REITs

U.S. home prices continue to rise. And two homebuilder ETFs are benefitting. The iShares U.S. Home Construction ETF (NYSE: ITB) and the SPDR S&P Homebuilders (NYSE: XHB) ETF are both up today on… Read more

The U.S. housing recovery has received a lot of attention lately. But housing is just one piece of the puzzle in a much larger construction revolution.

Few quotes are more insightful, yet few quotes are more ignored. I continually see investors lose money reaching for yield.  

Dividend stocks that regularly increase their dividends deliver outstanding gains, even when interest rates are going up.

The hot market can offer both opportunity for profit and opportunity to get burned. And right now residential rental real estate is a hot market.

Few real estate bubbles swelled larger, and none burst louder, than Las Vegas. During the boom years – 1998 through 2006 – Las Vegas residential real estate prices increased… Read more

Home prices are still an average of 28% below where they were in at the peak of the housing bubble in June of 2006.

Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs) could soon turn from income investor darling to toxic portfolio sludge. It’s already started…

One market indicator I frequently use is the level of media attention given an asset class. I'm particularly interested in an asset class's “entertainment value.” And residential real… Read more