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Sales of new U.S. homes climbed in April to the second-highest level in almost five years as lower borrowing costs and job gains drew more buyers into the market.

Confidence among U.S. homebuilders improved in May for the first time in five months as buyers rush to take advantage of near record-low mortgage rates .

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The housing market has been steadily improving, lifting the stocks of homebuilders like Beazer Homes , Hovnanian , and PulteGroup to heights not seen since the mortgage crisis.

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's stock had its "buy" rating reaffirmed by research analysts at TheStreet in a report released on Monday, AnalystRatingsNetwork.com reports.

Looking today at week-over-week shares outstanding changes among the universe of ETFs covered at ETF Channel , one standout is the iShares Dow Jones U.S. Home Construction Index Fund where we have detected an approximate $53.9 million dollar inflow - that's a 2.4% increase week over week in outstanding units .

A number of other firms have also recently commented on PHM. Analysts at S&P Equity Research raised their price target on shares of PulteGroup from $15.00 to $17.00 in a research note to investors on Friday.

D.R. Horton Inc., the largest U.S. homebuilder by volume, said its fiscal second-quarter profit more than doubled as demand for new houses climbed in a recovering market.

The housing market has been phenomenal, leading the way up along with financials from the depths of the market all the way up to where we stand today, near a record high for both the S&P 500 and the Dow Jones.

PulteGroup announced its earnings results on Thursday. The company reported $0.21 earnings per share for the quarter, beating the analysts' consensus estimate of $0.15 by $0.06, Stock Ratings Network reports.

Inc., the largest U.S. home builder by revenue, reported first-quarter earnings that beat analyst estimates as an accelerating housing recovery fueled sales and led to higher prices.

Bloomfield Hills-based homebuilder PulteGroup reported earnings of $82 million, or 21 cents a share, for its first quarter, compared to a loss of $12 million, or 3 cents a share, for the same period a year earlier.