Shaina Mishkin

Shaina Mishkin

Reporter

LATEST ARTICLES

Home Prices Keep Rising—but Buyers’ Hopes Are, Too

Home Prices Keep Rising—but Buyers’ Hopes Are, Too

Home prices measured by the S&P Cotality Case-Shiller index tracking 20 of the nation’s large metropolitan areas rose 1.1% in April from one year prior.

2 minute read

Your Dream Home Is Out There. A Glut Is on the Way.

Your Dream Home Is Out There. A Glut Is on the Way.

The housing shortage will end in the coming decade as demand eases because of smaller generations and thinning immigration, new figures show. And, best of all, prices will drop.

Long Read

Home Builder Stocks Are Showing Newfound Strength. Why a 30% Gain Is Possible.

Home Builder Stocks Are Showing Newfound Strength. Why a 30% Gain Is Possible.

Technical analysis indicates a home builder ETF could climb nearly 30% by the end of the year.

Long Read

Trump Cancels Housing Bill Signing. What’s Next.

Trump Cancels Housing Bill Signing. What’s Next.

The bipartisan bill includes provisions to encourage new-home construction and ease rules on financing manufactured homes.

2 minute read

The Housing Market Is Out of Its Deep Freeze. Where It’s Still Chilly.

The Housing Market Is Out of Its Deep Freeze. Where It’s Still Chilly.

Buyers and sellers are striking more deals than they have since fall. But the landscape isn’t the same nationwide. The hot and cold regions.

3 minute read

Bed Bath & Beyond Is Buying a Real Estate Brokerage. What’s Behind the Move?

Bed Bath & Beyond Is Buying a Real Estate Brokerage. What’s Behind the Move?

Bed Bath & Beyond bought Fathom to help transform itself into a one-stop shopping for homeownership.

4 minute read

Why Bad Housing Data Can’t Stop the Rally in Builder Stocks

Why Bad Housing Data Can’t Stop the Rally in Builder Stocks

Investors are watching the 10-year Treasury yield as a better indicator of the where the housing market is headed.

2 minute read

Lennar Stock Drops After Earnings. Why the Builder Says Its Shares Are Undervalued.

Lennar Stock Drops After Earnings. Why the Builder Says Its Shares Are Undervalued.

Lennar’s earnings were in line with Wall Street’s expectations but revenue fell short.

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Google’s Home Listings Will Now Be Widely Available. What It Means for Zillow, Rocket, CoStar Stocks.

Google’s Home Listings Will Now Be Widely Available. What It Means for Zillow, Rocket, CoStar Stocks.

Investors have feared that a large technology company offering home listings will take market share from other housing services companies.

3 minute read

Home Sales Rose to Highest Level This Year in May. Thank Stock Market Gains

Home Sales Rose to Highest Level This Year in May. Thank Stock Market Gains

The median home price was also the highest on record for the month of May.

3 minute read

Lowe’s Wants to Help You Change Lightbulbs. How That Could Boost the Stock.

Lowe’s Wants to Help You Change Lightbulbs. How That Could Boost the Stock.

A home maintenance program offered by Lowe’s could lift its subscription revenue, Jefferies analysts say.

2 minute read

Meritage, KB Home and Other Midsize Builders That Could Be Takeover Targets

Meritage, KB Home and Other Midsize Builders That Could Be Takeover Targets

Berkshire’s acquisition of Taylor Morrison “creates pressure for small- to midsize home builders to pursue value-creating transactions,” one analyst says.

Long Read

Austin’s Ambitious Plan Actually Made Home Prices Affordable Again

Austin’s Ambitious Plan Actually Made Home Prices Affordable Again

A decade of policy changes in Austin set the stage for a construction boom. The result is that prices are down and sales are up. Other cities are taking notice.

Long Read

West Palm Beach and 3 More Housing Markets That Are Heating Up Fast

West Palm Beach and 3 More Housing Markets That Are Heating Up Fast

West Palm Beach, Chicago, and Austin are bucking the lousy housing market with stronger sales.

3 minute read

Zillow Stock Is Lagging Behind as Home Listings Battle Heats Up

Zillow Stock Is Lagging Behind as Home Listings Battle Heats Up

Zillow and real estate companies are feuding over off-market listings. It’s a fight that is once again playing out in court.

4 minute read

Mortgage Rates Hit 6.51% as They Follow Treasury Yields Higher

Mortgage Rates Hit 6.51% as They Follow Treasury Yields Higher

Mortgage rates this week saw the largest gain in two months and the highest level since August.

2 minute read

Luxury Homes Are Selling in a Tough Housing Market. Toll Brothers Stock Gets a Boost.

Luxury Homes Are Selling in a Tough Housing Market. Toll Brothers Stock Gets a Boost.

Toll Brothers earned $2.72 a diluted share on $2.53 billion in revenue in its second quarter, better than analysts expected.

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