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• Homebuilders: Buy or Sell? 

  

  A look at the broader S&P homebuilding index, with Bob Wetenhall, RBC Capital Markets; Dan Oppenheim, Credit Suisse, and CNBC's Diana Olick.

• Talking Numbers: Housing Winners & Losers 

  

  Some 3.5 million homes were listed for sale in February, even as prices continue to decrease. Zeroing in on winners and losers in the housing market with Demir Gjokaj, ITG Investment Research real estate analyst.

• S&P/Case-Shiller Home Prices 

  

  A breakdown of the results, with Maureen Maitland, Standard & Poor's vice president of index services.

• Realty Check: Reading the Numbers 

  

  Today's small increase in February contracts signed offers a glimmer of hope in the real estate market, says CNBC's Diana Olick. But realtors are urging caution, saying it may still be a while before we see solid evidence of a recovery in the housing.

• US Economy Is 'Fairly Healthy': Goldman's Hatzius

  

  The US economy is “fairly healthy,” Jan Hatzius, chief US economist at Goldman Sachs, told CNBC Friday.

• Realty Check 

  

  CNBC's Diana Olick has an update on the real estate market, including a plunge in February new home, inventories at an 8.9 month supply, and mortgage and refi applications up 2.7 percent in the last week.

• GOP Unveils New Plan to End Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac

  

  House Republican Conference Chairman Jeb Hensarling (R-Texas) will introduce legislation Thursday to wind down Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae in five years, CNBC has learned.

• Stocks Could Drop Even More in Reaction to Japan: Shiller

  If history repeats itself, the worldwide stock market could tumble even more this Friday—a week after a Japan was devastated by an earthquake and tsunami, Yale economist Robert Shiller told CNBC Monday.

• Wading Back In

  

  Amid all the doom and gloom, it is hard for many think of real estate as anything other than a money pit; for some, however, it is an opportunity, and, hopefully, a well of profit to be tapped. It's the optimistic, even opportunistic, side we're focusing on in our annual special report, "Investor Guide to Spring Real Estate".

• Nice Day For The Dollar, A Little Less So For Europe

  The dollar delivers, and the pound takes a pounding. Here's your daily wrap of news getting attention in currency circles.