The housing sector has been rather difficult to predict in the past few years. Once the U.S. housing bubble burst and the Great Recession began, investors pulled out of a number of domestic equities fearing that the crisis would last for quite some time. Unfortunately, those investors were correct, as housing in the U.S. is still fighting to reach pre-recession levels. In fact, the S&P/Case-Shiller Home Price Index is just now reaching 2003 levels at around 155-160. To recover to its 2007 high, the index needs to get up to about 225, an increase of about 45%. As such, investors have begun to look abroad for their real estate exposure, as a stagnant U.S. economy seems to offer little in the way of potential [see also Time For A Real Estate ETF?]. As the ETF world has rapidly expanded, so too have the options for allocating to this coveted asset class. [...] Click here to read the original article on ETFdb.com. Related Posts: Vanguard Launches International Real Estate ETF (VNQI) Time For A Real Estate ETF? Dividend ETF Special: 25 Equity ETFs With Attractive Distribution Yields Investors Put A Down Payment On High-Yielding Real Estate ETFs November ETF Roundup: Launches, Filings, and Closures