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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.
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The Motley Fool May 20, 2008 David Lee Smith	Has Housing Turned? The housing news continues to pour in; have we turned the corner?
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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 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 May 30, 2008 David Lee Smith	Has Housing Turned? Yikes! Look at the builders' recent share-price performances.
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The Motley Fool August 22, 2008 David Lee Smith	Housing's Bottom Isn't Showing Yet While builders' shares have improved, the housing news remains weak.
The Motley Fool April 22, 2009 David Lee Smith	Housing's Meter Starts to Rise Housing clearly isn't out of the woods, but there are a few rays of sun shining through.
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The Motley Fool September 21, 2010 Jordan DiPietro	Standing Alone Amid the Rubble Lennar reports good quarter while housing sentiment remains low.
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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 December 22, 2008 David Lee Smith	A Bigger Housing Knockdown in '09? With prices still sliding and a softer job market, housing could fall farther next year.
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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 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 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.
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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 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 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.
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The Motley Fool November 30, 2006 Mike Norman	On the Up-And-Up Homebuilders' rise is catching analysts' attention, but caution still suggests further gains.
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 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.
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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.
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 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 August 31, 2007 David Lee Smith	Builders to the Junkyard? The next step in housing's multi-phase crisis could be downgrading the builders to junk status. Several big building stocks, including Lennar, Centex, and Pulte, are currently being scrutinized by Moody's.
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.
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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 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 December 23, 2011 Morgan Housel	Robert Shiller on Why Home Prices Could Fall for Several Decades After the housing market does bottom, what you should expect from it going forward?
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