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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 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.
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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 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.
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The Motley Fool August 29, 2008 David Lee Smith	This Builder Could Lead Housing's Recovery When housing awakens, Toll might be sounding the bell.
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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.
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The Motley Fool May 5, 2008 David Lee Smith	4 Reasons Housing Can't Recover Quickly This housing mess will take longer to right itself than its predecessors.
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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.
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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?
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The Motley Fool December 31, 2007 David Lee Smith	Maybe a Way to Jumpstart Housing Perhaps a way to start healing the housing crisis at the upper end by boosting the conforming loan ceiling.
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