By Quentin Fottrell
The unexpected surge in new housing construction may have helped boost stocks Tuesday, but some analysts say neither investors nor homebuyers should be too encouraged by the news.
U.S. home building climbed to the highest level in 19 months during November and construction permits grew, according to data released this morning by the Commerce Department. Home construction in November rose 9.3% to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 685,000 from October. Investors reacted favorably to the news as the Dow Jones Industrial Average closed up 337 points – or 2.8% — erasing Monday’s losses; the index is now up over 4% since the start of the year.
This sounds promising, but housing experts warn that since most of the increase in housing starts comes from the construction of rental apartment units, the numbers don’t necessarily indicate a turnaround in the overall housing market — or for that matter, the U.S. economy.
It remains a market for long-term investors, not “house-flippers,” analysts say – especially in areas with a strong demand for rentals. “Buying into a market where you expect extensive foreclosures with related depressive effects could be problematical,” says Stuart A. Gabriel, director of UCLA’s Richard S. Ziman Center for Real Estate. “But there are tremendous opportunities in the marketplace for those who are credit worthy and can buy at a deeply discounted price.”
There are also ways to invest in this building boom without a mortgage, experts say. Some pros are advising their clients to invest in building stocks to take advantage of the rise in apartment construction. “Investors could buy shares of homebuilders that specialize in starter homes in up-and-coming areas,” says Charles Sizemore, a financial adviser in Dallas, Texas. He recommends DR Horton (DHI), “because it is large, diversified, and has a more sophisticated management than many smaller homebuilders,” and Ryland (RYL), “because of its focus on affordable homes in growing markets.”
Others suggest avoiding real estate entirely. “The last thing people need are more stocks or bonds or traditional investments,” says Wade Westhoff, a financial adviser based in Danville, Ca. “With almost every other investment you have the ability to sell it,” he says.
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Free Icons Set: Social Media by WPZOOM
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Last year we released two icon sets which gained a lot of popularity, and were downloaded almost 50.000 times thus far:
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So we decided to continue this tradition of offering quality resources for free to our readers, and this time we are happy to announce that we have a new icon set to share with you, designed by talented Umar Irshad, a web-designer from Pakistan.
The title of the set is WPZOOM Social Media Icons Set, and it includes 50 beautifully designed icons for popular social websites:
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siteeditor April 13, 2011 5:29 pm
very nice set, thanks pavel..
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Suren H April 13, 2011 6:32 pm
Thanks for the great Social collections!
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Thierry – Wholesale Jewelry April 13, 2011 7:29 pm
Simple, but sooooo cute.
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Michael Chacon April 13, 2011 8:33 pm
Very cool, thanks alot!
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Karen April 13, 2011 9:11 pm
Thanks very much for these… will be well used
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Adi @ IconsPedia April 13, 2011 10:54 pm
Great icons for webmasters. Thanks for sharing !
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Design Dosage April 20, 2011 11:23 am
Absolutely lovely! Thank you very much
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Review Monsters April 23, 2011 10:29 pm
Thanks for these, can’t wait to use them and show them off!
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bleda April 26, 2011 9:17 am
Thanks a lot!
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Free Icons Web April 27, 2011 11:41 am
Cool icons collections, Thank you for nice work!
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Panduan WordPress May 3, 2011 2:08 am
Thanks you.. I will use on my site.
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Cheap Logo Design May 11, 2011 10:54 am
Excellent icons. thanks for posting here in your blog.this is absolutely nice.:)
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Ant Eksiler May 19, 2011 11:33 pm
Excellent icons, they look pixel-perfect
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Arpan Kar @ Business Fundas June 1, 2011 2:49 pm
Loved the icons.. Nice article buddy.. Loved your focus.
btw wont the webpages having them load a bit slow? they look pretty heavy to me
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Guy Cook June 7, 2011 2:22 am
Thanks will share link to this on my Facebook page. facebook.com/vDomainHosting
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aditia June 9, 2011 12:36 pm
Thank you added to my collection
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Neil June 14, 2011 1:37 pm
Another excelent social icons from WPZOOM
Thanks for free icons!
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TutsPress December 6, 2011 11:12 pm
Thanks for these icons.
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Yan T. March 13, 2012 2:20 pm
It would be nice to have a “Screenr” icon.
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John May 23, 2012 1:44 pm
Thanks For Sharing Such A Cool Icons.
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jai July 14, 2012 11:05 am
Thanks for these, can’t wait to use them and show them off!
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NOGNAB August 22, 2012 8:39 am
Thank you so much, ALL VERY NICE!!
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Prakash September 12, 2012 7:37 am
Loads of thanks… You are such a sweetheart WPZOOM
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cgvector September 25, 2012 1:44 pm
these size is not standers there should be size 48×48, 32×32 and 24×24
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Sheri October 31, 2012 10:01 am
Thank you so much! <3 These would be very useful. love it!
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