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The Motley Fool September 8, 2006 Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
Say It Ain't So, St. Joe The Florida landowner bows out of the home-builder market. |
The Motley Fool May 23, 2007 Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
Dumb Move, WCI If the next few quarters continue to eat away at the real estate developer's fundamentals, it's in every potential buyer's interest -- including Carl Icahn's -- to wait as long as possible. Absent a turnaround, WCI will continue to deteriorate. |
The Motley Fool February 26, 2007 Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
Can Florida Save Its Homebuilders? The Sunshine State has a plan to lift developer storm clouds. Will the Florida-heavy real estate companies benefit if the property tax measure passes? Investors, take note. |
The Motley Fool March 23, 2009 Mike Pienciak |
St. Joe: Living on a Prayer This homesite developer is biding its time, but the wait may not end when the economy turns around. |
National Real Estate Investor September 1, 2005 Parke M. Chapman |
Vultures Circle Condo Market Although South Florida has become the poster child for the condo craze, other markets are experiencing plenty of construction activity. For vulture investors that structure their capital-raising efforts around a market collapse, timing is almost everything. |
National Real Estate Investor September 1, 2005 David Stockman |
Condomania: Quality or Quantity? Letter to the editor: The "Condo Conversion Craze Draws Critics" article hit the mark on an important trend in today's real estate market. |
National Real Estate Investor June 1, 2007 Parke M. Chapman |
Q & A An interview with principal and urban lifestyle specialist at Chicago-based MCZ Development Corp.'s Christina Noelle about the risks and rewards of large-scale condo conversions in Florida. |
The Motley Fool December 9, 2005 Stephen D. Simpson |
Toll Gets Wrung Slowing new home demand could squeeze margins and seems certain to slow the pace of earnings growth. |
The Motley Fool January 3, 2007 Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
Sorrow for the Lost Lennar The homebuilder warns again. Lennar is no stranger to the hose downs. The company warned investors about fiscal shortcomings twice in the month of September alone. |
The Motley Fool June 3, 2004 Selena Maranjian |
Are Condos Risky? Looking to buy a condominium? Beware of fees, rules, rowdy renters, and condo price volatility. |
National Real Estate Investor November 1, 2004 Mark Obrinsky |
Condo Craze Leads to Strategic Shift The condo market is hot. Sales of condos and co-ops have reached record levels, and prices continue to climb. |
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 December 7, 2007 Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
Throw the Book at Book Value In short, there are both opportunities and pitfalls in relying too much on book value. |
The Motley Fool October 9, 2007 Seth Jayson |
Joe Admits Failure Florida real estate developer St. Joe decides to get out of the housing business, and become a supplier of entitled land. |
The Motley Fool October 19, 2007 Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
Dueling Fools: Bearish on Homebuilders The bearish view of homebuilding stocks is that the situation can get much worse than it currently is, and it will. |
The Motley Fool January 26, 2007 Rich Duprey |
Beazer's Cloudy Future The home-builder reports dismal earnings. Shocking. While Beazer hopes the spring quarter shows more robust results, it has lowered guidance for the full year to $1.25 to $1.50 per share. |
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 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? |
National Real Estate Investor September 1, 2007 |
Condo Market Still Searching for a Bottom Annual starts of multifamily buildings containing five or more units have not fallen significantly below 300,000 for a decade, but that will change this year. |
The Motley Fool October 4, 2010 Selena Maranjian s |
Hold Your Horses on Housing A recovery probably isn't around the corner. |
Financial Advisor June 2006 Gail Liberman |
Cooling Off Rising interest rates and hurricanes may have caused Florida's real estate market to peak. Is it time for your clients to take the plunge and relocate to the state? |
The Motley Fool September 6, 2007 Sham Gad |
Invest in Special Situations Value investors have more than one way to take advantage of bargains. They also have special situations securities, sometimes called "workouts," whose performance is not directly tied to any market environment. Can they work for you? |
National Real Estate Investor October 1, 2004 Joe Gose |
Condo Hotel Wave Hits U.S. Again What's the attraction? Condo hotels can generate highly lucrative returns of 25% to 30% versus conventional hotels, which yield 10% to 12%. Pre-construction room sales also raise 25% to 40% in equity that ground-up projects need to secure financing. |
The Motley Fool March 15, 2008 Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
The Fool's Look Ahead Who's reporting this week: WCI Communities... Gamestop... China Mobile... Nepstar... FedEx... WorldSpace... |
The Motley Fool January 16, 2007 Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
Tomb, Sweet Tomb Publicly traded homebuilders are the sector's strongest players, yet they continue to show steeper drops in new home orders than deliveries. Speculators are simply trying their luck at catching falling knives. |
National Real Estate Investor October 1, 2005 |
Letters to the Editor Condo rentals will multiply... Hurricane victims express heartfelt thanks... |
National Real Estate Investor July 1, 2006 Joe Gose |
Condo Hotel Chase Afoot The condo hotel industry is coming to grips with its first-ever construction boom. But more questions than answers surround condo hotels, including whether there is enough demand to support the proposed developments. |
The Motley Fool February 28, 2007 David Lee Smith |
Florida Flags Hovnanian The homebuilder takes $90 million in charges in the Sunshine State. The housing market continues to exhibit softness nationwide, with some areas clearly being harder hit than others. Investors, take note. |
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 15, 2005 Stephen D. Simpson |
Lennar Doesn't Disappoint Lennar may be a good pick among homebuilders, but investors should tread carefully. |
National Real Estate Investor August 1, 2004 Anthony Downs |
Six Ramifications of Higher Interest Rates Some market inefficiencies will occur, enabling opportunity investors to make deals. But conditions in real estate markets eventually will arrive at a new point of stability concerning interest rates, levels of activity and prices. |
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? |
National Real Estate Investor July 1, 2005 Parke Chapman |
Condo Conversion Loans Raise Red Flag Concerns are rising that many condo conversion loans might sour, given the prospect of higher interest rates and overbuilt condo markets. Industry experts say conversion sponsors looking to turn a quick profit pose the greatest risk to lenders. |
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. |
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 February 14, 2005 Christopher Palmeri |
Hike Your Odds On A Vegas Condo They're going up all over the Strip -- and not every project will be a winner |
National Real Estate Investor June 1, 2006 |
Q & A An interview with Sonnenblick-Goldman President Steve Kohn about shifting winds in the condo market and why capitalization rates just won't start climbing. |
Entrepreneur July 2007 Farnoosh Torabi |
Home, Second Home Purchasing another home has its perks. To make the most of them, get the facts before you buy. |
The Motley Fool July 8, 2009 Matt Koppenheffer |
Rebel Forces Attack MGM's CityCenter Death Star They're angry and they want rebates, but does this rebel alliance pose a real threat to MGM? |
National Real Estate Investor May 1, 2006 Matt Valley |
A New Phase in Condo Craze There's a new twist to the condominium development and investment boom. Single-family home builders are entering the condo arena due to changing demographics, greater difficulty finding available land on which to build single-family lots, and pressure to grow revenues. |
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. |
National Real Estate Investor October 1, 2006 |
In Progress: Signature Place Cantor Development's Signature Place will occupy an entire city block and include condo residences, lofts, retail, office as well as 505 parking spaces. |
National Real Estate Investor May 1, 2005 Robyn Taylor Parets |
Why Condo Hotels Are a Hot Concept Why have condo hotels become so hot? For starters, developers can sell off hotel units prior to construction, enabling them to obtain construction debt and equity more easily than if they were building a traditional hotel. |
The Motley Fool November 30, 2007 Dan Caplinger |
Should You Go Condo for College? Overall, buying a home for your college kids to live in isn't the path to quick riches that it once was. As a way to keep costs down and introduce students to the realities of adult finance, however, it's still worth considering. |
The Motley Fool September 27, 2005 Stephen D. Simpson |
Lennar's Dream Home Management at this residential homebuilder is still ebullient about the future of new home demand in the U.S. While the company has posted solid earnings, forward valuations suggest some investors don't expect it to last. |
The Motley Fool July 18, 2006 Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
Too Many Houses, Not Enough Homes The housing boom has ended. Find shelter. What investors need to remember is that during the housing boom, many of these players made the most of their time in the spotlight by fortifying their balance sheets and bracing for the eventual downturn. |
The Motley Fool June 23, 2010 Jordan DiPietro |
Housing Stocks Get Hammered Housing stocks plunge after disappointing sales report. |
National Real Estate Investor September 1, 2006 Parke M. Chapman |
Apartment Market Rediscovery In New York, apartment investors looking for deals may actually benefit from a slowdown in conversion-led apartment sales. The reason? Condo-mania has chiseled away at apartment yields. |