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The Motley Fool November 12, 2004 Lawrence Meyers	Pulte's Prices Plummet A month ago, Pulte Homes cut prices on homes in 18 of its 23 Nevada developments, sparking an investor sell-off that took the company's stock down 23%.
The Motley Fool April 9, 2009 Rich Smith	Pulte Needs Better Ideas The merger with Centex makes some sense for Pulte -- but fails to address the real problem.
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 March 8, 2005 Lawrence Meyers	Will 7% Mortgages Hurt Pulte? Mortgage rates may climb, impacting homebuilding demand.
The Motley Fool February 1, 2007 Rick Aristotle Munarriz	Pulte My Finger As expected, it was a humbling quarter for Pulte Homes.
The Motley Fool January 31, 2008 David Lee Smith	Three More on the Housing Slide Three more homebuilders, Meritage Homes, Pulte, and Centex, have reported, all demonstrating that builders are still hurting.
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 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 4, 2010 Selena Maranjian s	Hold Your Horses on Housing A recovery probably isn't around the corner.
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 3, 2011 Neha Chamaria	Turnaround? Downturn? Oh, What a Mess! Is there really a reason to be optimistic about homebuilder stocks.
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.
The Motley Fool August 14, 2008 Rich Smith	This Just In: Upgrades and Downgrades Citi is emphasizing housing stocks boasting sufficient liquidity to ride out a multiyear storm, and argues that liquidity is more solid at both Pulte and Toll Brothers than at their rivals.
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.
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 July 30, 2004 Rich Duprey	Beazer's No Bowzer The homebuilder reports rising profits and expectations in the industry.
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.
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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 February 18, 2010 Rich Smith	This Just In: Upgrades and Downgrades Bank of America thinks you should buy Pulte ... along with pretty much everybody else in the homebuilding industry.
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 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.
InternetNews November 8, 2005 Colin C. Haley	BellSouth Constructs Bundle Business In an effort to lock in residential customers early, regional carrier BellSouth today announced that it has signed a partnership with Pulte Homes.
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 August 26, 2005 Mike Cianciolo	Is the Bell Tolling at Toll Brothers? The luxury builder doubles earnings, but bubble fears push its stock lower.
The Motley Fool September 21, 2005 Rick Aristotle Munarriz	What Housing Bubble? Lennar debunks the housing bubble pin pushers. Again. Real estate developers are doing just fine. The housing boom may be a bubble, but it's apparently wrapped in a much thicker skin than industry pundits are giving it credit for.
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 September 7, 2004 Seth Jayson	Hovnanian Burns Down the House It seems that rumors of the demise of the homebuilding industry have been greatly exaggerated. Shares were blazing today for high-end builder Hovnanian Enterprises.
The Motley Fool October 20, 2008 David Lee Smith	Can Toll Lead the Housing Recovery? In addition to its luxury builder position, Toll offers balance sheet strength.
The Motley Fool June 17, 2005 Shannon Zimmerman	KB Home's California Dreaming The homebuilder blows past estimates, but are its shares -- and those of its rivals -- overpriced?
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 January 10, 2012 Dan Caplinger	Has PulteGroup Become the Perfect Stock? Pulte needs to figure out how to raise customer interest and match up against its rivals before it digs a hole too deep to get out of.
The Motley Fool September 25, 2008 David Lee Smith	House Prices and a Bailout: What Gives? Will a bailout suddenly brighten the world of housing news? What is the outlook for the stocks of homebuilders?
The Motley Fool August 15, 2007 Dan Caplinger	What to Do When Your House Won't Sell Times may be tough for people trying to sell their homes, but that doesn't mean you're doomed to failure. There are things you can do to best handle the struggling real estate market.
The Motley Fool June 22, 2007 John Rosevear	Has That Homebuilder Got a Deal for You? The "incentives" long familiar to new-car buyers -- bonuses or rebates thrown in to sweeten a sale -- are becoming more common in the new-home market as sales slow and credit continues to dry up. Are they worth it?
The Motley Fool June 2, 2004 Rick Aristotle Munarriz	The Long Way Home New home orders continue to climb -- a wall of worry.
The Motley Fool August 23, 2006 Ryan Fuhrmann	Toll No Longer on a Roll Toll Brothers released third-quarter earnings today, giving investors its current take on where the homebuilding cycle may be heading. Investors breathed a sigh of relief, bidding the shares up a couple of percentage points.
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 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 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 March 28, 2006 Stephen D. Simpson	Cracks in Lennar's Foundation? Are fewer orders and increased incentives temporary phenomena, or warning signs for investors in this home builder?
The Motley Fool February 13, 2007 David Lee Smith	KB Home the Latest of a Lot The slowdown in home sales reaches this builder, too. Investors, when the malaise will end is anyone's guess.
The Motley Fool July 30, 2007 David Lee Smith	Battered Builders Falling Faster As part of a horrible week for housing, big builders lined up with huge quarterly losses. In the midst of this continuously declining set of circumstances, investors are urged to build a barrier between themselves and the battered builders.
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.
BusinessWeek February 10, 2011 Robison & Howley	The Repair Bills Arrive from the Housing Boom Homebuilders rushed projects in the boom. Some are now crumbling
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The Motley Fool March 29, 2010	An Inside Look at the Boom and Bust of Real Estate An interview with CAPS All-Star FloridaBuilder2 about the real estate industry.
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.
The Motley Fool October 29, 2007 David Lee Smith	Building Materials' Double-Pronged Problems On top of evaporating earnings, Building Materials' CEO is being threatened by a big shareholder. It's difficult to properly time the bottom of the housing cycle and to know when to reinvest in the industry, but this company has more than just cyclical business problems.