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The Motley Fool
October 20, 2010
Morgan Housel |
Goldilocks in the Housing Market Not too hot, not too cold.   |
The Motley Fool
April 30, 2010
Morgan Housel |
The Death of a Stupid Stimulus If you want to take advantage of the first-time homebuyers tax credit, run. Today is the last day the government will pay you to buy a house. |
The Motley Fool
August 25, 2010
Morgan Housel |
New Home Sales Dive to Record Low Yesterday brought news of exisiting home sales falling to the lowest level in a decade. This morning was new home sales' turn, and the news was hardly better. |
The Motley Fool
September 21, 2010
Jordan DiPietro |
Standing Alone Amid the Rubble Lennar reports good quarter while housing sentiment remains low. |
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
January 13, 2012
Robert Eberhard |
Earnings Will Drive This Industry Higher Some recent housing numbers point to a better year for home builders. |
U.S. Banker
March 2010
Michael Widner |
A Long, Slow Slog For the first time in 50 years, consumers and businesses are shrinking their debt. Unemployment is higher than ever, and the jobs recovery will take years. So is the economic rebound sustainable? |
BusinessWeek
February 6, 2006
James Mehring |
Housing: Will Surging Supply Pop The Bubble? As the housing market plateaus, speculative activity will evaporate. That's when housing should slow noticeably. |
The Motley Fool
February 23, 2011
Morgan Housel |
A New Black Eye for Housing Revised sales and inventory data could paint a bleaker picture. |
BusinessWeek
March 19, 2007
James Mehring |
Housing: Builders Bite The Bullet It's unlikely that the housing recession has suddenly deepened. Rather, homebuilders have set themselves up finally to reduce their inventories of unsold homes. |
The Motley Fool
June 30, 2011
Morgan Housel |
Why Housing is Guaranteed to Recover All markets are cyclical, and when you look at the numbers it's hard not to think we're near the bottom of this cycle. |
BusinessWeek
October 13, 2003
Cooper & Madigan |
U.S. Housing: Still Solid, but Creaking a Little Key first-time homebuyers look at steeper prices and mortgage rates. |
The Motley Fool
November 20, 2006
Billy Fisher |
Housing Construction Takes One on the Chin Homebuilders' stock drops on the Commerce Department's gloomy report. For investors looking to add real estate to their portfolios, REITs will provide a good alternative to the homebuilders until new-housing construction trends rebound. |
The Motley Fool
August 24, 2009
Toby Shute |
Cure Rates and Housing Disease People are talking about a housing bottom today? Despite the share price recoveries among beaten-down builders like Lennar and D.R. Horton, I remain skeptical. |
The Motley Fool
January 18, 2006
Rich Smith |
Foolish Forecast: The DR (Horton) Is In It will take more than a housing market slowdown to defeat this homebuilder. According to analyst estimates, the company likely achieved 24% profits growth over the year-ago quarter, on an 18% rise in sales. |
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
December 6, 2011
Morgan Housel |
Slow Jobs Market? Blame Housing The key to getting the economy back on track is deleveraging -- paying off debt accumulated during the bubble years. For households, the vast majority of that debt is in the form of mortgages. |
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
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 |
BusinessWeek
June 4, 2007
James Mehring |
Don't Fret About This Housing Number There are good reasons to discount the latest drop in housing permits and to expect the economic drag from housing to begin to diminish. |
The Motley Fool
August 5, 2010
Morgan Housel |
Homebuilders to Government: Please, Stop Helping Us One homebuilder says," I don't want the tax credits to be reenacted or be recreated or extended. We want to get back to a normalized market" |
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
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? |
BusinessWeek
May 27, 2010
Tom Keene |
EconoChat: Tom Keene and Karl Case On Housing Keene talks with Wellesley College professor Karl Case, who helped develop the S&P/Case-Shiller Home Price Index |
The Motley Fool
August 27, 2010
Jennifer Schonberger |
The Outlook for Housing: The Experts Weigh In Yale professor Robert Shiller and NAR's Jed Smith talk about the housing market. |
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
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
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. |
BusinessWeek
September 3, 2009
James C. Cooper |
Business Outlook: The Budding Recovery Has Staying Power Recent business austerity is boosting profits and the need to expand, and rising global growth is lifting exports, all while massive policy efforts continue to support demand. |
The Motley Fool
September 27, 2006
Stephen Ellis |
Is Lennar a Housing Value? Housing stocks have been pounded endlessly, with no sign of a bottom in the housing market. Does this offer investors a value opportunity? |
The Motley Fool
December 7, 2011
Neha Chamaria |
Have You Noticed the Interesting Pickup in This Sector? Three factors hint at improvements in the housing sector. |
The Motley Fool
July 22, 2010
Selena Maranjian |
This Bad Housing Number's Better Than It Seems When housing starts shrink, Warren Buffett smiles. As Buffett has explained, "You want to have a bad number for a while." |
BusinessWeek
January 13, 2011
Kathleen M. Howley |
A Housing Rebound Won't Lift the Economy With the foreclosure mess still to be played out, any recovery in housing sales is unlikely to boost growth much. |
The Motley Fool
February 28, 2011
Morgan Housel |
Look How the Economy's Growing Fourth-quarter GDP growth was revised down Friday, to 2.8% from an original 3.2%. What do the new numbers tell us about the economy? |
The Motley Fool
February 25, 2008
Marko Djuranovic |
Why Housing Prices Are Nearing Bottom It seems that, for the most part, current housing prices are nearing bottom, thanks to forces other than loose lending standards and a corresponding spike in demand. |
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. |
BusinessWeek
October 2, 2006
Peter Coy |
Stocks Can Handle The Housing Chill The numbers are scary. But history shows that the market can shrug them off. |
The Motley Fool
February 8, 2011
Morgan Housel |
Still Waiting (and Waiting) for Jobs to Return Two more reasons it's going to be a long, painful wait for jobs. |
The Motley Fool
September 19, 2006
Mike Norman |
A Bubble or a Value? Housing market comments by Toll Brothers' CEO triggers some contrarian reflection. Investors, is this builder a bargain? |
The Motley Fool
April 12, 2007
David Lee Smith |
Robins or Vultures for Housing? Housing continues to absorb more and more negative news without even so much as a single identifiable sign of a spring thaw. Investors, take note. |
The Motley Fool
March 28, 2011
Dan Caplinger |
Where You'll Make Money in Housing With home prices for existing and new homes still low, perhaps the best way to profit from the housing downturn is simply to buy real estate directly. |
BusinessWeek
September 9, 2010
Tom Keene |
Tom Keene Talks with Energy Consultant Philip Verleger A conversation with Philip Verleger, president of energy consultants PKVerleger, on oil and the economy. |
The Motley Fool
June 24, 2010
Morgan Housel |
Housing's Worst Nightmare Let the hangover begin. After new home sales surged in April, May's numbers collapsed by almost a third to the lowest level since we started keeping track in 1963. |
The Motley Fool
September 27, 2007
Seth Jayson |
Burning Down the House Builders Housing market woes continue to plague homebuilders with the release of the latest new home sales figures. |
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 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. |
BusinessWeek
May 14, 2007
James C. Cooper |
Business Slowdown? Don't Count On It With profits strong and inventories down, capital spending should rally. |
The Motley Fool
January 23, 2008
Sham Gad |
Basic Economics for Homebuilders Homebuilders can't sell their existing inventory, yet 1 million homes are under construction. |
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
July 30, 2010
Morgan Housel |
How Much Further Do Home Prices Need to Fall? These numbers tell me we're not out of the woods just yet. |
