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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 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 September 19, 2007 Seth Jayson	Housing's Direction Not Hazy Building permits drop 24% since last year. This may finally create a more healthy supply/demand equilibrium, but how long that will take is anyone's guess.
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 November 28, 2005 Seth Jayson	H is for Housing. And Hiss. The housing market is getting a bit squishier, but whether that indicates a soft landing is anyone's guess. And a potential implosion of the sub-prime mortgage market is part of the bear argument against originators like H&R Block.
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 August 25, 2005 Seth Jayson	Behind the Bubble Babble Homebuyers should at least consider the motives of the people who continue herding them toward ever-more-expensive houses and risky loans. Despite what the realtors and loan officers want you to think, a home is not always (or even often) an investment.
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 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 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 July 30, 2004 Rich Duprey	Beazer's No Bowzer The homebuilder reports rising profits and expectations in the industry.
The Motley Fool November 20, 2007 Seth Jayson	Prepare for More Housing Bull Another month, another terrible job by the business media in reporting housing data released by the U.S. government.
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.
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 September 20, 2006 Dan Caplinger	Understanding Economic Data: New-Home Construction Investors, by looking at data on new-home construction, you can learn how homebuilders are reacting to changing conditions in the real estate market and draw valuable conclusions that can assist you in making your own decisions about housing.
The Motley Fool February 12, 2007 Seth Jayson	Quick Take: Relax, Housing's Fine! Or is it? Investors, is housing, and possibly our equity-bubble economy, cruising for more bruising?
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 February 1, 2007 Rick Aristotle Munarriz	Pulte My Finger As expected, it was a humbling quarter for Pulte Homes.
The Motley Fool October 3, 2007 David Lee Smith	Take a Hiatus From Housing With the housing market a mess, perhaps this is a good time to take a hiatus from it, and research sectors of the market that are more promising.
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 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.
BusinessWeek January 15, 2007 James Mehring	Housing: The Best Indicators Of A Rebound According to some housing indicators, there is some light at the end of the tunnel for homebuilders, but that cautious optimism comes with caveats.
The Motley Fool September 14, 2007 Seth Jayson	Run for the Hills on Retail News? These retail sales statistics are only the latest woeful example of meaningless data being worse than no data at all.
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 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 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 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 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 March 1, 2006 Tarek Sultani	Home Depot's Spackled Optimism A cooling housing market may thwart the hardware superstore's rosy outlook.
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 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 April 26, 2007 David Lee Smith	Is Housing Headed for the Basement? When the National Association of Realtors begins disseminating negative news, it must be bad.
The Motley Fool February 23, 2011 Morgan Housel	A New Black Eye for Housing Revised sales and inventory data could paint a bleaker picture.
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 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 March 26, 2009 Matt Koppenheffer	Hooray for Falling Home Prices! New home sales unexpectedly increased in February, does this mean we're in the clear?
The Motley Fool May 13, 2008 David Lee Smith	Skittish Buyers Still Taking Their Toll Toll could be the first builder to recover, but it's still suffering.
The Motley Fool October 20, 2010 Morgan Housel	Goldilocks in the Housing Market Not too hot, not too cold.
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 April 10, 2007 David Lee Smith	Housing's Next Down Leg? D.R. Horton's second-quarter sales figures represented more negative news from the homebuilders. Investors, if you can't justify a longer-than-normal investment time horizon, keep your wallet in your pocket.
The Motley Fool August 8, 2007 Seth Jayson	Still More Housing Bull The National Association of Realtors issues another suspiciously misleading press release. It is in the NAR's interest to convince people to buy; therefore, investors, please read their words carefully.
The Motley Fool August 27, 2007 Seth Jayson	Home Sales Worsen The drop in home sales (and median prices, by the way) will probably be no surprise to anyone who read past the vapid, misleading headlines last week, when the Commerce Department's new home sales numbers appeared to show a 10.2% drop in year-over-year sales for the month of July.
The Motley Fool November 14, 2007 Seth Jayson	Charting the Housing Spin In its latest press release, the National Association of Realtors makes the argument that homes are better investments than stocks.
The Motley Fool January 24, 2007 Seth Jayson	Quick Take: Another Reason I Know the Bottom's Not In Why should the residents of a half-built complex shell out for infrastructure Lennar deems necessary? Because Lennar needs something to show shareholders.
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 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.
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The Motley Fool May 5, 2006 Seth Jayson	For Whom the Home Tolls Toll brothers comes clean on a weakening housing market that others have tried too hard to deny. What does it mean for investors?