Many home builders, contractors and retailers wagered that higher U.S. tariffs on imports would boost the cost of lumber, ...

Housing futures, a cousin to commodities futures and options, are now available on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange with the possibility of other products t ...

Pork bellies futures contracts numbered around 10,300, while a few commodities were less heavily traded than the housing futures — fertilizer urea, for example, saw eight contracts traded that ...

Something I've been meaning to blog about for a few weeks now is the surprisingly unheralded arrival of extended listings to the CME housing futures -- a reader from TFS Derivatives Corp. has been ...

If anyone is anticipating a quick turnaround in home prices, it's not participants in the still-green futures market for housing.

James Surowiecki tackles the topic of housing futures in the New Yorker this week, giving the two players in the space, HedgeStreet and the Chicago Mercantile Exchange, a nice credibility boost.

Most of the reporting on U.S. housing prices has been through the rear view mirror. Let’s take a forward look through the eyes of futures speculators at the Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME ...

Shiller explains a new tool he co-wrote to track housing prices and establish a market in residential real estate futures.

Analysts are saying housing derivatives could take center stage in 2007. If they’re right, residential property owners in New York will be taking advantage of the new futures, swaps, and options ...

CME Housing Futures Show Expectation the Housing Slump Will Continue Nov. 30, 2006 1:00 PM ET IYR, PKB, XHB IAI TickerSense 254 Follower s ...

Housing futures operate similarly to traditional commodities such as oil or wheat, although they do not represent the individual homes. Instead, you're essentially betting on a trend.