Get 40% Off
🚨 Volatile Markets? Find Hidden Gems for Serious Outperformance
Find Stocks Now

Homebuilders slammed for ninth straight day as mortgage rates climb

Published 02/02/2018, 06:45 PM
© Reuters.  Homebuilders slammed for ninth straight day as mortgage rates climb
  • Today's stock market losses were nothing new for the battered homebuilding sector, which fell for the ninth straight session and has tumbled 7% this year vs. the S&P 500's 3.2% YTD gain.
  • The average 30-year fixed mortgage rate, when tends to track the path of the benchmark 10-year Treasury yield, hit 4.22% - highest in a year - according to the latest Freddie Mac weekly survey.
  • An increase to 5% from 4% for a 30-year mortgage would hike monthly bills by 12%, so investors are worried that higher rates will make housing too expensive for too many buyers.
  • Homebuilders, which were soaring as recently as December, were nailed this week: HOV -11.6%, LEN -11.5%, CAA -11.3%, PHM -11%, DHI -7.9%, KBH -7.4%, NVR -6.4%, BZH -6.2%, MDC -6.2%, TOL -5.9%.
  • ETFs: XHB, ITB
  • Now read: KB Home: Tread Carefully


Original article

Latest comments

Risk Disclosure: Trading in financial instruments and/or cryptocurrencies involves high risks including the risk of losing some, or all, of your investment amount, and may not be suitable for all investors. Prices of cryptocurrencies are extremely volatile and may be affected by external factors such as financial, regulatory or political events. Trading on margin increases the financial risks.
Before deciding to trade in financial instrument or cryptocurrencies you should be fully informed of the risks and costs associated with trading the financial markets, carefully consider your investment objectives, level of experience, and risk appetite, and seek professional advice where needed.
Fusion Media would like to remind you that the data contained in this website is not necessarily real-time nor accurate. The data and prices on the website are not necessarily provided by any market or exchange, but may be provided by market makers, and so prices may not be accurate and may differ from the actual price at any given market, meaning prices are indicative and not appropriate for trading purposes. Fusion Media and any provider of the data contained in this website will not accept liability for any loss or damage as a result of your trading, or your reliance on the information contained within this website.
It is prohibited to use, store, reproduce, display, modify, transmit or distribute the data contained in this website without the explicit prior written permission of Fusion Media and/or the data provider. All intellectual property rights are reserved by the providers and/or the exchange providing the data contained in this website.
Fusion Media may be compensated by the advertisers that appear on the website, based on your interaction with the advertisements or advertisers.
© 2007-2024 - Fusion Media Limited. All Rights Reserved.