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RPT-PREVIEW-US May housing starts seen slumping post tax credit – Reuters

RPT-PREVIEW-US May housing starts seen slumping post tax creditReutersThe National Association of Home Builders' NAHB/Wells Fargo Housing Market Index seen dropping to a reading of 21 for June from 22 the previous month. …Homebuilder Blues: NAHB/Wells Fargo Home Builder Ratings … Continue reading

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Homebuilder Lennar Uses Federal Taxpayer Funds to Balance Its Books – SF Public Press (blog)

Homebuilder Lennar Uses Federal Taxpayer Funds to Balance Its BooksSF Public Press (blog)In 2006, things were looking good for Lennar, America's second-biggest homebuilder. That year, before the US housing market's epic collapse, the Miami-based … read more

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Homebuilder Lennar Uses Federal Taxpayer Funds to Balance Its Books – SF Public Press (blog)

Homebuilder Lennar Uses Federal Taxpayer Funds to Balance Its BooksSF Public Press (blog)In 2006, things were looking good for Lennar, America's second-biggest homebuilder. That year, before the US housing market's epic collapse, the Miami-based … read more

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Which Builders Have the Biggest Gulf Coast Exposures? – Wall Street Journal (blog)

Which Builders Have the Biggest Gulf Coast Exposures?Wall Street Journal (blog)Meritage has 32 actively-selling communities in the Houston area out of 147 total communities in the US Beazer Homes USA, with 27 Texas communities and 7 … and more » read … Continue reading

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Lennar orders confirm ugly May for builders – MarketWatch

Los Angeles Times Lennar orders confirm ugly May for buildersMarketWatchBOSTON (MarketWatch) — The 33% plunge in US new-home sales in May and Lennar Corp. blaming its entire quarterly decline in …New Home Sales CollapseZacks.comSales of New Homes in US Probably … Continue reading

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New Homes Getting Smaller…Smaller – Wall Street Journal (blog)

New Homes Getting Smaller…SmallerWall Street Journal (blog)“We also saw a decline in the size of new homes when the economy lapsed into recession in the early 1980s,” says David Crowe, the NAHB's chief economist. …RPT-PREVIEW-US May housing starts seen slumping … Continue reading

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Habitat for Humanity now one of nation’s ten largest homebuilders – Florida Times-Union (blog)

Habitat for Humanity now one of nation's ten largest homebuildersFlorida Times-Union (blog)Habitat for Humanity, the non-profit homebuilder known as HabiJax in Northeast Florida, has emerged as one of the nation's largest homebuilders. …Homebuilder Stocks Lag Non-Profit BuilderTheStreet.comHabitat For Humanity Among … Continue reading

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Construction Spending in US Falls 0.2% in May – BusinessWeek

Construction Spending in US Falls 0.2% in MayBusinessWeekJuly 1 (Bloomberg) — Construction spending in the US fell in May for the first time in three months as homebuilders cut back and … and more » read more

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Construction Spending in US Falls 0.2% in May – BusinessWeek

Construction Spending in US Falls 0.2% in MayBusinessWeekLos Angeles-based KB Home, which targets first-time buyers, reported a wider-than-estimated loss for the quarter ended May 31 as new orders declined 23 … and more » read more

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Home Prices in US Cities Rose 3.8% in Year to April – BusinessWeek

CBC.ca Home Prices in US Cities Rose 3.8% in Year to AprilBusinessWeekBuilders from KB Home to Lennar Corp. and Toll Brothers Inc. are reporting falling sales after the extended tax credit for homebuyers expired. …Case-Shiller: Minor Gains, No Big RecoveryTheStreet.comHomes … Continue reading

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