Where is everyone going to live at in the 21st century? The housing market isn’t improving like it should be and this industry is going to be getting some major work soon. According to Jim Cramer on CNBC’s Mad Money, he says America is building new homes for a population of 180 million citizens. However, we currently have a population close to 310 million, so our housing development is losing ground daily. Now with winter here, we are going to see our normal slow downs and who knows what it will be like in the Spring time of the year.

How can this help me in the stock market? That’s a good question and investors might have a play in this current pattern we are in. A home builder like Toll Brothers would be a descent choice for a long term investment. The home supply stores like Ace Hardware, Home Depot, and Lowe’s would all be solid choices too. How about investing in the company that owns the most land in the United States? I think that would be the best play in the stock market and the largest U.S. real estate owner really isn’t in the housing market. Real estate companies may need to purchase some of this company’s land, but I’m not so sure it is for sale. This is actually a good trivia question and ask your family or your smart friends “what company owns the most U.S. property in America?”. I have a feeling most will not get this question right. The answer would be Plum Creek Timber and they own like 7 million acres or something like that. If this company interests you; then you can find them under the stock symbol: PCL

Plum Creek Timber is a $35 stock and they were up .73 cents at the close on Friday’s trading. They offer a nice dividend with their stock and the company has enough cash on hand to pay out a full year’s dividend without making another cent. Shareholders are getting about $1.68 yearly in dividends for each share of PLC they own. If the stock price doesn’t going higher, you will still double your money in 14 years with the dividends alone. I think a $43 price target is within range for the next 3 months and could be a $50 stock in December 2010. This would be a nice investment if this did play out like this and investors would still be getting that huge dividend from Plum Creek Timber too. I like this stock and so does the people at MSN.com. They have a stock rating system there and it goes from 1 to 10. The higher the number, the better they like a stock and currently PLC is listed as a 10 and a moderate buy. I’m not sure why the real estate market is still lagging behind, but a timber company like Plum Creek is one indirect play investors could choose; if they want a stock with potential and huge dividends. Look it up and let me know what you think about Plum Creek Timber.