Investment Learning

  • March 8, 2025

Home sellers are now prioritizing ease of sale, Opendoor CEO says

Sixty-five percent of first-time home sellers say they would have been willing to accept 20% less to avoid the stress of preparing their home for sale, according to Opendoor (OPEN), an online residential real estate platform. Opendoor CEO Carrie Wheeler joins Wealth with Madison Mills to discuss the state of the current housing market for sellers and buyers. "[Nearly] two-thirds of sellers saying they would have taken something less to avoid the traditional listing process of getting your home ready for sale, staging it, going through the uncertainty of the offer process, exposing yourself to the risk of fall through where one in four buyers are falling through on contract," Wheeler tells Yahoo Finance. The CEO says the finding signals "that while maximizing price for sure is a priority for home sellers, this generation of sellers are also looking to prioritize convenience and certainty, particularly in this market that's been really tough for home sellers." Watch the video above to hear from Opendoor CEO Carrie Wheeler about the housing market, including challenges for buyers, homebuying seasonality, and more. To watch more expert insights and analysis on the latest market action, check out more Wealth here. This post was written by Naomi Buchanan.

Read More
  • March 8, 2025

SPY, VOO, or QQQ: Discover Which ETF Reigns Supreme for U.S. Investors

Exchange-traded funds (ETFs) have become a mainstay of today’s financial markets, offering easy and instant diversification, low costs, and reliable performance that reduces volatility while maximizing returns. Three of the largest and most popular are the SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust (SPY), the Vanguard S&P 500 ETF (VOO), and the Invesco QQQ Trust (QQQ). Like stocks, ETFs trade on exchanges, providing investors direct access to portfolios of stocks rather than individual companies. Their low costs, s

Read More
  • March 7, 2025

This real estate broker expects a 'very strong market' ahead

Mortgage rates fell to a new 2025 low as applications rose. Douglas Elliman associate broker, Noble Black, sat down with Madison Mills on Wealth to discuss the state of the US housing market. "Nationally, I think people are looking at a very strong market for at least the next, I think, people are saying 12 to 18 months," Black tells Yahoo Finance. "We've got strong activity, but I think if we can get mortgage rates continuing to go down dramatically, you're going to see a lot more people coming back into the market." Watch the video above to hear more about Noble Black's outlook on the housing market. To watch more expert insights and analysis on the latest market action, check out more Wealth here. This post was written by Naomi Buchanan.

Read More
  • March 6, 2025

2 ETFs to Buy in 2025 That Could Help Make You a Fortune

Exchange-traded funds (ETFs) offer the means to quickly and easily gain access to the most promising areas of the stock market. Well-chosen sector ETFs can provide investors with better diversification than individual stocks, but with a greater focus on lucrative investment themes than more broad-based funds. Read on to learn about two ETFs with particularly attractive profit potential.

Read More
  • March 6, 2025

Trump's tariffs could benefit this wood-alternative manufacturer

US President Donald Trump says he will pause tariffs on imports from Canada and Mexico until April 2. Trex (TREX) CEO and president Bryan Fairbanks joins Asking for a Trend with Julie Hyman and Josh Lipton to discuss the "moving target" that is Trump's tariff policy and how tariffs are expected to impact the company that makes wood-alternative composite decking. "The vast majority of everything that we sell is manufactured in the US, [but] we do have a little bit that's sourced from outside the US [and that] will be subject to tariffs, but it will be immaterial in the whole scheme of things," Fairbanks tells Yahoo Finance. The chief executive explains there may actually be an opportunity for Trex if the tariffs raise lumber prices, driving more consumers to their products: We could see the gap between a composite deck board and a lumber deck board tighten up a little bit." Fairbanks outlines that the smaller the price difference between lumber and Trex's composite material, the more likely consumers are to upgrade from lumber. To watch more expert insights and analysis on the latest market action, check out more Asking for a Trend here. This post was written by Naomi Buchanan.

Read More
  • March 6, 2025

Mortgage rates move lower, 30-year slips to 6.63%

US mortgage rates continue to decline lower as the 30-year fixed-rate mortgage slipped to 6.63% from 6.76% week-over-week, according to Freddie Mac. Yahoo Finance senior housing reporter Claire Boston sits down with Madison Mills on Wealth to talk more about the latest mortgage rate print, outlining what this could mean for buying power from US homebuyers ahead of the spring season. To watch more expert insights and analysis on the latest market action, check out more Wealth here. This post was written by Luke Carberry Mogan.

Read More
  • March 5, 2025

Homebuilder stocks pop on potential tariff exemptions

Homebuilder stocks like Lennar (LEN), Toll Brothers (TOL), and D.R. Horton (DHI) rise as investors consider possible exemptions for US President Donald Trump's tariffs. HousingWire lead analyst Logan Mohtashami joins Wealth with Madison Mills to take a closer look at the housing market and the impact of tariffs. Tariffs will increase material costs for homebuilders, which raises concerns about increased housing costs; Mohtashami says the "concern is [builders are] not going to be building a lot of homes," contributing to ongoing affordability challenges. "For the builders, it's a supply and margin story right now. And they were not happy about anything talking about tariffs," he adds, highlighting low homebuilder confidence. Watch the video above to hear more from the analyst on the current state of the US housing market. To watch more expert insights and analysis on the latest market action, check out more Wealth here. This post was written by Naomi Buchanan.

Read More