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The Motley Fool June 6, 2007 Seth Jayson |
From Bubble Talk to Double Talk It comes down to this: The NAR's prospective on housing is irrevocably skewed because its very existence depends on the fiction that housing is a good "investment." All evidence points to the contrary. |
The Motley Fool November 28, 2007 Seth Jayson |
Realtors Fiddle While Home Sales Sink The National Association of Realtors sets a new low in reporting, continuing to insist that all is well in the housing market, despite a 21% drop in year-over-year home sales and a 15% increase in inventory. |
The Motley Fool September 11, 2007 Seth Jayson |
Hiding the Ugly Truth About Housing The NAR continues, month after month, to release home-sales predictions that are overly optimistic and completely misleading. The true housing sector figures are much worse than they want you to know. |
The Motley Fool May 1, 2007 Seth Jayson |
Lipstick on the Housing Pig Further evidence of the deflating bubble is supposed to be good news? Investors, the NAR's newest pending sales report is an absolute hog. |
The Motley Fool August 8, 2007 Seth Jayson |
Still More Housing Bull The National Association of Realtors issues another suspiciously misleading press release. It is in the NAR's interest to convince people to buy; therefore, investors, please read their words carefully. |
The Motley Fool August 1, 2007 Seth Jayson |
More Housing Bull The NAR praises pending home sales numbers. Big surprise. The moral of the story for investors of all stripes: Beware the cycle of enthusiasm and pain. |
The Motley Fool June 9, 2006 Seth Jayson |
I Want My Bubble Back! The National Association of Realtors wants the Fed to quit with the rate hikes. Big surprise. The simple fact is that no one wants the party to end |
The Motley Fool October 5, 2007 Mac Greer |
Fool Video: Housing Stocks Gone Wild? Housing stocks rebound after more horrible news. Has all the bad news already been built into the stock prices of homebuilders? Should investors move in to housing stocks? Those questions are answered in this video. |
The Motley Fool April 12, 2007 Seth Jayson |
House Price Drop? That's Unpossible! The National Association of Realtors admits the obvious. While you're giggling at NAR economist David Lereah, keep your eye on the industry response to the mess and the media wake-up call. |
The Motley Fool September 25, 2006 Dan Caplinger |
Know Your Numbers: Home Sales The housing industry is an important component of the U.S. economy, affecting everyone. By looking at data on sales of homes, you can track how well the housing industry is doing, which can help you with decisions about investing in real estate. |
The Motley Fool March 24, 2006 Seth Jayson |
Housing's Ups and Downs The data conflict again. So what else is new? However, investors seem to have decided long ago that the new-home boom is on the wane. |
The Motley Fool June 26, 2006 Stephen D. Simpson |
Looking for the Bottom With Lennar Has the homebuilder finally hit bottom? Eventually, stocks of this type will be interesting again. |
The Motley Fool June 25, 2007 Seth Jayson |
Housing Slumps. Who's Surprised? America's easy-credit, quick-flipping, borrow-now-and-forget-the-consequences lifestyle is coming to an increasingly painful, grinding halt. Welcome to the laws of supply and demand, folks. |
The Motley Fool August 27, 2007 Seth Jayson |
Home Sales Worsen The drop in home sales (and median prices, by the way) will probably be no surprise to anyone who read past the vapid, misleading headlines last week, when the Commerce Department's new home sales numbers appeared to show a 10.2% drop in year-over-year sales for the month of July. |
The Motley Fool November 14, 2007 Seth Jayson |
Housing Worse, Despite Yelping NAR The past week has seen the National Association of Realtors trade group issue a slew of misleading press releases, all intended to jump-start a withering housing market. Investors, be cautious. |
The Motley Fool November 14, 2007 Seth Jayson |
Charting the Housing Spin In its latest press release, the National Association of Realtors makes the argument that homes are better investments than stocks. |
The Motley Fool December 10, 2007 Seth Jayson |
Down Isn't Up. Really. Seems like every week, the National Association of Realtors finds a reason to pump residential homebuying by looking at numbers and spinning them to appear that things are getting better. They're not. |
The Motley Fool November 10, 2006 Selena Maranjian |
"Home Prices Plunge!" Calm down -- the news isn't as bad as it seems. What should we investors and homeowners make of this development? |
The Motley Fool November 29, 2007 David Lee Smith |
More Useful Housing Data, Please! If the Realtors, the Department of Commerce, or the National Association of Home Builders put more effort into the types of numbers they released, investors would be better able to judge how soon the likes of Centex, Pulte, Lennar, Hovnanian, and Toll Brothers might recover from the current crisis. |
The Motley Fool April 28, 2006 Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
Homebuilder Stocks Getting Creaky A.G. Edwards marks down the sector, just as many investors already have. None of this spells a complete collapse of an industry that has fortified itself over the past few gravy years. |
The Motley Fool September 22, 2005 Stephen D. Simpson |
Is KB's Foundation Solid? KB Home has stellar growth at the top and bottom line, but where's the cash flow growth? Investors, carefully consider this one. |
The Motley Fool December 17, 2004 Salim Haji |
Housing Boom Drives Homebuilder Stocks As the housing boom continues, housing stocks are reporting record earnings. Neither is sustainable. |
The Motley Fool September 25, 2007 Seth Jayson |
Quick Take: Golf Clap for Lennar Homebuilder Lennar presents their horrible quarterly numbers with a straightforward approach. |
The Motley Fool July 30, 2004 Rich Duprey |
Beazer's No Bowzer The homebuilder reports rising profits and expectations in the industry. |
The Motley Fool November 5, 2007 Seth Jayson |
Quick Take: Realtors Get Desperate The National Association of Realtors announces a nationwide advertising campaign designed to counter recent negative housing reports in the media. |
The Motley Fool September 19, 2006 Seth Jayson |
When Bubbles Attack! Recent, minor upticks in interest rates are probably only the first cracks in the dike. Will pinched homeowners take any comfort in knowing that the NAR's president finds himself unable to sell his superfluous home? |
The Motley Fool June 8, 2004 Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
There Goes the Neighborhood KB Home reported strong orders, but Dominion Homes disappoints. What is the outlook for home builders? |
The Motley Fool September 22, 2006 Todd Wenning |
The Homebuilder Blues After a red-hot three-year run, the homebuilding industry has certainly fallen on hard times. Are these stocks undervalued? |
The Motley Fool May 5, 2006 Seth Jayson |
For Whom the Home Tolls Toll brothers comes clean on a weakening housing market that others have tried too hard to deny. What does it mean for investors? |
The Motley Fool July 11, 2007 David Lee Smith |
More Cracks in Housing's Foundation With dire pre-releases from two major builders, the future of housing becomes progressively more uncertain. Investors, beware. |
The Motley Fool June 16, 2006 Stephen D. Simpson |
Racing to the Bottom in Housing KB Homes reports the same tough conditions as everyone else, but are estimates finally low enough? Investors, take note. |
The Motley Fool November 28, 2005 Seth Jayson |
H is for Housing. And Hiss. The housing market is getting a bit squishier, but whether that indicates a soft landing is anyone's guess. And a potential implosion of the sub-prime mortgage market is part of the bear argument against originators like H&R Block. |
The Motley Fool March 28, 2006 Stephen D. Simpson |
Cracks in Lennar's Foundation? Are fewer orders and increased incentives temporary phenomena, or warning signs for investors in this home builder? |
The Motley Fool April 27, 2007 David Lee Smith |
Two More Homebuilders Get Nailed Pulte and Beazer become the latest large homebuilders to sink into loss positions. Investors without a longer than average time horizon are urged to avoid this sector. |
The Motley Fool June 30, 2008 David Lee Smith |
Still Looking for the Housing Turn Calling the housing news "mixed" would be a stretch, but there are rays of hope. |
The Motley Fool June 23, 2010 Jordan DiPietro |
Housing Stocks Get Hammered Housing stocks plunge after disappointing sales report. |
The Motley Fool September 25, 2007 Seth Jayson |
Housing Takes Another Header The latest S&P/Case-Shiller Home Prices Index shows that home prices are not only dropping like rocks, in many places, the rate of drop is increasing. |
The Motley Fool August 16, 2007 David Lee Smith |
Homebuilders Up 25% in One Day? Crazy? Absolutely. And housing's flood of bad news since then has already washed away the results. Investors, take note. |
The Motley Fool September 18, 2007 Seth Jayson |
Harvest Time for Homebuilders Hovnanian Enterprises drops house prices $100,000. Expect other home-builders to follow. |
The Motley Fool December 8, 2005 Stephen D. Simpson |
What's Normal for Hovnanian? Everybody's still nervous about housing, and the builders are starting to get a bit more cautious. The markets may have already marked down some of these stocks to a point where expectations seem pretty modest. |
The Motley Fool October 4, 2007 Rich Duprey |
This Dead Cat Won't Bounce For the third consecutive day, shares of some of the biggest homebuilders rallied. Investors, beware, all data indicates that housing won't be doing well for a very long time to come. |
The Motley Fool September 21, 2005 Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
What Housing Bubble? Lennar debunks the housing bubble pin pushers. Again. Real estate developers are doing just fine. The housing boom may be a bubble, but it's apparently wrapped in a much thicker skin than industry pundits are giving it credit for. |
The Motley Fool August 26, 2005 Mike Cianciolo |
Is the Bell Tolling at Toll Brothers? The luxury builder doubles earnings, but bubble fears push its stock lower. |
The Motley Fool November 29, 2005 Seth Jayson |
Housing Roars Back? Not So Fast. Make sure you know what the real numbers say before you make that bet on a home or housing stocks. |
The Motley Fool September 4, 2007 Seth Jayson |
Desperate Realtors Applaud Bailout The National Association of Realtors likes the idea of a subprime bailout. Big surprise. |
The Motley Fool March 1, 2005 Rich Duprey |
Roof Collapses on Housing Sales and prices of new single-family housing fall; is bad weather to blame? |
The Motley Fool September 19, 2007 Seth Jayson |
Housing's Direction Not Hazy Building permits drop 24% since last year. This may finally create a more healthy supply/demand equilibrium, but how long that will take is anyone's guess. |
The Motley Fool February 23, 2011 Morgan Housel |
A New Black Eye for Housing Revised sales and inventory data could paint a bleaker picture. |
The Motley Fool October 3, 2007 David Lee Smith |
Take a Hiatus From Housing With the housing market a mess, perhaps this is a good time to take a hiatus from it, and research sectors of the market that are more promising. |
The Motley Fool January 28, 2009 Rich Duprey |
Worst Stock for 2009: Hovnanian Enterprises Which 10 companies should you keep out of your portfolio? Find out in our special series on the Worst Stocks for 2009. Here, take a look at why you stay away from this home-wrecker. |