The latest U.S. housing numbers from Freddie Mac indicate that the market is continuing its steady recovery from its disastrous crash during the mortgage crisis. The housing bubble scared away many investors, despite the fact that housing had been a solid part of a diversified investment portfolio for decades prior to the bubble.
Now, post-crisis lending regulations are in place to help ensure that the market stays under control, and investors are back to generating large, but not unreasonable, gains in a healthy U.S. housing market.
Become A Part Of The Healthy Housing Boom
Once the excess of the U.S. housing bubble was cleared from the market, the natural growth associated with an exploding younger population took over and prices and building rates began to recover to their natural growth levels.
If you’re looking for a way to invest in the companies powering a surging U.S. housing market, Stash’s “Home Sweet Home” ETF, more commonly known as the SPDR S&P Homebuilders (ETF) XHB 2.56% might be worth a look.
The ETF is nicknamed “Home Sweet Home” because it includes shares of around 40 companies that are pivotal in the U.S. housing market.
Which Companies Are Included?
Most of the companies included in “Home Sweet Home” are…
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