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Homebuilders Who Delivered Best Customer Experience Honored With 2012 Eliant Homebuyers’ Choice Awards – msnbc.com

U.S. and Canadian homebuilders who provided their customers with the best purchase and ownership experiences — according to surveyed homebuyers — have been honored in the 2012 Eliant Homebuyers’ Choice Awards competition. The winning builders were chosen … New House … Continue reading

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Third Avenue Value Fund is selling these stocks – The outlook changed – GuruFocus

XEC has a market cap of $ 5,558M and a Beta ratio of 1.64. MDC Holdings (MDC): Whitman sold a an average price of $ 29 MDC is the holding company for Richmond American Homes, HomeAmerican Mortgage, American Home Insurance, … Continue reading

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Shares of MDC Holdings Are Moving Higher on 1.3x Above-Average Volume (MDC) – Financial News Network Online

M.D.C. Holdings, Inc., through its subsidiaries, builds and sells homes under the name Richmond American Homes. The Company also originates mortgage loans primarily for its home buyers. M.D.C. builds its single-family homes in Colorado, Virginia … New House News Link

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Beazer Homes is Among the Companies in the Homebuilding Industry With the Highest Debt to Equity Ratio (BZH, KBH, SPF, RYL, PHM) – Investors Business Daily

Jan 28, 2012 (SmarTrend(R) News Watch via COMTEX) — Below are the three companies in the Homebuilding industry with the highest debt to equity ratios. The Debt/Equity ratio measures a company’s leverage and a high level often implies that a … Continue reading

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Pulte Homes Shares Sinking Lower, Down 3.4% – Financial News Network Online

Pulte Homes (NYSE:PHM) is one of today’s notable stocks in decline, down 3.4% to $ 7.50. The S&P is trading lower by 0.2% to 1,312 and the Dow is trading 0.3% lower to 12,679. Pulte Homes, Inc. sells and constructs … Continue reading

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D.R. Horton sets aim on move-up market – Fort Worth Star-Telegram

Fort Worth-based homebuilder D.R. Horton, facing a stabilizing U.S. housing market, aims to move up the food chain in 2012. “We dominate the entry-level market. Our goal is to take that cost structure and dominate the move-up market,” Chairman … … Continue reading

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KB Home Offering Solar as Standard Feature on New Florida Houses – Bloomberg

KB Home, the Los Angeles-based builder that targets first-time buyers, will offer solar power systems as a standard feature on houses it’s building in some parts of Florida. The first KB house with rooftop panels will be available next month … Continue reading

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Beazer Homes is Among the Companies in the Homebuilding Industry With the Highest Beta (BZH, MHO, HOV) – Financial News Network Online

Below are the three companies in the Homebuilding industry with the highest betas. Higher-beta stocks mean greater volatility and are therefore generally considered to be riskier but also may provide the potential for higher returns. Beazer Homes (NYSE:BZH … New … Continue reading

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San Antonio’s housing market showing ‘permanence,’ study finds – The Business Journal

At the end of 2011, San Antonio’s housing market proved itself to be — in a word — stable. “Total number of sales for the year remained unwavering,” states SABOR. All told, there were 17,914 single-family sales in the greater … Continue reading

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Homebuilders May Not Be Out of the Woods Yet – CNBC

While housing reports this year have generally pointed to an improving recovery in the real estate market, the growth remains at an anemic pace, translating into choppy moves for housing stocks for the foreseeable future. Homebuilders declined in 2011 for … Continue reading

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