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A positive sign for the housing industry is that investors are showing renewed interest. Housing-related investments are being bought by hedge funds run by the nation’s larger investment groups. Investment corporations are now banking on a rebound in housing.

Publically traded hom building companies have struggled to attract new investments.

Other investors are showing that they share the sentiment, as shares of homebuilders are up 30% since the end of the third quarter. These stocks did well for a given period, but fell when optimism for a housing rebound failed to materialize.

Many are beginning to feel that the housing-price bottom is forthcoming. We can expect to see a further decline by around 3% over the next year before starting to rise.

The housing bust that started five years ago and caused trillions of dollars of losses has begun to show signs of improving, but it’s still too early to say it’s over. Home prices in the U.S. dropped almost 34%, and if banks push more properties through foreclosure inventories could rise.

Some investors and market watchers, however, aren’t sure about the market’s chances to rebound soon. But even these acknowledge that housing isn’t the pit it has been as of late, as they try to anticipate economic trends before they occur.

One multi-billion dollar hedge fund that had wagered correctly on the housing market’s fall has begun buying stakes in large, national homebuilders. The group says it firmly believes that housing is at a turning point due to affordability and a rosier inventory picture.

Housing demand seems to be what’s spurring investor optimism. Although rentals are very popular, but record-low mortgage rates and the ever-increasing affordability of homes could drive them more people to buy homes over the next couple of years. Housing starts have been far under less than half of what they were before the down turn, which was at one million.

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