Homebuilders

The availability of some loans used to build homes dried up due to the coronavirus. Opening up the economy may help if it doesn't lead to a spike in infections, and if consumer demand persists.

A number of banks have stepped up efforts to lend to residential developers, though they are mindful of missteps made before the financial crisis.

A House Republican tax proposal that infuriated housing groups and sent homebuilder stocks sliding would only have a modest impact on the market for new homes and could end up being a net positive for the industry, according to Keefe, Bruyette & Woods analysts.

For the first time in a decade, new owner households created in the first quarter were higher than the creation of renter households.

Homebuilders looking for single-family construction loans may have better luck with small and midsize banks than larger ones, according to a report by the National Association of Home Builders.