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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 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 October 21, 2009 Morgan Housel	Housing: Still in the Dumps Many economists feel housing will remain face down in the mud for a while. Not only is this an uncomfortable truth for homeowners, but also for housing-heavy banks.
The Motley Fool November 18, 2011 Neha Chamaria	Don't Miss This Homebuilder Turnaround Higher orders, higher backlog, profits, and encouraging industry signs mean good things for D.R. Horton.
The Motley Fool January 17, 2012 Neha Chamaria	Why There May Still Be Time For This Homebuilder's Turnaround Hovnanian's fourth-quarter losses make better days for the company look far away
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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 January 23, 2008 Sham Gad	Basic Economics for Homebuilders Homebuilders can't sell their existing inventory, yet 1 million homes are under construction.
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
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The Motley Fool January 18, 2007 Rich Duprey	Foolish Forecast: Beazer's Wheezin' The homebuilder is set to report first-quarter 2007 financials shortly. Investors, expect the demolition work to continue.
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 January 19, 2012 Matt Thalman	Don't Double Dip in Housing If you are a homeowner, you shouldn't buy the homebuilders.
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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.
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The Motley Fool December 22, 2003 Carla Pasternak	Is KB Home Built to Last? KB Home's shares may fall as interest rates rise.
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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.
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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 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.
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.
The Motley Fool March 8, 2005 Lawrence Meyers	Will 7% Mortgages Hurt Pulte? Mortgage rates may climb, impacting homebuilding demand.
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 11, 2007 Rich Duprey	Foolish Forecast: Lennar's Wobbly Foundation With a cyclical industry like homebuilding, you want to buy in before it's obvious to everyone that earnings will turn up again, but that does not seem to be what's happening now.
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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 July 8, 2011 Debarati Bose	Conditions Continue to Hammer Housing Stocks Instability in the housing sector takes a toll on homebuilder Lennar's second-quarter results.
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 June 16, 2006 Stephen D. Simpson	Racing to the Bottom in Housing KB Homes reports the same tough conditions as everyone else, but are estimates finally low enough? Investors, take note.
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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 October 31, 2011 Neha Chamaria	What's Good and What's Bad About This Homebuilder Pulte's losses have narrowed dramatically, but there's not much to cheer about here.
The Motley Fool June 1, 2006 Stephen D. Simpson	Hovnanian Heave-Ho Investors, with other cheap homebuilders out there, it's safe to pass on 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 January 17, 2007 Rich Duprey	Lennar Kicks Up More Industry Gloom The homebuilder reports a worsening picture of the housing industry. For an industry hoping for a soft landing, Lennar's numbers did not portend anything good. Investors, take note.
The Motley Fool October 20, 2010 Morgan Housel	Goldilocks in the Housing Market Not too hot, not too cold.
The Motley Fool October 4, 2007 Rich Duprey	This Dead Cat Won't Bounce For the third consecutive day, shares of some of the biggest homebuilders rallied. Investors, beware, all data indicates that housing won't be doing well for a very long time to come.
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