Time to Buy Housing Stocks?

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The following video is from Wednesday's MarketFoolery podcast, in which host Chris Hill and analysts Joe Magyer and Matt Argersinger discuss the top business and investing stories of the day.

In this segment, Toll Brothers (NYSE: TOL) reported weaker-than-expected first-quarter earnings and shares slipped on the news. Housing starts fell 8.5% in January after a 15.7% increase in December. Shares of Toll Brothers, D.R. Horton , and Hovnanian Enterprises are all beating the market over the past year. Should investors take stock in housing? In this installment of MarketFoolery, our analysts discuss housing stocks and explain why investors should watch Lumber Liquidators and Interface .


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