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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 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.
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 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 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 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 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.
The Motley Fool January 17, 2012 Neha Chamaria	Why There May Still Be Time For This Homebuilder's Turnaround Hovnanian's fourth-quarter losses make better days for the company look far away
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 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 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 December 19, 2006 Emil Lee	Hovnanian Hopes for a Stable 2007 Can this homebuilder escape further impairment charges? Investors, take note.
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 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 January 18, 2006 Rich Smith	Foolish Forecast: The DR (Horton) Is In It will take more than a housing market slowdown to defeat this homebuilder. According to analyst estimates, the company likely achieved 24% profits growth over the year-ago quarter, on an 18% rise in sales.
The Motley Fool March 12, 2007 David Lee Smith	Hovnanian Huffing and Puffing The New Jersey-based builder is KO'd by continued softness in southwest Florida's housing market. But ultimately, the sector will recover. Investors, take note.
The Motley Fool June 23, 2010 Jordan DiPietro	Housing Stocks Get Hammered Housing stocks plunge after disappointing sales report.
The Motley Fool March 31, 2008 David Lee Smith	KB Home: The Barometer's Still Falling KB Homes says that given declining consumer confidence and high home inventory levels, they don't expect a meaningful improvement in the circumstances surrounding their business in the near term.
The Motley Fool January 25, 2008 David Lee Smith	A Tale of Two Homebuilders Lennar and Ryland have reported similar results, only to receive markedly different treatment.
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 June 21, 2007 Emil Lee	Fool on the Street: Hovnanian Hunkers Down The homebuilder and its CEO patiently wait for the housing cycle to turn. Investors, is this a homebuilder to buy?
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 December 7, 2007 David Lee Smith	Toll Finally Rolls Over The nation's largest luxury builder isn't enjoying the luxury of ongoing profits; in the fourth-quarter the company reported their first-ever loss.
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 May 25, 2007 David Lee Smith	Housing's Schizophrenic Day April new-home sales and Toll Brothers' earnings only seemed to tell different stories. Investors, this industry clearly isn't out of the woods yet.
The Motley Fool October 4, 2010 Selena Maranjian s	Hold Your Horses on Housing A recovery probably isn't around the corner.
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 December 16, 2003 Rick Aristotle Munarriz	Lennar Has Its Day Lennar announced record results for fiscal 2003. Low interest rates are great for home builders, but their P/E ratios remain low because of large risk.
The Motley Fool August 14, 2009 David Lee Smith	Is Toll Brothers Homebuilding's Mine Canary? Toll Brothers' improvements may signal better health for housing.
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 March 27, 2006 Rich Smith	Foolish Forecast: Lennar's Open House Recent housing news didn't exactly encourage optimism in home-building investors. On that note, here is a preview of the fiscal first-quarter 2006 earnings news due out from Lennar.
The Motley Fool June 1, 2006 Stephen D. Simpson	Hovnanian Heave-Ho Investors, with other cheap homebuilders out there, it's safe to pass on this one.
The Motley Fool March 8, 2005 Lawrence Meyers	Will 7% Mortgages Hurt Pulte? Mortgage rates may climb, impacting homebuilding demand.
The Motley Fool February 18, 2010 Rich Smith	This Just In: Upgrades and Downgrades Bank of America thinks you should buy Pulte ... along with pretty much everybody else in the homebuilding industry.
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 December 8, 2005 Stephen D. Simpson	What's Normal for Hovnanian? Everybody's still nervous about housing, and the builders are starting to get a bit more cautious. The markets may have already marked down some of these stocks to a point where expectations seem pretty modest.
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 November 20, 2008 David Lee Smith	Could the Builders Begin to Topple? Homebuilding news is worsening, leading some to doubt that all the builders will survive.
The Motley Fool October 8, 2008 David Lee Smith	How Much Longer Will Housing Be Hammered? As the opportunity for tax benefits expires, housing will still be slammed.
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 September 19, 2007 Seth Jayson	Housing's Direction Not Hazy Building permits drop 24% since last year. This may finally create a more healthy supply/demand equilibrium, but how long that will take is anyone's guess.
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 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 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.
The Motley Fool June 1, 2007	Hovnanian Looks Ahead: Fool by Numbers The home builder released second-quarter 2007 earnings: Income Statement Highlights... Margin Checkup... Balance Sheet Highlights... Cash Flow Highlights...
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 January 22, 2007 Rich Duprey	Foolish Forecast: Leaky Roof at Centex The homebuilder will report its third-quarter 2007 financial results shortly, where it is likely investors will see another homebuilder falling into a state of disrepair.
The Motley Fool September 3, 2009 Chris Jones	Beware of This Distressed Homebuilder If the housing turnaround turns out to be a mirage, it could mean more trouble for Hovnanian.
The Motley Fool December 22, 2006 David Lee Smith	How Strong Is Housing's Foundation? Blueprints for the housing market's future remain sketchy at best. Owning housing stocks is very different from owning a house. It's not only a liquidity thing, but a timing one as well.
The Motley Fool June 10, 2008 David Lee Smith	Housing Must Get Worse There are sound reasons why the housing market likely won't recover soon.