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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 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 30, 2004 Rich Duprey	Beazer's No Bowzer The homebuilder reports rising profits and expectations in the industry.
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 December 5, 2006 Rich Smith	American Woodmark Makes the Grade The cabinetmaker's turnaround continues apace. Investors, take note.
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 March 8, 2005 Lawrence Meyers	Will 7% Mortgages Hurt Pulte? Mortgage rates may climb, impacting homebuilding demand.
The Motley Fool March 2, 2006 Seth Jayson	Another Housing Hoohah Did new home sales really drop last month? Not according to the numbers. Investing in companies that ride macroeconomic trends is never easy, and that's nowhere more evident than in the housing sector.
The Motley Fool January 23, 2008 Sham Gad	Basic Economics for Homebuilders Homebuilders can't sell their existing inventory, yet 1 million homes are under construction.
The Motley Fool January 19, 2012 Matt Thalman	Don't Double Dip in Housing If you are a homeowner, you shouldn't buy the homebuilders.
The Motley Fool April 8, 2005 Rick Aristotle Munarriz	Home Stocks, Sweet Home Stocks Defying gravity for another quarter, homebuilders continue to produce healthy results.
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 October 25, 2006 Nathan Parmelee	MDC Is Well-Prepared The home builder's conservative policies help it weather a souring market. Investors, the company will be ready to jump in when things do look good. In the meantime, the company sells for about book value.
The Motley Fool November 18, 2011 Neha Chamaria	Don't Miss This Homebuilder Turnaround Higher orders, higher backlog, profits, and encouraging industry signs mean good things for D.R. Horton.
The Motley Fool October 10, 2005 W.D. Crotty	Dominion's Sagging Foundation Dominion Homes stock takes a fall, right along with the company's sales and contracts numbers. The stock was down more than 16% by the end of trading.
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 October 4, 2010 Selena Maranjian s	Hold Your Horses on Housing A recovery probably isn't around the corner.
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 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 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 July 13, 2004 Rick Aristotle Munarriz	M.D.C. Is No Home Wrecker If the homebuilders are going down in a flurry of rising rates, it's not going to happen without a fight. M.D.C. Holdings became the latest housing specialist to hit it out of the park, even as nervous investors have kept the sector's players in check.
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 23, 2007 David Lee Smith	KB Home Is OK KB Home, while clearly not out of the woods, is experiencing the sort of results that could lead to improved fortunes. Investors, take note.
The Motley Fool January 9, 2008 David Lee Smith	What's In Store for Housing? The nation's realtors think a housing recovery may be imminent, but don't bet on it.
The Motley Fool July 29, 2008 David Lee Smith	A Glimmer of Housing Hope? Meritage Home's trends may make this company worth watching.
The Motley Fool December 7, 2011 Neha Chamaria	Have You Noticed the Interesting Pickup in This Sector? Three factors hint at improvements in the housing sector.
The Motley Fool May 24, 2006 Rick Aristotle Munarriz	Palm Reading Palm Harbor Homes doesn't catch the real estate flu. The stock trades at a richer, double-digit earnings multiple than the larger developers. The premium may be money well spent, though, given the price that investors are willing to pay for a sturdier roof in this tenuous sector.
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 13, 2012 Robert Eberhard	Earnings Will Drive This Industry Higher Some recent housing numbers point to a better year for home builders.
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.
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 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.
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The Motley Fool October 7, 2011 Neha Chamaria	Keep an Eye on This Homebuilder Turnaround Lennar has reported a profit for the sixth straight quarter.
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 January 10, 2012 Dan Caplinger	Has PulteGroup Become the Perfect Stock? Pulte needs to figure out how to raise customer interest and match up against its rivals before it digs a hole too deep to get out of.
The Motley Fool May 26, 2004 Phil Wohl	Toll Brothers Raises the Roof Can the leading builder of luxury homes continue its record pace despite fluctuating interest rates?
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.
BusinessWeek June 7, 2004 Dean Foust	A Scary Stretch Of Vacant Lots If demand for homes slows, builders' recent land grabs could hammer profits.
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 May 19, 2010 Rich Smith	Homebuilding Confidence Surges. Is It Time to Buy? Confidence is on the rise. Is now the time to buy homebuilders?
The Motley Fool February 18, 2010 Rich Smith	This Just In: Upgrades and Downgrades Bank of America thinks you should buy Pulte ... along with pretty much everybody else in the homebuilding industry.
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 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 June 30, 2011 Morgan Housel	Why Housing is Guaranteed to Recover All markets are cyclical, and when you look at the numbers it's hard not to think we're near the bottom of this cycle.
BusinessWeek October 3, 2005 Kathleen Kerwin	BW 50: A New Blueprint At Pulte Homes CEO Dugas' plan for insulating Pulte Homes from downturns.
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.
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