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ThesisHaverty Furniture Companies: the story is balanced — Existing home sales velocity and housing turnover rates (furniture purchases correlate 0.7+ with home sales)
value - Trading at 0.6x sales and 1.3x book value with 6.2% FCF yield attracts deep value investors betting on cyclical recovery.
Mortgage rates are the primary transmission mechanism - rising rates reduce housing affordability, suppress existing home sales…
Watch on earnings: Existing home sales (NAR data) as leading indicator for furniture demand 3-6 months forward, 30-year fixed mortgage rates and mortgage purchase applications index, Consumer confidence index and discretionary spending trends among $75K+ income households.
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Haverty Furniture Companies: the story is balanced — existing home sales velocity and housing turnover rates (furniture purchases correlate 0.7+ with home sales).
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