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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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Residential land sales hit new low – Age

A grim outlook for new house construction needed to relieve Australia’s chronic shortage of homes comes as the National Australia Bank residential property index survey, released today, tipped national home prices would drop by 1.4 per cent in the 12 … Continue reading

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Architects in NAHB study split on outlook – Builder Magazine

Per Albert Einstein, insanity is repeating the identical action and expecting a different outcome. So the National Association of Home Builders took a momentary breather from polling builders on their business outlook. (They’ve been getting roughly the … New House … Continue reading

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Outgoing PulteGroup CFO Cregg Defends Decisions – Wall Street Journal (blog)

Outgoing PulteGroup CFO Cregg Defends DecisionsWall Street Journal (blog)After the news broke, he spoke to Developments, in which he defended Pulte's 2009 acquisition of Centex Corp. and praised what he called Pulte's “long-term” outlook on home building. Two weeks ago, … Continue reading

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US Homebuilder Confidence Stagnates in February on Slow Sales – Bloomberg

US Homebuilder Confidence Stagnates in February on Slow SalesBloomberg14 (Bloomberg) — Ara Hovnanian, chief executive officer of Hovnanian Enterprises Inc., discusses the outlook for a recovery in US homebuilding. Hovnanian talks with Tom Keene on Bloomberg Television's "Surveillance Midday. … … Continue reading

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Home builder DR Horton shows annual profit, but outlook cautious – Fort Worth Star Telegram

Home builder DR Horton shows annual profit, but outlook cautiousFort Worth Star TelegramFort Worth-based home builder DR Horton came off its first annual profit in a long time, last year, but it started the new fiscal year with …D.R. Horton … Continue reading

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Homebuilding Outlook: Improved Balance Sheets – Seeking Alpha

Homebuilding Outlook: Improved Balance SheetsSeeking AlphaInvestors willing to look beyond this temporary softness can take some comfort in knowing that the balance sheets of homebuilders are in their best shape in … and more » read more

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S&P lowers outlook on homebuilder Toll Brothers – Bloomberg

S&P lowers outlook on homebuilder Toll BrothersBloombergS&P said it anticipates most US homebuilders to face very difficult conditions next year as the housing market mounts a slow and uneven recovery. …S&P Raises Possibility Of Downgrading Toll Brothers To JunkWall Street … Continue reading

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S&P lifts corporate credit rating on Standard Pacific after homebuilder plans … – CanadianBusiness.com

S&P lifts corporate credit rating on Standard Pacific after homebuilder plans …CanadianBusiness.comS&P also lowered the ratings outlook to "stable" from "positive" because it will take the homebuilder longer to acquire or develop enough communities to … and more » read more

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Builder Confidence Misses Expectations – Wall Street Journal (blog)

MiamiHerald.com Builder Confidence Misses ExpectationsWall Street Journal (blog)The NAHB originally estimated confidence in October at 16. The gauge measures builders' outlook for single-family home sales. The NAHB based its survey …NAHB Data Shows Slight Increase in Builder ConfidenceETF Channel (registration)Forex … Continue reading

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