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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 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 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 December 19, 2006 Seth Jayson	Lies, Danged Lies, and Housing Numbers Investors, you can't trust the headlines on this space. Our nation has too much invested in the fairy tale of rapidly expanding housing equity to let go of it easily.
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 November 28, 2005 Seth Jayson	H is for Housing. And Hiss. The housing market is getting a bit squishier, but whether that indicates a soft landing is anyone's guess. And a potential implosion of the sub-prime mortgage market is part of the bear argument against originators like H&R Block.
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 August 27, 2007 Seth Jayson	Home Sales Worsen The drop in home sales (and median prices, by the way) will probably be no surprise to anyone who read past the vapid, misleading headlines last week, when the Commerce Department's new home sales numbers appeared to show a 10.2% drop in year-over-year sales for the month of July.
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 March 20, 2007 Seth Jayson	Quick Take: Housing Rebounds, Sky Green Don't buy it, investors. When ARM-driven foreclosures really hit their stride and desperate home "investors" are selling their McMansions at $0.50 on the original buck, that will be the time to buy.
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 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 November 12, 2009 Rich Smith	This Just In: Upgrades and Downgrades Wells Fargo upgrades Toll Brothers after Toll pre-announces fourth quarter earnings.
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 December 7, 2011 Neha Chamaria	Have You Noticed the Interesting Pickup in This Sector? Three factors hint at improvements in the housing sector.
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 June 26, 2007 Seth Jayson	No Ambiguity in New Housing Numbers An explanation of the latest housing numbers.
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 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 September 14, 2007 Seth Jayson	Run for the Hills on Retail News? These retail sales statistics are only the latest woeful example of meaningless data being worse than no data at all.
The Motley Fool March 20, 2007 David Lee Smith	Do Housing Statistics Have Meaning? The Commerce Department's monthly housing numbers are eagerly awaited, but they can be difficult to evaluate.
The Motley Fool September 11, 2007 Seth Jayson	Hiding the Ugly Truth About Housing The NAR continues, month after month, to release home-sales predictions that are overly optimistic and completely misleading. The true housing sector figures are much worse than they want you to know.
The Motley Fool January 2, 2008 David Lee Smith	Another Dose of Housing Hogwash Reporters' poor understanding of housing economics may be worsening a bad situation, by passing misinformation along to consumers nationwide.
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 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 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 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.
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 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 November 14, 2007 Seth Jayson	Charting the Housing Spin In its latest press release, the National Association of Realtors makes the argument that homes are better investments than stocks.
The Motley Fool December 15, 2011 Neha Chamaria	4 Reasons to Start Taking This Homebuilder Seriously Toll Brothers is one of the few homebuilders worth watching.
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 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 November 3, 2011 Neha Chamaria	Turnaround? Downturn? Oh, What a Mess! Is there really a reason to be optimistic about homebuilder stocks.
The Motley Fool January 9, 2008 David Lee Smith	What's In Store for Housing? The nation's realtors think a housing recovery may be imminent, but don't bet on it.
The Motley Fool February 12, 2007 Seth Jayson	Quick Take: Relax, Housing's Fine! Or is it? Investors, is housing, and possibly our equity-bubble economy, cruising for more bruising?
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.
The Motley Fool February 23, 2011 Morgan Housel	A New Black Eye for Housing Revised sales and inventory data could paint a bleaker picture.
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 June 28, 2005 Shannon Zimmerman	If Interest Rates Stay Low What would it mean for homebuilders and banks? What should smart investors do in response? Nothing. Investors should let company fundamentals and valuations -- not macroeconomic forecasts -- be their guide.
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.
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 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 28, 2007 Seth Jayson	Home Prices Just Keep Crashing The only thing left to wonder is why the media consistently reports on a return to normalcy in home sales and home pricing as if it's a bad thing. Sure, it hurts. But there's no such thing as free money, at least not forever.
The Motley Fool October 11, 2007 Chuck Saletta	Time to Buy or Time to Run? Value investing is based on a simple concept: Buy shares in undervalued companies, then wait for the shares to reach their fair value. It's the only strategy that has reliably beaten the market for nearly a century. But, choose your stocks with care.
The Motley Fool May 20, 2008 David Lee Smith	Has Housing Turned? The housing news continues to pour in; have we turned the corner?
The Motley Fool July 18, 2007 David Lee Smith	Pulte Joins Builders' Bad News Line Pulte only adds to the lengthening line of builders already warning of softer-than-expected quarterly results.
The Motley Fool April 26, 2007 David Lee Smith	Is Housing Headed for the Basement? When the National Association of Realtors begins disseminating negative news, it must be bad.
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 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.