What the stock market is saying about the housing market

You get a feel for the housing market in a lot of ways. You can look at listings online or in newspapers. You might drive around a neighborhood to check out the houses, the people who live there, and the condition of roads and schools. Sometimes, you get signals from the stock market that make you a more informed buyer or seller. The stock market offered a downer of a signal on Feb. 25 to the housing market, thanks to weak earnings guidance from Lowe's Companies, one of the biggest home-improvement reta ...