Housing
Here’s why Home Depot and Lowe’s are booming in a housing market bust
A home improvement contractor works on a house in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Suzanne Kreiter | The Boston Globe | Getty Images As the U.S. housing market falls hard from its pandemic-driven highs, home improvement retailers like Home Depot and Lowe’s don’t seem to be feeling the same pain. In fact, they’re faring better than expected. While […]
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Homebuilder sentiment drops to a decade low, as builders add more incentives
Contractors work on concrete slabs in the Cielo at Sand Creek by Century Communities housing development in Antioch, California, on Thursday, March 31, 2022. David Paul Morris | Bloomberg | Getty Images Homebuilder sentiment in the single-family housing market fell to the lowest level in a decade in November, as builders continue to struggle with […]
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Raymond James downgrades Home Depot, says there are challenges ahead despite solid earnings report
Hold off on Home Depot for now, according to Raymond James. Analyst Bobby Griffin downgraded shares of Home Depot to market perform from outperform, foreseeing challenges next year for the housing sector. “Our change in opinion is not a reflection of Home Depot’s execution (has been solid), but more so our view that the risk/reward […]
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Lowe’s reports revenue increase, beating Wall Street’s expectations
A Lowe’s employee walks through the store during the grand opening of the Lowe’s store in San Francisco, California. Getty Images Lowe’s reported third-quarter earnings on Wednesday that beat analysts’ expectations, with revenue up compared to the same period last year. The home improvement retailer also updated its guidance, lowering the top end of its […]
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Home Depot posts better-than-expected quarter despite inflation
A customer wearing a protective mask loads lumber onto a cart at a Home Depot store in Pleasanton, California, on Monday, Feb. 22, 2021. David Paul Morris | Bloomberg | Getty Images Home Depot reported Tuesday its revenue increased nearly 6% to $38.9 billion, beating analyst expectations, as the retailer continued to beckon customers despite […]
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Mortgage rates fall sharply to under 7% after inflation eases
A ‘For Sale’ sign is posted in front of a single family home on October 27, 2022 in Hollywood, Florida. Joe Raedle | Getty Images Mortgage rates fell sharply Thursday after a government report showed that inflation had cooled in October, prompting a decline in bond yields. The average rate on the 30-year fixed plunged […]
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Weekly mortgage demand flattens, as interest rates climb higher to 7.14%
A man enters a Bank of America branch in New York. Scott Mlyn | CNBC Mortgage rates rose again last week, throwing even more cold water on demand from both current homeowners and potential homebuyers. Weekly application volume fell 0.1% last week from the previous week, according to the Mortgage Bankers Association’s seasonally adjusted index. […]
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Consumer confidence in the housing market hits a new low, according to Fannie Mae
An ‘Open House’ sign is displayed as potential home buyers arrive at a property for sale in Columbus, Ohio. Ty Wright | Bloomberg | Getty Images Rising mortgage rates, high home prices and uncertainty in the overall economy have Americans feeling more pessimistic about the state of the housing market. In October, just 16% of […]
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Here’s how much equity U.S. homeowners have lost since May
A home awaits sale at a reduced asking price in Glendale, California. David McNew | Getty Images The historic run-up in home prices during the first two years of the pandemic gave homeowners record amounts of new home equity. Since May, however, about $1.5 trillion of that has vanished, according to Black Knight, a mortgage […]
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Cramer: Why tech can’t find a bottom as other parts of the market show signs of life
Lots of companies got clocked last week. We saw weakness in a host of industries everything from media to gambling to cloud computing and software sales. The pain in the technology sector seems to know no bounds, as we mark one year ago this month since the Nasdaq last closed at a record high. (To […]
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