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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 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 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 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 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 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 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 January 18, 2008 David Lee Smith	Housing's Horrible Hiatus As bad as they were, the 2007 housing start numbers probably should have been worse.
The Motley Fool February 6, 2007 David Lee Smith	A Foundation for Homebuilder Profits? The housing market may have finally found its trough. Careful monitoring and a slightly extended investment time horizon can be a solid first step toward profiting from the homebuilders.
The Motley Fool February 13, 2007 David Lee Smith	KB Home the Latest of a Lot The slowdown in home sales reaches this builder, too. Investors, when the malaise will end is anyone's guess.
The Motley Fool February 26, 2007 David Lee Smith	Taking a Toll on Homebuilders The nation's ongoing soft housing market continues to take a toll on the major homebuilders. Last week, luxury builder Toll Brothers reported lower results for its first quarter of fiscal 2007.
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 April 25, 2008 David Lee Smith	The Housing Roundup The housing news is still bleak, but the builders are edging slowly upward.
The Motley Fool July 18, 2007 David Lee Smith	Pulte Joins Builders' Bad News Line Pulte only adds to the lengthening line of builders already warning of softer-than-expected quarterly results.
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 April 27, 2007 David Lee Smith	Housing's Maladies Hammer Builders FirstSource Given the company's customers -- homebuilders -- it was an unsurprisingly soft quarter. Investors shouldn't dismiss the company completely though.
The Motley Fool March 27, 2007 David Lee Smith	Lennar, Now With Reduced Expectations The idea of a housing bottom has become far less immediate and less meaningful than it used to be. Disappointing results from the homebuilder lead to a lack of guidance for 2007. Investors, take note.
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 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 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 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 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 December 4, 2006 David Lee Smith	Homebuilders Defying Housing Numbers Sales might be down, but homebuilders' stocks are rising. Investors, take note.
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 November 20, 2006 Billy Fisher	Housing Construction Takes One on the Chin Homebuilders' stock drops on the Commerce Department's gloomy report. For investors looking to add real estate to their portfolios, REITs will provide a good alternative to the homebuilders until new-housing construction trends rebound.
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 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 July 30, 2004 Rich Duprey	Beazer's No Bowzer The homebuilder reports rising profits and expectations in the industry.
The Motley Fool May 13, 2008 David Lee Smith	Skittish Buyers Still Taking Their Toll Toll could be the first builder to recover, but it's still suffering.
The Motley Fool June 16, 2010 Rich Smith	Homebuilders Panic -- Is It Time to Buy? With builders like Pulte and Toll -- and Lennar and Ryland besides -- all trading within a few points of book value, it won't take much of an overreaction to push these stocks into traditional "value" territory.
The Motley Fool October 8, 2008 David Lee Smith	How Much Longer Will Housing Be Hammered? As the opportunity for tax benefits expires, housing will still be slammed.
The Motley Fool August 14, 2008 Rich Smith	This Just In: Upgrades and Downgrades Citi is emphasizing housing stocks boasting sufficient liquidity to ride out a multiyear storm, and argues that liquidity is more solid at both Pulte and Toll Brothers than at their rivals.
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 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 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 December 18, 2007 David Lee Smith	Are the Builders Getting Bored? The builders still aren't happy, and -- surprise -- they're not as busy as they used to be.
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 September 27, 2007 David Lee Smith	Lennar Builds Bigger Losses With housing still sliding, Lennar opens the builders' reporting period with a record loss, three times as bad as analysts' consensus expectations.
The Motley Fool May 14, 2007 David Lee Smith	Subprime's Expanding Toll Despite its luxury niche position, Toll Brothers is also being affected by the nation's subprime-mortgage disaster. But investors still have an opportunity here.
The Motley Fool March 28, 2008 David Lee Smith	The Housing Roundup Is it too soon to begin building positions in the nation's big builders?
The Motley Fool June 10, 2008 David Lee Smith	Housing Must Get Worse There are sound reasons why the housing market likely won't recover soon.
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 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 January 25, 2008 David Lee Smith	A Tale of Two Homebuilders Lennar and Ryland have reported similar results, only to receive markedly different treatment.
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 November 20, 2008 David Lee Smith	Could the Builders Begin to Topple? Homebuilding news is worsening, leading some to doubt that all the builders will survive.
The Motley Fool June 26, 2007 Seth Jayson	No Ambiguity in New Housing Numbers An explanation of the latest housing numbers.
The Motley Fool September 20, 2007 Mac Greer	Fool Video: Time to Buy Housing Stocks? Have housing stocks hit rock bottom? Is it time to buy them? Will the Fed's interest-rate cut boost housing stocks? What does the housing meltdown mean for other stocks? These questions are discussed in this video.
The Motley Fool February 20, 2007 David Lee Smith	Is the Roof Falling on Housing? The housing activity level for January was the lowest in almost a decade. Investors with a somewhat longer-than-normal investment horizon should continue to keep an eye on builders.