A New Way to Ride the Housing Market Rebound

The housing market has been racing back, and that's meant good times for a variety of groups from banks and homebuilders to millions of homeowners. But one industry hit particularly hard during the housing meltdown may be overlooked as a way to invest in the "housing comeback" theme.

Mortgage insurers like Radian Group and MGIC Investment got clobbered during the downturn, but now appear to be firmly on the comeback trail. But new competition materialized during the crisis -- Essent Group -- and that company is about to hit the public markets.

In the video below, Motley Fool financials analyst Matt Koppenheffer breaks down the situation.

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