ORLANDO, Fla., May 22, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Florida's housing market had increased pending sales and higher median prices in April, along with a greatly reduced inventory of homes and condos for sale, ...

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Stocks Moderately Higher at Mid-Day as New Housing Data Supports Gains

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SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) -- PulteGroup Inc. and KB Home led a strong rally in homebuilder shares on Tuesday as the latest housing market data signaled a continued recovery in the real estate market. Existing home sales rose 3.4% in April as distressed activity eased, the National Association of Realtors said. Sales increased to a seasonally adjusted annualized rate of 4.62 million from a ...

Today's economic calendar will focus on housing for the second day in a row, following yesterday's existing home sales report.The weekly MBA mortgage-purchase applications report kicks off the day at 7 ...

A weak trend, but still a trend

NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. stocks rose on Tuesday, led by financial and housing shares, after U.S. home resales rose in April to their highest annual rate in nearly two years in another sign that the housing market may be on the road to recovery. But gains were capped as Facebook shares lost about 20 percent of the online social network's IPO price in just two days following its market debut, and ...

US stocks opened higher Wednesday, buoyed by fresh positive data on the American economy and news that troubled Greece set a June 17 date for new elections.

Stocks rose on Tuesday, led by financial and housing shares, after home resales rose in April to their highest annual rate in nearly two years in another sign that the housing market may be on the road to recovery.