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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 September 25, 2007 Seth Jayson	Housing Takes Another Header The latest S&P/Case-Shiller Home Prices Index shows that home prices are not only dropping like rocks, in many places, the rate of drop is increasing.
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 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 March 9, 2007 Seth Jayson	Quick Take: Tell It Like It Is, New Century If some homebuilders are being frank about the '07 outlook, investors want to know why won't New Century do the same?
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 September 22, 2006 Todd Wenning	The Homebuilder Blues After a red-hot three-year run, the homebuilding industry has certainly fallen on hard times. Are these stocks undervalued?
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 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 September 9, 2005 Stephen D. Simpson	Is Hovnanian Near the Ceiling? Does slightly lower guidance mean the new-housing boom is getting long in the tooth? The risk/reward ratio in these stocks is tilted too much toward "risk" for my comfort.
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 July 30, 2004 Rich Duprey	Beazer's No Bowzer The homebuilder reports rising profits and expectations in the industry.
The Motley Fool September 5, 2008 David Lee Smith	Building Up for Toll Brothers? This homebuilder might be on its way back, despite a loss for the quarter.
The Motley Fool April 29, 2004 Selena Maranjian	Will Soaring Lumber Prices Hurt? That deck you wanted to build has gotten much more expensive.
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.
The Motley Fool March 8, 2005 Lawrence Meyers	Will 7% Mortgages Hurt Pulte? Mortgage rates may climb, impacting homebuilding demand.
The Motley Fool October 9, 2007 Seth Jayson	Quick Take: Ryland's Desperate Too In the supposedly setback-proof Washington D.C. market, Ryland Group is forced to dump 140 homes by selling them 20% below their original prices.
The Motley Fool November 27, 2007 Seth Jayson	Home Prices Even More Horrid All over the U.S., home prices are dropping at a record pace, as confirmed by the S&P's Case-Shiller home price index for Q3.
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 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.
The Motley Fool March 1, 2005 Rich Duprey	Roof Collapses on Housing Sales and prices of new single-family housing fall; is bad weather to blame?
The Motley Fool September 12, 2007 Lawrence A. Rothman	Hovnanian's House of Horrors The latest quarterly data from Hovnanian might remind you of one of those haunted-house tours you take around Halloween; there's lots of scary stuff in there.
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.
The Motley Fool January 11, 2008 Tim Beyers	Who's Buying Now? Insider trades: Equity One... Goodrich Petroleum... KB Home... ShorTel...
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 November 26, 2007 David Lee Smith	Are Any Builders Worth Your Shekels? The time isn't yet right to buy the homebuilders, but some preliminary analysis can't hurt.
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 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 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 April 28, 2006 Rick Aristotle Munarriz	Homebuilder Stocks Getting Creaky A.G. Edwards marks down the sector, just as many investors already have. None of this spells a complete collapse of an industry that has fortified itself over the past few gravy years.
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 October 10, 2007 Seth Jayson	High-End Homebuilder Humbled Luxury homebuilder Robert Lord Builders announces the auction of five of its high-end homes, including the home owned by Robert Lord himself.
The Motley Fool November 10, 2006 Selena Maranjian	"Home Prices Plunge!" Calm down -- the news isn't as bad as it seems. What should we investors and homeowners make of this development?
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 June 26, 2006 Stephen D. Simpson	Looking for the Bottom With Lennar Has the homebuilder finally hit bottom? Eventually, stocks of this type will be interesting again.
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 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 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 May 1, 2007 Seth Jayson	Lipstick on the Housing Pig Further evidence of the deflating bubble is supposed to be good news? Investors, the NAR's newest pending sales report is an absolute hog.
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 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 September 22, 2005 Stephen D. Simpson	Is KB's Foundation Solid? KB Home has stellar growth at the top and bottom line, but where's the cash flow growth? Investors, carefully consider this one.
The Motley Fool November 14, 2007 Seth Jayson	Housing Worse, Despite Yelping NAR The past week has seen the National Association of Realtors trade group issue a slew of misleading press releases, all intended to jump-start a withering housing market. Investors, be cautious.
The Motley Fool January 26, 2007 David Lee Smith	Homebuilders Hit Bottom? Have we reached a trough in the housing market? For investors who believe that 2007 will see homebuilding slowly, steadily rise again, Toll and Ryland might deserve your attention.
The Motley Fool August 28, 2009 Chris Jones	The Bell Tolls for the Housing Crisis Luxury homebuyers are purportedly easing back into the market. With more new deposits, fewer cancellations, and cutbacks on incentives and price reductions, is it possible we've already hit bottom?
The Motley Fool May 18, 2009 Rich Smith	This Just In: Upgrades and Downgrades Citigroup has gifted one homebuilder, Lennar, with a long-awaited upgrade.
The Motley Fool January 20, 2012 Sean Williams	I Call Shenanigans on This Economic Indicator Don't believe everything an indicator tells you! Although we have the highest level of optimism among homebuilders since June 2007, I'm still going to call shenanigans on this indicator.