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The Motley Fool November 29, 2007 David Lee Smith	More Useful Housing Data, Please! If the Realtors, the Department of Commerce, or the National Association of Home Builders put more effort into the types of numbers they released, investors would be better able to judge how soon the likes of Centex, Pulte, Lennar, Hovnanian, and Toll Brothers might recover from the current crisis.
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 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, 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.
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 June 21, 2007 David Lee Smith	Homebuilders' Sagging Spirits While the monthly housing start numbers sagged for May, the ongoing slide in builders' sentiment is even more telling.
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 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 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 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 August 13, 2007 David Lee Smith	Don't Neglect Builders FirstSource For investors eager to buy builders' shares, Builders FirstSource deserves attention.
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.
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 January 20, 2011 John Gittelsohn	Amid the Ruins, Big Homebuilders Gain Access to funding - and less competition - will help big homebuilders gain market share as home sales begin to recover this year.
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 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 April 27, 2007 David Lee Smith	Housing's Maladies Hammer Builders FirstSource Given the company's customers -- homebuilders -- it was an unsurprisingly soft quarter. Investors shouldn't dismiss the company completely though.
The Motley Fool December 27, 2007 David Lee Smith	Beware of Housing "Experts" Investors, be wary of "experts" who are touting homebuilding as an attractive sector for 2008.
The Motley Fool May 16, 2007 David Lee Smith	Housing Schizophrenia The homebuilders and the Realtors give very different reads on housing's health. What's an investor to believe?
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 June 7, 2004 Dean Foust	A Scary Stretch Of Vacant Lots If demand for homes slows, builders' recent land grabs could hammer profits.
The Motley Fool December 4, 2006 David Lee Smith	Homebuilders Defying Housing Numbers Sales might be down, but homebuilders' stocks are rising. Investors, take note.
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 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 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 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.
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 October 19, 2007 Anders Bylund	Dueling Fools: Homebuilder Bull Rebuttal The bulls feel that even if you mistime the rebound, the best homebuilder stocks will still win big.
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 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 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 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 May 20, 2008 David Lee Smith	Has Housing Turned? The housing news continues to pour in; have we turned the corner?
The Motley Fool May 30, 2008 David Lee Smith	Has Housing Turned? Yikes! Look at the builders' recent share-price performances.
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 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 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 September 22, 2005 Stephen D. Simpson	Is KB's Foundation Solid? KB Home has stellar growth at the top and bottom line, but where's the cash flow growth? Investors, carefully consider this one.
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 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 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 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.
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 2, 2008 David Lee Smith	Another Dose of Housing Hogwash Reporters' poor understanding of housing economics may be worsening a bad situation, by passing misinformation along to consumers nationwide.
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 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.