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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 April 25, 2008 David Lee Smith	The Housing Roundup The housing news is still bleak, but the builders are edging slowly upward.
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BusinessWeek May 28, 2009 James Cooper	Business Outlook: Housing Demand Stabilizes A housing turnaround will be crucial to economic recovery. Recent signs that housing activity is at least stabilizing are a key milestone.
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 June 24, 2008 David Lee Smith	For This, We Need Harvard? After two years, the news for the avoid-at-all-cost builders is still worsening.
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 September 25, 2008 David Lee Smith	House Prices and a Bailout: What Gives? Will a bailout suddenly brighten the world of housing news? What is the outlook for the stocks of homebuilders?
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 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.
BusinessWeek July 30, 2009 James C. Cooper	A Housing Upturn Suggests Recovery Is Near Price declines, low mortgage rates, and first-time buyer perks are sparking real estate gains -- and the beginning of the end of the recession
The Motley Fool June 19, 2008 David Lee Smith	Still Looking for the Housing Turn It still looks like an uphill battle for the homebuilders.
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BusinessWeek July 9, 2007 James C. Cooper	Housing's New Risks For The Economy Mortgage rates are up, credit is tighter, and home prices are falling faster.
The Motley Fool August 11, 2008 David Lee Smith	Housing's Worst May Lie Ahead The unraveling of prime mortgages could delay housing's recovery.
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 18, 2011 Sean Williams	Housing's Catch-22 Things continue to go from bad to worse in the housing sector, and it looks like we may just crash straight through the double-dip floor and head right into the basement.
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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.
The Motley Fool September 6, 2007 David Lee Smith	The Mortgage Lenders' Dual Masters Whatever steps some lenders and loan service agents are willing to take to help troubled mortgage holders, the crush of delinquencies and foreclosures, along with radically tightened credit standards in the mortgage industry, will make for a slow recovery for the U.S. housing market.
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 December 5, 2008 David Lee Smith	The Builders Are Running. Don't Get Trampled. While builders' shares of Toll Brothers, Pulte, and Lennar are roaring, Don't assume we're out of the woods yet.
BusinessWeek June 11, 2007 James C. Cooper	U.S.: Is The Housing Recession Starting To Recede? The drag on economic growth is easing, and home demand is firming up.
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 July 28, 2008 David Lee Smith	Is Housing Rounding a Bend? The housing rescue package, though flawed, could change the sector's course.
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The Motley Fool July 9, 2009 Dan Caplinger	Let's Stop the Housing Crisis Once and for All It's hard to believe how easily it all could have been prevented. By simply following an old-fashioned standard for taking out a mortgage loan
The Motley Fool January 20, 2012 Sean Williams	I Call Shenanigans on This Economic Indicator Don't believe everything an indicator tells you! Although we have the highest level of optimism among homebuilders since June 2007, I'm still going to call shenanigans on this indicator.
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.
The Motley Fool March 26, 2009 Matt Koppenheffer	Hooray for Falling Home Prices! New home sales unexpectedly increased in February, does this mean we're in the clear?
BusinessWeek May 7, 2007 James C. Cooper	Why Consumer Spending Has Staying Power It looks like households are going to hit a couple of speed bumps this quarter: Surging prices for food and fuels promise to put the squeeze on purchasing power.
The Motley Fool December 23, 2008 David Lee Smith	Does Increased Activity Signal a Housing Recovery? While increased mortgage traffic is largely tied to refinancings, it could represent a positive for housing.
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 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 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.
BusinessWeek June 4, 2009 Peter Coy	Foreclosure: Now an Upscale Blight Rising job losses and falling home prices are dragging down people who never dreamed they would get in trouble.
BusinessWeek August 26, 2010 Gittelsohn & Willis	How Housing Could Derail the U.S. Economy The housing market usually leads the U.S. out of recession. Now housing's woes may force the economy back into a downturn.
BusinessWeek August 21, 2006 James Mehring	Why Housing Looks A Little Rickety Recent data indicate further weakening in the housing market is yet to come.
The Motley Fool December 10, 2007 Seth Jayson	Down Isn't Up. Really. Seems like every week, the National Association of Realtors finds a reason to pump residential homebuying by looking at numbers and spinning them to appear that things are getting better. They're not.
BusinessWeek January 27, 2011 Clea Benson	Fannie and Freddie's Big Foreclosure Backlog They have more homes than they can sell -- and as the backlog builds, the housing market could suffer
The Motley Fool June 1, 2011 Morgan Housel	Housing: Now Actually Cheap Prices are back to normal. Just don't think that's the end of the housing story.
BusinessWeek October 15, 2007 Hovanesian & Palmeri	Housing: That Sinking Feeling Homeowners are getting slammed as builders slash prices. The big question: Will this shock treatment help hasten the end of the painful downturn?
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