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Don't look now, but another housing bubble is forming...
Most investors remember what happened a decade ago, the last time the housing market was as overheated as it is right now. It did not end well.
Housing prices have been on an upward climb since at least 2009 - but growth in 2018 accelerated to its highest level since 2005.
And real home prices have increased 28% since mid-2012, while entry-level homes are seeing double that.
If we dig down into the numbers, the data shows household income lagging behind the pace of inflation since mid-2012. That is actually a bit of a worry for many analysts.
But you can make money from the surging price of homes while analysts panic...
The Top 2 Ways You Can Profit from the Housing Bubble
Money Morning Options Trading Specialist Tom Gentile did some digging and found two gems ready to earn some real money for investors.
The first is a play on the real estate sector itself. The Real Estate Select Sector SPDR (NYSE Arca: XLRE) is an exchange-traded fund (ETF) tracking the performance of publicly traded real estate investment trusts (REITs).
A REIT is a company that gets its income from leasing office space, residential apartments, shopping malls, hotels, and many other real estate--related ventures. The sector also includes companies that hold mortgages on real estate, but these are not in the ETF.
Basically, when real estate properties are in demand, so are REITs. And so, too, will be the XLRE ETF.
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The best way to play this potential move is with call options on the ETF. Call options give the holder the right (but not the obligation) to buy the underlying security at a certain price - the strike price - at or before its expiration date.
Specifically, Gentile recommends options that expire at least 60 days from now. And since this is not the most active options series, at-the-money options would be best.
Options are "at the money" when their strike prices are at or close to the price of the underlying security. Currently, the XLRE trades near $32.00, so an option with a $32 strike price would be at the money.
At current prices, a $32 call option on XLRE with a Nov. 16 expiration will cost $118 per contract. If XLRE's price continues to rise, your contract will rise too.
For example, if XLRE rises to $34 on July 20, your contract will soar to $237, a 101% gain.
Plus, Tom has an even better opportunity to play the housing boom...