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The Motley Fool July 11, 2007 David Lee Smith	More Cracks in Housing's Foundation With dire pre-releases from two major builders, the future of housing becomes progressively more uncertain. Investors, beware.
The Motley Fool August 7, 2008 David Lee Smith	Horton Hammered Hard Yes, the quarterly results were more than half again better than a year ago. But the losses are still relatively large and aren't falling at a rate that would indicate that the end of the company's travails is near.
The Motley Fool January 18, 2008 David Lee Smith	Housing's Horrible Hiatus As bad as they were, the 2007 housing start numbers probably should have been worse.
The Motley Fool September 7, 2007 David Lee Smith	Hovnanian's Losing Streak Continues With its third-quarter results, big builder Hovnanian appears to be saying that things could get worse before they improve. Management plans to slash the prices on homes across the country.
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 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 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 February 6, 2007 David Lee Smith	A Foundation for Homebuilder Profits? The housing market may have finally found its trough. Careful monitoring and a slightly extended investment time horizon can be a solid first step toward profiting from the homebuilders.
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 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 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 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 February 8, 2008 David Lee Smith	The Housing Roundup Despite a longing for profits from the homebuilders, the group remains in intensive care.
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.
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 August 31, 2007 David Lee Smith	Builders to the Junkyard? The next step in housing's multi-phase crisis could be downgrading the builders to junk status. Several big building stocks, including Lennar, Centex, and Pulte, are currently being scrutinized by Moody's.
The Motley Fool June 21, 2007 David Lee Smith	Homebuilders' Sagging Spirits While the monthly housing start numbers sagged for May, the ongoing slide in builders' sentiment is even more telling.
The Motley Fool October 29, 2007 David Lee Smith	Meritage Homes Joins the Slide Meritage Homes has joined the housing company slide into write-off wonderland. Investors, take note.
The Motley Fool April 28, 2008 David Lee Smith	Can't Cut Those Cancellations at MDC Despite an ongoing loss, homebuilder MDC Holdings has trimmed its write-downs.
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 January 25, 2007 Rich Duprey	Ryland Puts the Hammer Down The homebuilder manages to exceed expectations and raise home prices. Investors, take note.
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 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 May 14, 2007 David Lee Smith	Subprime's Expanding Toll Despite its luxury niche position, Toll Brothers is also being affected by the nation's subprime-mortgage disaster. But investors still have an opportunity here.
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.
The Motley Fool August 11, 2008 David Lee Smith	Beleaguered Beazer Hunkers Down The homebuilder is shrinking to a shadow of its former self.
The Motley Fool May 7, 2007 David Lee Smith	Hovnanian Gets Floored The New Jersey-based builder pegs subprime-lending difficulties and a hard-hit Florida market as key to its woes. Investors, take note.
The Motley Fool February 20, 2007 David Lee Smith	Is the Roof Falling on Housing? The housing activity level for January was the lowest in almost a decade. Investors with a somewhat longer-than-normal investment horizon should continue to keep an eye on builders.
The Motley Fool June 19, 2008 David Lee Smith	Still Looking for the Housing Turn It still looks like an uphill battle for the homebuilders.
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The Motley Fool March 27, 2007 David Lee Smith	Lennar, Now With Reduced Expectations The idea of a housing bottom has become far less immediate and less meaningful than it used to be. Disappointing results from the homebuilder lead to a lack of guidance for 2007. Investors, take note.
The Motley Fool July 29, 2008 David Lee Smith	A Glimmer of Housing Hope? Meritage Home's trends may make this company worth watching.
The Motley Fool December 27, 2007 David Lee Smith	Beware of Housing "Experts" Investors, be wary of "experts" who are touting homebuilding as an attractive sector for 2008.
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 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.
The Motley Fool February 4, 2008 Rich Duprey	Beazer Cleans House The homebuilder drops its mortgage unit and pulls out of some housing markets.
The Motley Fool March 28, 2008 David Lee Smith	The Housing Roundup Is it too soon to begin building positions in the nation's big builders?
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The Motley Fool June 5, 2008 David Lee Smith	These 2 Builders Are Still Riding Housing's Slide Homebuilders Toll Brothers and Hovnanian keep the write-downs and charges flowing.
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 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.
The Motley Fool January 28, 2009 Rich Duprey	Worst Stock for 2009: Hovnanian Enterprises Which 10 companies should you keep out of your portfolio? Find out in our special series on the Worst Stocks for 2009. Here, take a look at why you stay away from this home-wrecker.
The Motley Fool November 21, 2006 David Lee Smith	How Now the Homebuilders? Homebuilders' share prices have always correlated inversely to interest rate movements. No one knows when the Fed will reverse its recent string of rate increases. Given these imponderables, investors may want to avoid the group until the picture turns brighter.
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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.