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Builder Confidence Remains Weak says NAHB – Reverse Mortgage Daily

Builder Confidence Remains Weak says NAHBReverse Mortgage DailyThe index is based on a monthly survey that NAHB has been conducting for more than 20 years. It serves to gauge builder sentiment on single-family home sales, and get a sense of … Continue reading

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Real estate affordability sets record in Q4 – Inman.com

Washington Post Real estate affordability sets record in Q4Inman.comHome affordability rose to its highest level in 20 years in the fourth quarter of 2010, according to an index released by the National Association of Home Builders and Wells Fargo today. … Continue reading

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Homebuilder Shares Undermined by Creeping Costs of Construction Boom Flaws – Bloomberg

Homebuilder Shares Undermined by Creeping Costs of Construction Boom FlawsBloombergThe index, including DR Horton Inc. and Lennar Corp., has risen 1.9 percent in the past 12 months, trailing the 23 percent gain for the S&P 500 Index. … and more » … Continue reading

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RPT-IFR-Preview-NY Fed manufacturing, NAHB indices due Jan 18 – Reuters

Boston Globe RPT-IFR-Preview-NY Fed manufacturing, NAHB indices due Jan 18Reuters"As has been the case for the last few years, it would take a massive jump to bring the NAHB index out of deeply depressed territory. …Extremely Cautious Optimism Pervades IBSBuilder … Continue reading

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Washington events for Jan. 17 – 21 – MarketWatch

Washington events for Jan. 17 – 21MarketWatch10 am: Home builders index for January on home-builders confidence, released by the National Home Builders Association. 1:45 pm: Financial Stability …IFR-Preview-NY Fed manufacturing, NAHB indices due Jan 18Reuters all 2 news articles » read … Continue reading

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Apollo Group and Lennar Jumped the Most in the S&P 500 – TradersHuddle.com

Apollo Group and Lennar Jumped the Most in the S&P 500TradersHuddle.comLennar (NYSE:LEN), the single-family attached and detached homebuilder, was among the biggest percentage gainers in the broad market index. … and more » read more

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A Few Good Homebuilder Stocks – Barron’s

A Few Good Homebuilder StocksBarron’sAnd the homebuilder sector seems like it was sent over from Central Casting. The most troubling news last week was the drop in the S&P/Case-Shiller index. … read more

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Beazer, Sears, KBR are big market movers – Bloomberg

Beazer, Sears, KBR are big market moversBloombergBy AP Homebuilders' stocks took a hit after a real estate index said home prices dropped in October, and economists expect more declines in 2011. … and more » read more

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Homebuilder optimism at 6-month high – OCRegister

Homebuilder optimism at 6-month highOCRegisterThe NAHB/Wells index for the West in November was 15 – that is up 3 vs. October, down 3 vs. a year ago, and best in six months. … read more

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Coming up: November NAHB index – MarketWatch

Coming up: November NAHB indexMarketWatchWASHINGTON (MarketWatch) — The NAHB/Wells Fargo housing market index is due for release at 10 am Eastern, with economists polled by … read more

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