CHICAGO AP – Retailers who get a chunk of their business from new homeowners may feel like empty nesters in coming months with the recent boost to sales from the government’s homebuyer tax credit fading in the rearview mirror.
THE OPINION: KeyBanc Capital markets analyst Bradley Thomas told investors that the nation’s housing market will continue to ride the tax-credit wave through 2010, but next year has the investment bank “increasingly cautious” about companies that furnish goods to spruce up homes.
