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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 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 December 15, 2011 Neha Chamaria	4 Reasons to Start Taking This Homebuilder Seriously Toll Brothers is one of the few homebuilders worth watching.
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 August 7, 2008 David Lee Smith	Horton Hammered Hard Yes, the quarterly results were more than half again better than a year ago. But the losses are still relatively large and aren't falling at a rate that would indicate that the end of the company's travails is near.
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 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 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 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 July 29, 2008 David Lee Smith	A Glimmer of Housing Hope? Meritage Home's trends may make this company worth watching.
The Motley Fool August 23, 2006 Ryan Fuhrmann	Toll No Longer on a Roll Toll Brothers released third-quarter earnings today, giving investors its current take on where the homebuilding cycle may be heading. Investors breathed a sigh of relief, bidding the shares up a couple of percentage points.
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 August 14, 2009 David Lee Smith	Is Toll Brothers Homebuilding's Mine Canary? Toll Brothers' improvements may signal better health for housing.
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 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 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 September 7, 2004 Seth Jayson	Hovnanian Burns Down the House It seems that rumors of the demise of the homebuilding industry have been greatly exaggerated. Shares were blazing today for high-end builder Hovnanian Enterprises.
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 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 May 25, 2007 David Lee Smith	Housing's Schizophrenic Day April new-home sales and Toll Brothers' earnings only seemed to tell different stories. Investors, this industry clearly isn't out of the woods yet.
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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 August 11, 2008 David Lee Smith	Beleaguered Beazer Hunkers Down The homebuilder is shrinking to a shadow of its former self.
The Motley Fool August 9, 2007 David Lee Smith	The Great, Exploding Housing Demand A part of Toll Brothers' pre-release gave the builders a decent year on Wednesday. So maybe there really is an emerging pent-up demand for houses that's about to explode and obliterate a still-sliding credit market.
The Motley Fool August 28, 2009 Chris Jones	The Bell Tolls for the Housing Crisis Luxury homebuyers are purportedly easing back into the market. With more new deposits, fewer cancellations, and cutbacks on incentives and price reductions, is it possible we've already hit bottom?
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 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 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 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 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 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 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.
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 March 31, 2008 David Lee Smith	KB Home: The Barometer's Still Falling KB Homes says that given declining consumer confidence and high home inventory levels, they don't expect a meaningful improvement in the circumstances surrounding their business in the near term.
The Motley Fool December 7, 2007 David Lee Smith	Toll Finally Rolls Over The nation's largest luxury builder isn't enjoying the luxury of ongoing profits; in the fourth-quarter the company reported their first-ever loss.
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 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 January 11, 2012 Neha Chamaria	This Homebuilder Has a Long Way to Go KB Home still has some work to do before it becomes the homebuilder to watch out for
The Motley Fool October 4, 2010 Selena Maranjian s	Hold Your Horses on Housing A recovery probably isn't around the corner.