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Fool Video: Time to Buy Housing Stocks?

By Mac Greer – Updated Apr 5, 2017 at 5:37PM

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Have housing stocks hit rock bottom?

Housing starts have hit their lowest point since 1995. Shares of some of the nation's biggest homebuilders -- Ryland Group (NYSE: RYL), Centex (NYSE: CTX), and D.R. Horton (NYSE: DHI) -- currently trade around their 52-week lows. And shares of Countrywide (NYSE:CFC) and other home lenders have slipped as well. Will the Fed's interest-rate cut boost housing stocks? And what does the housing meltdown mean for other stocks? In this installment of Fool Video, I ask Motley Fool analyst Seth Jayson.

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Seth owns shares of Chipotle (Nasdaq: CMG  ) , which he mentioned in passing. Chipotle is a Hidden Gems and a Rule Breakers recommendation. Neither Seth nor Mac owns any of the other stocks discussed. The Fool has a disclosure policy.

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