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The Motley Fool October 13, 2006 Rick Aristotle Munarriz	Return to Centex Centex joins the long line of homebuilders with slipping fundamentals. Investors, take note.
The Motley Fool May 1, 2007 David Lee Smith	Centex Gives Inventory the Chop This major homebuilder holds the lead among major builders in cutting land positions and options. But patient investors may yet be rewarded.
The Motley Fool July 26, 2007 David Lee Smith	Centex Back at the Chopping Block Even Dallas-based Centex home builders, in the 'healthiest' market in the country, reported big losses this quarter.
The Motley Fool January 18, 2007 Rich Duprey	Foolish Forecast: Beazer's Wheezin' The homebuilder is set to report first-quarter 2007 financials shortly. Investors, expect the demolition work to continue.
The Motley Fool January 31, 2008 David Lee Smith	Three More on the Housing Slide Three more homebuilders, Meritage Homes, Pulte, and Centex, have reported, all demonstrating that builders are still hurting.
The Motley Fool January 17, 2007 Rich Duprey	Foolish Forecast: A Hard Landing for Ryland The homebuilder will report fourth-quarter 2006 financial results shortly. Ryland looks to be a conventional builder that will be under the weather until the industry rebuilds itself.
The Motley Fool January 16, 2007 Rick Aristotle Munarriz	Tomb, Sweet Tomb Publicly traded homebuilders are the sector's strongest players, yet they continue to show steeper drops in new home orders than deliveries. Speculators are simply trying their luck at catching falling knives.
The Motley Fool April 23, 2007 David Lee Smith	No Light in Horton's Tunnel The homebuilder D.R. Horton saw earnings plummet 85% year over year, and management foresees no real improvement.
The Motley Fool September 27, 2006 Stephen Ellis	Is Lennar a Housing Value? Housing stocks have been pounded endlessly, with no sign of a bottom in the housing market. Does this offer investors a value opportunity?
The Motley Fool January 26, 2007 David Lee Smith	Homebuilders Hit Bottom? Have we reached a trough in the housing market? For investors who believe that 2007 will see homebuilding slowly, steadily rise again, Toll and Ryland might deserve your attention.
The Motley Fool May 7, 2007 David Lee Smith	Hovnanian Gets Floored The New Jersey-based builder pegs subprime-lending difficulties and a hard-hit Florida market as key to its woes. Investors, take note.
The Motley Fool January 11, 2007 Rich Duprey	Foolish Forecast: Lennar's Wobbly Foundation With a cyclical industry like homebuilding, you want to buy in before it's obvious to everyone that earnings will turn up again, but that does not seem to be what's happening now.
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 January 25, 2007 Rich Duprey	Ryland Puts the Hammer Down The homebuilder manages to exceed expectations and raise home prices. Investors, take note.
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 September 25, 2007 Rich Duprey	Foolish Forecast: Not Much to Build On at KB Home In advance of third-quarter reports for KB Home, analysts are expecting a loss; perhaps even a mega-loss.
The Motley Fool March 21, 2006 Rich Smith	Foolish Forecast: KB Home's Open House Is the housing boom about to turn into a housing bummer? Analysts and pundits across the country seem to think so, but don't try telling that to the group tracking homebuilder KB Home. Investors, take note.
The Motley Fool October 19, 2007 Anders Bylund	Dueling Fools: Homebuilder Bull Rebuttal The bulls feel that even if you mistime the rebound, the best homebuilder stocks will still win big.
The Motley Fool April 3, 2007 Joseph Khattab	Foolish Forum: Homebuilder Havoc Homebuilders have reported nothing but cancellations and asset write-downs, and even the staunch bulls aren't seeing a bottom. Here to discuss the housing situation is homebuilder analyst David Lee Smith.
The Motley Fool November 26, 2007 David Lee Smith	Horton's Not So Bad Quarter It's something of a victory when hammered homebuilders beat expectations, as Horton did.
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 February 28, 2007 David Lee Smith	Florida Flags Hovnanian The homebuilder takes $90 million in charges in the Sunshine State. The housing market continues to exhibit softness nationwide, with some areas clearly being harder hit than others. Investors, take note.
The Motley Fool January 17, 2007 Rich Duprey	Lennar Kicks Up More Industry Gloom The homebuilder reports a worsening picture of the housing industry. For an industry hoping for a soft landing, Lennar's numbers did not portend anything good. Investors, take note.
The Motley Fool May 16, 2007 David Lee Smith	Housing Schizophrenia The homebuilders and the Realtors give very different reads on housing's health. What's an investor to believe?
The Motley Fool October 22, 2007 Sham Gad	Are the Homebuilders a Bargain? Margin of safety or value trap? Investors, at one-time book value, the investment thesis becomes very different.
The Motley Fool November 3, 2011 Neha Chamaria	Turnaround? Downturn? Oh, What a Mess! Is there really a reason to be optimistic about homebuilder stocks.
The Motley Fool August 11, 2008 David Lee Smith	Beleaguered Beazer Hunkers Down The homebuilder is shrinking to a shadow of its former self.
The Motley Fool April 28, 2008 David Lee Smith	Can't Cut Those Cancellations at MDC Despite an ongoing loss, homebuilder MDC Holdings has trimmed its write-downs.
The Motley Fool December 22, 2006 David Lee Smith	How Strong Is Housing's Foundation? Blueprints for the housing market's future remain sketchy at best. Owning housing stocks is very different from owning a house. It's not only a liquidity thing, but a timing one as well.
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 March 20, 2007 David Lee Smith	Do Housing Statistics Have Meaning? The Commerce Department's monthly housing numbers are eagerly awaited, but they can be difficult to evaluate.
The Motley Fool June 17, 2010 Andrew Bond	Is Less Homebuilding a Bad Thing? The latest numbers from the homebuilding industry aren't as sobering as you might think.
The Motley Fool October 24, 2007 David Lee Smith	It's Official: Homebuilding's Lost It Centex's latest loss hit $643.8 million and rendered analysts' forecasts worthless.
The Motley Fool September 25, 2007 Anders Bylund	Limping Lennar: Fool by Numbers The fast facts on Lennar's dismal third-quarter results, as the effects of the housing crisis take their toll on the homebuilder.
The Motley Fool March 12, 2007 David Lee Smith	Hovnanian Huffing and Puffing The New Jersey-based builder is KO'd by continued softness in southwest Florida's housing market. But ultimately, the sector will recover. Investors, take note.
The Motley Fool June 1, 2007	Hovnanian Looks Ahead: Fool by Numbers The home builder released second-quarter 2007 earnings: Income Statement Highlights... Margin Checkup... Balance Sheet Highlights... Cash Flow Highlights...
The Motley Fool November 29, 2011 Neha Chamaria	Why I Am Not Expecting a Turnaround in This Company Soon Closures and orders have risen, backlogs have gone up, but Beazer needs more time to recover.
The Motley Fool February 8, 2008 David Lee Smith	The Housing Roundup Despite a longing for profits from the homebuilders, the group remains in intensive care.
The Motley Fool October 29, 2007 David Lee Smith	Meritage Homes Joins the Slide Meritage Homes has joined the housing company slide into write-off wonderland. Investors, take note.
The Motley Fool December 15, 2005 Stephen D. Simpson	Lennar Doesn't Disappoint Lennar may be a good pick among homebuilders, but investors should tread carefully.
The Motley Fool July 30, 2007 David Lee Smith	Battered Builders Falling Faster As part of a horrible week for housing, big builders lined up with huge quarterly losses. In the midst of this continuously declining set of circumstances, investors are urged to build a barrier between themselves and the battered builders.
The Motley Fool October 29, 2007 David Lee Smith	Building Materials' Double-Pronged Problems On top of evaporating earnings, Building Materials' CEO is being threatened by a big shareholder. It's difficult to properly time the bottom of the housing cycle and to know when to reinvest in the industry, but this company has more than just cyclical business problems.
The Motley Fool March 27, 2007 Nathan Parmelee	Quick Take: Housing Is Still Searching for a Bottom That housing is a mess isn't good news, but as an investor, it should make one curious. Things might not get better right away, but when things are the messiest is when they tend to be cheapest.
The Motley Fool December 20, 2007 David Lee Smith	Hovnanian's Prophetic Forecast "Eventually" the world of homebuilding will turn around; but you can't predict the bottom, or when "eventually" will be.
The Motley Fool March 5, 2004 Rick Aristotle Munarriz	Stealing Home The housing sector is still standing tall, but is it a house of cards? The housing sector is still hot, but showing signs of cooling off. While Rick Aristotle Munarriz feels that many -- including himself -- have underestimated the length and the strength of the industry's bullish run, there are plenty of reasons to be cautious.
The Motley Fool December 22, 2003 Carla Pasternak	Is KB Home Built to Last? KB Home's shares may fall as interest rates rise.
The Motley Fool July 8, 2011 Debarati Bose	Conditions Continue to Hammer Housing Stocks Instability in the housing sector takes a toll on homebuilder Lennar's second-quarter results.
The Motley Fool November 18, 2008 David Lee Smith	Housing's Health Meter Is Near Empty This table provides a quick scan of the key metrics that indicate -- and quantify -- whether the housing market is still sliding, has reached a direction-changing point, or appears to be recovering.
The Motley Fool September 5, 2008 David Lee Smith	Building Up for Toll Brothers? This homebuilder might be on its way back, despite a loss for the quarter.
The Motley Fool July 27, 2007 Emil Lee	MDC Waits for the Storm to Pass Home-building giant MDC turns in a terrible second quarter, but when the current storm in the housing market passes, MDC is well positioned to build again.