TheStreet.com RealMoney

Housing Is Bottoming, and It's Providing a Floor

By Jim Cramer

 About this article:
 Bob Toll of Toll Brothers says it right: Bernanke and Geithner and Obama have made you seem crazy if you don't buy a house now. They are throwing so many incentives your way and the housing companies are so desperate to sell with special features thrown in that you have to wonder why you wouldn't buy right now in most areas, simply because you have to wonder how much better it is ever going to get. You are competing against no one, the seller is desperate for you and will make things as easy as possible for you, the rates are the lowest in our lifetime, when you add in the perks and the tax breaks, the houses are back to levels that are before the housing boom. It is a kind of "what are you waiting for?" situation. I know that mortgage availability was supposed...

You have just read the beginning of a premium article from our RealMoney Service. To read the rest of this article and sign up for a FREE trial please click below.

ACCESS STORY & START A FREE 14-Day Trial
Or, call us at 1-866-321-TSCM (8726) Monday-Friday, 8 a.m.-6 p.m. ET.
Outside the U.S. and in Canada, call 1-212-321-5200.



Already a RealMoney subscriber? LOG IN.
Username: Page data is submitted securely.
Password:
Forgot your Password? Click here


100% Money-Back Guarantee
If you decide to subscribe and you're not completely satisfied with TheStreet.com RealMoney, just call us within the first 30 days of your subscription and we'll refund your full annual subscription price — guaranteed.




If you choose a 14-day free trial of RealMoney and you do NOT call to cancel within those 14 days, you will pay $129.95 — a $100 savings off the regular annual subscription price of $229.95. Unless you cancel before the end of that year, your subscription will automatically renew for another year at the then-current subscription price.

Offer applies only to new annual subscriptions, and is subject to change at any time. Void where prohibited.

If you choose a monthly subscription, you pay $34.95 per month. You will be notified if the current monthly rate of $34.95 changes at any time in the future.

TheStreet.com is a publisher. None of the contributors or their affiliates will provide you with personally tailored advice concerning the nature, potential, value or suitability of any particular security, portfolio of securities, transaction, investment strategy or other matter. From time to time, any or all of the contributors or their affiliates may hold positions in securities mentioned and they may trade for their own accounts. In cases where the position is held at the time of publication, appropriate disclosure is made.

© TheStreet.com, Inc., 14 Wall Street, 15th Floor, New York, NY 10005.