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The Motley Fool
January 13, 2004
Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
Crashing the House Party? The walls aren't caving in on the homebuilding sector just yet.   |
The Motley Fool
March 17, 2004
Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
Building Cycle Licked? Homebuilders continue to construct barriers to their cyclical past. |
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
March 4, 2004
Dayana Yochim |
Has Housing Hit the Ceiling? Consumers are still shopping, but with a little less zeal. |
The Motley Fool
March 5, 2004
Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
Stealing Home The housing sector is still standing tall, but is it a house of cards? The housing sector is still hot, but showing signs of cooling off. While Rick Aristotle Munarriz feels that many -- including himself -- have underestimated the length and the strength of the industry's bullish run, there are plenty of reasons to be cautious. |
The Motley Fool
April 19, 2004
Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
Refi Ho-Hum Interest rates keep climbing. Don't panic. |
The Motley Fool
July 30, 2004
Rich Duprey |
Beazer's No Bowzer The homebuilder reports rising profits and expectations in the industry. |
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
December 16, 2003
Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
Lennar Has Its Day Lennar announced record results for fiscal 2003. Low interest rates are great for home builders, but their P/E ratios remain low because of large risk. |
The Motley Fool
April 29, 2004
Selena Maranjian |
Will Soaring Lumber Prices Hurt? That deck you wanted to build has gotten much more expensive. |
The Motley Fool
June 26, 2006
Stephen D. Simpson |
Looking for the Bottom With Lennar Has the homebuilder finally hit bottom? Eventually, stocks of this type will be interesting again. |
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
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
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
March 2, 2006
Seth Jayson |
Another Housing Hoohah Did new home sales really drop last month? Not according to the numbers. Investing in companies that ride macroeconomic trends is never easy, and that's nowhere more evident than in the housing sector. |
The Motley Fool
July 13, 2004
Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
M.D.C. Is No Home Wrecker If the homebuilders are going down in a flurry of rising rates, it's not going to happen without a fight. M.D.C. Holdings became the latest housing specialist to hit it out of the park, even as nervous investors have kept the sector's players in check. |
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. |
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
May 26, 2004
Phil Wohl |
Toll Brothers Raises the Roof Can the leading builder of luxury homes continue its record pace despite fluctuating interest rates? |
The Motley Fool
July 26, 2004
Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
Is It Time to Refinance? Believe it or not, interest rates are at a three-month low. This might be the perfect time to lock into that low rate and either refinance your home or convert your variable rate mortgages into fixed alternatives. |
The Motley Fool
July 8, 2004
Salim Haji |
The Housing Bubble Builds The real estate market remains strong despite rising interest rates. |
The Motley Fool
April 8, 2005
Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
Home Stocks, Sweet Home Stocks Defying gravity for another quarter, homebuilders continue to produce healthy results. |
The Motley Fool
April 12, 2007
Seth Jayson |
House Price Drop? That's Unpossible! The National Association of Realtors admits the obvious. While you're giggling at NAR economist David Lereah, keep your eye on the industry response to the mess and the media wake-up call. |
The Motley Fool
September 19, 2006
Seth Jayson |
When Bubbles Attack! Recent, minor upticks in interest rates are probably only the first cracks in the dike. Will pinched homeowners take any comfort in knowing that the NAR's president finds himself unable to sell his superfluous home? |
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
June 28, 2005
Shannon Zimmerman |
If Interest Rates Stay Low What would it mean for homebuilders and banks? What should smart investors do in response? Nothing. Investors should let company fundamentals and valuations -- not macroeconomic forecasts -- be their guide. |
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
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
November 4, 2004
Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
Homestore "As Is" One would think that the company behind Realtor.com would be milking the home hunters dry in this robust market. Yet it's not happening. |
The Motley Fool
July 6, 2011
Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
What If Housing Never Bounces Back? One can only imagine the doomsday scenario as selling prices head even lower if affordability becomes a bigger problem when rates climb higher. |
BusinessWeek
August 15, 2005
Peter Coy |
Steering Clear Of Bubble Trouble In a relentlessly inscrutable housing market, there are ways to minimize risk. |
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. |
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
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 22, 2003
Carla Pasternak |
Is KB Home Built to Last? KB Home's shares may fall as interest rates rise. |
The Motley Fool
November 23, 2005
Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
Home Robbery It's not a good day for investors in Home Solutions of America. The homestead restoration and remodeling specialist saw its shares tank 14% this morning after the company announced the completion of a private placement. |
The Motley Fool
September 20, 2007
Mac Greer |
Fool Video: Time to Buy Housing Stocks? Have housing stocks hit rock bottom? Is it time to buy them? Will the Fed's interest-rate cut boost housing stocks? What does the housing meltdown mean for other stocks? These questions are discussed in this video. |
The Motley Fool
September 25, 2006
Dan Caplinger |
Know Your Numbers: Home Sales The housing industry is an important component of the U.S. economy, affecting everyone. By looking at data on sales of homes, you can track how well the housing industry is doing, which can help you with decisions about investing in real estate. |
The Motley Fool
August 29, 2011
Neha Chamaria |
Could This Homebuilder Be a Good Long-Term Bet? Toll Brothers reports falling revenue but higher losses. |
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
September 25, 2007
Rich Duprey |
Foolish Forecast: Not Much to Build On at KB Home In advance of third-quarter reports for KB Home, analysts are expecting a loss; perhaps even a mega-loss. |
The Motley Fool
January 11, 2010
Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
3 Stocks That Blew the Market Away These stocks beat analyst's estimates in the most recent quarter: Lennar... Family Dollar... Bed Bath & Beyond... |
The Motley Fool
August 29, 2006
Seth Jayson |
No Housing Bust Here! As the numbers keep getting worse, the housing industry feigns surprise and tries to put on a happy face. Oversupply in the face of negative growth in real wages, together with higher borrowing costs, eventually will have to lead home prices downward. |
The Motley Fool
July 30, 2004
Salim Haji |
Freddie Mac: No Housing Bubble Here's the scoop on why Freddie Mac believes that the U.S. real estate market today is rational. |
The Motley Fool
December 2, 2005
Chuck Saletta |
Is Your Home Worthless? As an investment, your home's probably not all it's cracked up to be, even if you've been blessed by the stupendous appreciation of recent years. But investments in the housing sector are another story. |
The Motley Fool
October 7, 2011
Neha Chamaria |
Keep an Eye on This Homebuilder Turnaround Lennar has reported a profit for the sixth straight quarter. |
The Motley Fool
September 25, 2006
Seth Jayson |
24 Years Old, $2 Million in the Hole A short-lived tell-all real estate blog provides a great lesson in how not to begin your financial life. People can't help themselves when they think they know how to get rich quick. How quickly they forget. |
The Motley Fool
December 19, 2005
Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
3 Stocks That Blew Away The Market Beat the market and the world will beat a path to your door. Lennar... Lehman Brothers... CKE Restaurants... |
The Motley Fool
June 9, 2005
Selena Maranjian |
Use a Realtor, But Don't Be One Times are tough for many real estate agents because of competition. |
The Motley Fool
April 7, 2004
Selena Maranjian |
Tough Times for Real Estate Agents The housing market is still booming, but all isn't rosy for agents. |
