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The Motley Fool June 11, 2007 David Lee Smith	Housing's New World of Cautious Lending Stronger lending standards are justified, but they'll slow the recovery. Still, investors can make money by very slowly building positions in the better builders and exercising considerable investor patience.
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 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 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 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 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 April 10, 2007 David Lee Smith	Housing's Next Down Leg? D.R. Horton's second-quarter sales figures represented more negative news from the homebuilders. Investors, if you can't justify a longer-than-normal investment time horizon, keep your wallet in your pocket.
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 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 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 February 15, 2007 David Lee Smith	Fogging the Mirror in Mortgage Lending The housing industry is getting bogged down in the aftermath of subprime loans. Investors, take note.
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 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 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 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 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 August 21, 2007 David Lee Smith	The Credit Crunch on Housing Savvy investors should wait until the homebuilders' business strengthens obviously and meaningfully before accumulating positions in the group.
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 May 31, 2007 David Lee Smith	The Housing Slump's Third Phase It seems that Pulte signaled another phase of the housing crisis with its recent restructuring announcement. Investors, take note.
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 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 August 28, 2007 David Lee Smith	Housing's Increased Signs of Trouble The number of homes on the market is big, and likely to get much bigger.
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.
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.
The Motley Fool August 15, 2007 Dan Caplinger	What to Do When Your House Won't Sell Times may be tough for people trying to sell their homes, but that doesn't mean you're doomed to failure. There are things you can do to best handle the struggling real estate market.
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 21, 2007 David Lee Smith	Hovnanian's Housing Hoedown Hovnanian sells 2,100 houses in a three-day, $100,000 off sale. Does this cut-and-slash approach make sense for other beleaguered builders?
The Motley Fool September 7, 2007 David Lee Smith	Hovnanian's Losing Streak Continues With its third-quarter results, big builder Hovnanian appears to be saying that things could get worse before they improve. Management plans to slash the prices on homes across the country.
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 January 17, 2012 Neha Chamaria	Why There May Still Be Time For This Homebuilder's Turnaround Hovnanian's fourth-quarter losses make better days for the company look far away
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 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 January 29, 2008 David Lee Smith	Another Dose of Bad Builder News The latest negative housing numbers, released by the Commerce Department early this week, showed that the sales rate of new houses was lower last year than any time since we started keeping track of housing figures.
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 February 28, 2008 David Lee Smith	The Housing Roundup Let's take a quick look at recent housing news and events and try to predict the group's future.
The Motley Fool November 21, 2006 David Lee Smith	How Now the Homebuilders? Homebuilders' share prices have always correlated inversely to interest rate movements. No one knows when the Fed will reverse its recent string of rate increases. Given these imponderables, investors may want to avoid the group until the picture turns brighter.
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 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 October 30, 2008 David Lee Smith	5 Steps Necessary for a Housing Cure Here are five reasons why the housing sector is in such a pickle, and by examining them we can see more clearly what needs to be done to make it so that the sun again shines on our nation's housing sector.
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 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 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 June 5, 2008 David Lee Smith	These 2 Builders Are Still Riding Housing's Slide Homebuilders Toll Brothers and Hovnanian keep the write-downs and charges flowing.
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.
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 4, 2010 Selena Maranjian s	Hold Your Horses on Housing A recovery probably isn't around the corner.
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 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 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 26, 2007 David Lee Smith	Are Any Builders Worth Your Shekels? The time isn't yet right to buy the homebuilders, but some preliminary analysis can't hurt.