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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.
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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 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?
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The Motley Fool September 19, 2007 David Lee Smith	Not the Time for Countrywide The news certainly isn't all bad at mortgage giant Countrywide these days. It is a solid company that will likely emerge stronger from the current crisis, but it will take time.
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The Motley Fool May 20, 2008 David Lee Smith	Has Housing Turned? The housing news continues to pour in; have we turned the corner?
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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.
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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.
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BusinessWeek September 10, 2007 Maria Bartiromo	The Heat On Countrywide Embattled Countrywide CEO Angelo Mozilo answers critics who claim the lender helped bring on the housing crisis.
The Motley Fool August 13, 2007 David Lee Smith	Don't Neglect Builders FirstSource For investors eager to buy builders' shares, Builders FirstSource deserves attention.
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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.
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The Motley Fool August 22, 2008 David Lee Smith	Housing's Bottom Isn't Showing Yet While builders' shares have improved, the housing news remains weak.
The Motley Fool March 23, 2007 David Lee Smith	KB Home Is OK KB Home, while clearly not out of the woods, is experiencing the sort of results that could lead to improved fortunes. Investors, take note.
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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 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 February 26, 2007 David Lee Smith	Taking a Toll on Homebuilders The nation's ongoing soft housing market continues to take a toll on the major homebuilders. Last week, luxury builder Toll Brothers reported lower results for its first quarter of fiscal 2007.
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The Motley Fool September 27, 2007 David Lee Smith	Lennar Builds Bigger Losses With housing still sliding, Lennar opens the builders' reporting period with a record loss, three times as bad as analysts' consensus expectations.
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