Yesterday, biz TV went ga-ga over Toll Brothers (TOL) order numbers and the “unbelievable” 6.9% cancellation rate. Similarly, on Tuesday Beazer Homes (BZH) reported a shockingly bullish p

Stocks surged, sending the S&P 500 up for a sixth straight session and propelling the Dow to a 13 month high, after a G-20 host became the market’s Darling for a day. Equities and ironies e

This is an open letter to construction workers worldwide -- or at least the ones I pass on my way home everyday: If possible, please stop doing work on bridges, tunnels, and roads into major bridges

Minyan Morning Memo One to watch: Early this morning while you were sleeping, Anglo-Dutch consumer products company Unilever (UL) reported earnings. Though the results appeared to be in the eye of th

Dear Professor Zucchi,I know this is probably a redundant question, but when do you think reality will realign itself and the Proshares Ultrashort Real Estate (SRS) show some upward spunk?I read your

In response to my repost of a Wall Street Journal article about an aborted move by the Peacock family to sell a 10,000-square-foot home (complete with an exotic game room that featured a hyena a

After nearly 3 years of bleeding cash, US homebuilders are on shaky ground. The market for new homes is being decimated by rampant overbuilding during the boom, and by the flood of bank-owned propert

Dear Professor Zucchi,So far as I can tell, there's a problem with buying residential real estate: No one is happy about the prospect of paying $5,000 a month for 10 years (for a $600,000 home)

Equity markets had their biggest rally this year after Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke outlined steps to fix the banking industry in a morning address. His remarks, delivered to the Counci

What a day it was for the market. Turnaround Tuesday definitely lived up to the hype.Citigroup (C) came out and said they had 2 profitable quarters through the first 3 months of this year; all the ba