Housing bonds are popular with many investors because they offer higher yields than other tax-exempt securities.

In the secondary market for tax-exempt municipal securities, prices of most issues rose by about 1/8 point, dealers said.

No new issues of corporate or tax-exempt securities were priced yesterday.

In the municipal bond market, investors continued to find tax-exempt securities attractive.

Prices were little changed in the secondary market for corporate and tax-exempt municipal securities yesterday.

It is thought that this bond would be the first tax-exempt security ever offered as part of the space business.

New York is by far the nation's biggest issuer of tax-exempt securities.

Activity in the secondary market for corporate and tax-exempt municipal securities was light, with little or no price movement.

Thus, few banks are large holders of tax-exempt securities any more.

Money managers increased to 48, up 5, the number of days tax-exempt securities are held in portfolios.