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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.
The Motley Fool May 30, 2008 David Lee Smith	Has Housing Turned? Yikes! Look at the builders' recent share-price performances.
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 March 28, 2008 David Lee Smith	The Housing Roundup Is it too soon to begin building positions in the nation's big builders?
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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 September 9, 2008 David Lee Smith	The Bailout, House Prices, and You Housing likely won't be helped much by the Fannie and Freddie action.
The Motley Fool June 30, 2008 David Lee Smith	Still Looking for the Housing Turn Calling the housing news "mixed" would be a stretch, but there are rays of hope.
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.
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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.
The Motley Fool January 19, 2012 Matt Thalman	Don't Double Dip in Housing If you are a homeowner, you shouldn't buy the homebuilders.
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.
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 July 2, 2010 Dan Caplinger	Defaulting Homeowners Finally Pay the Price Don't expect another crack at the American Dream. Last week, Fannie Mae decided that it had had enough of the "strategic default" phenomenon.
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 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 11, 2008 David Lee Smith	Housing's Worst May Lie Ahead The unraveling of prime mortgages could delay housing's recovery.
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 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 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.
BusinessWeek February 3, 2011 Lorraine Woellert	The Real Estate Lobby Is Ready to Rumble Financiers, homebuilders, and real estate agents are uniting to save mortgage subsidies
The Motley Fool October 30, 2009 Matt Koppenheffer	Why You Should Still Fear the Housing Market Don't count on the housing market continuing to show signs of life.
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.
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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 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 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 September 23, 2009 Christopher Barker	A Contrarian View on Housing The prevailing sentiment of investors has turned from panic to confidence faster than ever imagined possible under the circumstances. Is the worst of the crisis over for the housing market?
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 December 30, 2010 Esterhuizen & Sellitti	Challenging the Bulls: Is the Housing Market Still a Threat to the Stock Market? These are the stocks that are expected to show the first signs of a housing market recovery -- if they continue to lag the market, it may be a signal of more trouble in 2011.
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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 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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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 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.
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The Motley Fool November 18, 2008 David Lee Smith	Housing's Health Meter Is Near Empty This table provides a quick scan of the key metrics that indicate -- and quantify -- whether the housing market is still sliding, has reached a direction-changing point, or appears to be recovering.