Toll Brothers (NYSE: TOL) for a while now. I picked TOL in August 2011 to outperform the market on Fool.com CAPS, and the shares have more than doubled since that pick. While some might fear they have missed the opportunity to buy, it's not too late. The same positives that I saw in 2011 are still present today. Even more more »

  • There is About to be a New Homebuilder on the Block

    By Alex Gray - April 8, 2013 | Tickers: KBH, PICO, PHM, RYL, TOL

    PICO Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ: PICO) subsidiary, UCP, LLC, filed a Form S-1 with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on April 4, 2013. According to the filing, the UCP intends to raise approximately $125 million from the offering. The offering is not clear as to the number of shares being offered or what the ownership of UCP by PICO will be after the offering.

    Timing is Everything

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  • These 5 Numbers Say This Homebuilder Is in Trouble

    By Chad Henage - April 8, 2013 | Tickers: KBH, LEN, PHM, TOL

    Anyone who has read my posts for very long knows that I have a positive outlook for homebuilders over the next few years. I've been continually impressed by the group's growth in their backlog of homes, and sales growth. I recommended Toll Brothers (NYSE: TOL) in August 2011 when the stock was about $16, and Lennar (NYSE: LEN) in February 2012 with the stock at $23. Those two more »

  • The Best Mainstream Homebuilder

    By Chad Henage - April 8, 2013 | Tickers: KBH, LEN, PHM, TOL

    I've written about this company four times previously. Every time I look at Lennar (NYSE: LEN), I'm more and more impressed with this company's growth. Since I recommended Lennar on Fool.com CAPS in early 2012, the stock is up nearly 70%. While some might fear they have missed the move up in the stock, I'm here for the fifth time to suggest this run is more »

  • These 5 Numbers Say This Homebuilder Is In Trouble

    By Chad Henage - April 4, 2013 | Tickers: KBH, LEN, PHM, TOL

    Anyone who has read my posts for very long knows that I have a positive outlook for homebuilders over the next few years. I've been continually impressed by the group's growth in their backlog of homes, and sales growth. I recommended Toll Brothers (NYSE: TOL) in August 2011 when the stock was about $16, and Lennar (NYSE: LEN) in February 2012 with the stock at $23. Those two more »

  • The Best Mainstream Homebuilder

    By Chad Henage - April 4, 2013 | Tickers: KBH, LEN, PHM, TOL

    I've written about this company four times previously. Every time I look at Lennar (NYSE: LEN), I'm more and more impressed with this company's growth. Since I recommended Lennar on Fool.com CAPS in early 2012, the stock is up nearly 70%. While some might fear they have missed the move up in the stock, I'm here for the fifth time to suggest this run is more »

  • This Is Your Window of Opportunity!

    By MihirMehta - April 3, 2013 | Tickers: KBH, LEN, TOL

    I am not sure if the phrase “rags to riches” would be a right pick to describe the US housing market; however, my point is that this sector has exhibited an unimaginable growth trajectory since the massive fall during the 2008 recession. This CNN money article gives us an insight into the strong recovery of home prices that touched 8.1% in January. Besides promoting competition, growth in an industry more »

  • Are There Risks That Could Hammer Home Depot’s Earnings?

    By Brian Hill - March 29, 2013 | Tickers: HD, KBH, LOW, LL

    Home Depot (NYSE: HD) is a remarkable example of a company that's able to adapt to considerable turbulence in its market due to the ups and downs, and more downs, in the housing market -- and keep growing. Let’s visit Home Depot’s 10-K filed in 2012 and see what risks are of particular concern to the company.

    Economic trends

    “Sustained uncertainty regarding current economic conditions and other factors more »

  • Best of Breed: Homebuilders

    By Daniel Paterson - March 28, 2013 | Tickers: KBH, LEN, TOL

    It is no secret that the US housing rebound has been a topic of conversation. The US housing market has taken a promising turn. According to the National Home Builders Association, 917,000 single-family homes were started in February 2013, up 28% year-over-year. Builder permits also increased to 946,000, up 34% year-over-year. With the housing market booming, it is important to do your due diligence in evaluating companies.

    When more »

  • Explosive Gains in the New Building Boom

    By Ken McGaha - March 27, 2013 | Tickers: DHI, KBH, PHM, RYL

    Housing is coming back in a big way! Residential builders have been off the radar for most people as potential investments for the last five years. Since bottoming in September 2011, the stocks and prospects for residential construction firms have been on a steady rise. These businesses currently offer an excellent opportunity to investors who act now to receive exceptional returns for the next three to five years as this more »

  • Which Companies Can Cash in on Rising Home Sales?

    By Austin Higgins - March 27, 2013 | Tickers: KBH, LEN, TRLA

    Home sales rose in the month of February in the United States. One of the key factors in an economic recovery is home sales and home prices. The National Association of Realtors said that sales lifted just short of a percent higher than in January at .8%. Listings grew in the South and West and declined in the Northeast and Midwest. This is partially due to winter weather in the more »

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