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The Motley Fool July 20, 2011 Sean Williams	This Segment of the Housing Sector Is on Fire With homeowners choosing to stay put, remodels hit a four-year high.
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 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 May 15, 2007 Dan Caplinger	Borrow Now or Borrow Never If you're thinking about buying a home, do your homework. Find a lender or mortgage broker early in the process, and get preapproved for a mortgage that will work for you.
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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 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 May 24, 2005 Seth Jayson	Never Mind the Bubble Leave housing-market debate to the pundits -- just do the math. The thing you need to know is if buying a home makes sense for you.
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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.
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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.
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The Motley Fool August 20, 2007 Ryan Fuhrmann	Lowe's Grows Despite Housing Woes The company is struggling, but not as much as its larger rival. Lowe's second-quarter earnings handily beat analyst projections, and the stock traded up around 6% as a result.
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The Motley Fool November 18, 2008 James Brumley	Home Retailers Getting Closer to Good Home Depot and Lowe's quarterly earnings show they've handled the tough economy better than most.
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The Motley Fool November 16, 2010 Morgan Housel	Housing Prices: Another 7%-10% Left to Fall The slow slide continues. For at least the next year or two, everyone touching the residential housing industry, from Home Depot to Citigroup, will continue to feel the aftermath of this historic bust.
The Motley Fool January 10, 2007 Selena Maranjian	Housing in 2007: Will a Bubble Burst? Now that a new year is upon us, it's a good time to think of the state of housing in America today. Here's the good news for investors -- and the bad.
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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 July 9, 2009 Dan Caplinger	Let's Stop the Housing Crisis Once and for All It's hard to believe how easily it all could have been prevented. By simply following an old-fashioned standard for taking out a mortgage loan
The Motley Fool August 24, 2009 Toby Shute	Cure Rates and Housing Disease People are talking about a housing bottom today? Despite the share price recoveries among beaten-down builders like Lennar and D.R. Horton, I remain skeptical.
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.
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The Motley Fool August 25, 2008 Rick Aristotle Munarriz	Throw This Stock Away Home Depot is not the hotbed of cash register activity that it used to be. It may be time to remove this stock from your portfolio.
The Motley Fool December 2, 2005 Chuck Saletta	Is Your Home Worthless? As an investment, your home's probably not all it's cracked up to be, even if you've been blessed by the stupendous appreciation of recent years. But investments in the housing sector are another story.
The Motley Fool May 1, 2007 David Lee Smith	Centex Gives Inventory the Chop This major homebuilder holds the lead among major builders in cutting land positions and options. But patient investors may yet be rewarded.
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.
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