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Home Builders Slumping on Weak Sales, Rising Rates – Wall Street Journal (blog)

Home Builders Slumping on Weak Sales, Rising RatesWall Street Journal (blog)By Dave Kansas While the broader market is higher, one sector continues to stumble: the home builders. And there's not a lot of relief in sight. This morning, the National … Continue reading

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Five Signs That Say ‘Buy’ – Wall Street Journal

Five Signs That Say 'Buy'Wall Street JournalYou can get recent permit information from your county or municipal building department, or via the National Association of Home Builders (www.nahb.com). availability. If you live in an area where most people use mortgages, … Continue reading

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Toll Posts a Profit as Sale Prices Rise – Wall Street Journal

Truro Daily News Toll Posts a Profit as Sale Prices RiseWall Street JournalToll Brothers Inc. swung to a fiscal-first-quarter profit as the luxury-home builder's average prices and sales rose. For the quarter ended Jan. 31, the Horsham, Pa., company reported … Continue reading

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Housing Prices Fall in December, Homebuilders Getting Shellacked – Wall Street Journal (blog)

Housing Prices Fall in December, Homebuilders Getting ShellackedWall Street Journal (blog)That will make mortgages more expensive, providing yet more headwind to the beleaguered housing market. This morning, the home builders are slumping. KB Home is down 1.7%, Toll Brothers down … Continue reading

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Deutsche Bank Downgrades Mexican Homebuilder Geo To Hold – Wall Street Journal

Deutsche Bank Downgrades Mexican Homebuilder Geo To HoldWall Street JournalMEXICO CITY (Dow Jones)–Deutsche Bank downgraded the shares of Mexican homebuilder Corporacion Geo SAB (GEO.MX, CVGFY) to hold from buy Monday, saying it expects increased working capital needs to limit generation … 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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Brazil Stocks Rise On BRF, Credit-Card Companies, Homebuilders – Wall Street Journal

Brazil Stocks Rise On BRF, Credit-Card Companies, HomebuildersWall Street JournalSAO PAULO (Dow Jones)–Brazilian stocks gained Friday as homebuilders and credit-card payment processors jumped and BRF Brasil Foods climbed on reports Warren Buffett had bought shares of the company. The benchmark … Continue reading

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Home Builders Find Georgia Peachy – Wall Street Journal

Home Builders Find Georgia PeachyWall Street JournalWatching different regions recover from the housing bust is like betting on a horse race. There is a temptation to put money on a few long shots. Nearly five years after the housing market … 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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Why Lacking Homebuilder Confidence Doesn’t Jive With Anecdotal Signs of Life – Seeking Alpha

MiamiHerald.com Why Lacking Homebuilder Confidence Doesn't Jive With Anecdotal Signs of LifeSeeking AlphaThe National Association of Home Builders (NAHB) issued its monthly Housing Market Index (HMI) for February. The HMI stuck at 16 for the fourth month in a row, … Continue reading

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