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Mortgage Applications Fall Again (KBH, LEN, PHM, DHI, BZH, XHB)

Posted: November 16, 2011 at 9:45 am

Mortgage interest rates remain historically low, but buyers are either unwilling or unable to take advantage of the low rates. After three straight weeks of increases in mortgage applications, borrowers ...
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New Home Sales Continue to be Awful (KBH, LEN, PHM, DHI, TOL, NVR, BZH, XHB)

Posted: September 26, 2011 at 1:24 pm

Despite a near-compulsive search for good news from the US housing market, nearly every story contains more than enough dismal news to outweigh whatever good news there is. Generally the ...
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After Toll’s Report, Housing Market Still Sick (TOL, NVR, PHM, MHO, RYL, DHI, BZH, XHB)

Posted: August 24, 2011 at 9:07 am

Homebuilder Toll Brothers, Inc. (NYSE: TOL) reported third fiscal quarter earnings this morning, managing to post EPS of $0.25 on revenue of $394 million. Analysts were expecting EPS of $0.03 ...
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Lowe’s & Home Depot Diverge As Homebuilder Proxy (LOW, HD, XHB, ITB, DHI, PHM, PMI)

Posted: August 15, 2011 at 11:36 am

Lowe's Companies Inc. (NYSE: LOW) reported earnings on Monday morning ahead of the Tuesday report from The Home Depot, Inc. (NYSE: HD).  When you look at the Lowe's numbers and ...
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Mortgage Applications Rise, But Not for New Buyers (NVR, PHM, MHO, RYL, DHI, BZH, XHB, STC)

Posted: August 10, 2011 at 10:18 am

For the second week in a row, the number of US mortgage applications rose, but the vast majority of the action came in refinancing, not new purchases. This spells continuing ...
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Counter-Take: Should Housing Really Be Recovering Yet? (ITB, XHB, KBH, HOV, DRI, LEN, TOL)

Posted: July 19, 2011 at 10:37 am

This week is starting to look a bit different for housing and homebuilders and it is a serious matter in considering that the news of the world and the less ...
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Funds Watch: Homebuilders’ ETFs Defy Gravity (XHB, ITB, PKB)

Posted: June 29, 2011 at 10:25 am

Over the last couple of week's, two of the best performing ETFs were the iShares Dow Jones US Home Construction ETF (NYSE: ITB), up more than 7%, and the SPDR ...
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Pulte Trend, Envy of All Builders… Cutting the Fat (PHM, GS, KBH, LEN, TOL, HOV, DRI, XHB)

Posted: May 13, 2011 at 11:25 am

Homebuilder PulteGroup Inc. (NYSE: PHM) employed more than 13,000 people at the end of 2005. The company now employs less than 4,800, and that number is set to fall again, ...
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ETF Watch: Housing Resilience (XHB, ITB, PHM)

Posted: March 28, 2011 at 2:20 pm

The economic data on the housing front seems to have very little to cheer about.  Maybe there is some hope on pending sales today, but actual sale closings in existing ...
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Goldman Sachs Expects Improving New Home Sales (GS, PHM, KBH, TOL, HOV, DRI, XHB)

Posted: March 23, 2011 at 10:25 am

Analysts at Goldman Sachs Group Inc. (NYSE: GS) have had a revelation. The company has added homebuilder PulteGroup, Inc. (NYSE: PHM) to its 'Conviction Buy' list. The only possible explanation ...
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Homebuilders Looking at Spring Sales Through Rose-colored Glasses (DHI, LEN, KBH, XHB)

Posted: February 8, 2011 at 11:53 am

Spring is traditionally the best season for new home builders. In 12 of the past 14 years, sales of new homes peaked in March or April. If 2011 is going ...
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Mortgage Applications Up, Refinancings Too

Posted: January 12, 2011 at 12:17 pm

The Mortgage Bankers Association publishes a summary of mortgage applications every week, and as a barometer of home sales it adds some color to the official reports from the government. ...
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Earnings For Homebuilders, They’re Back… Almost (LEN, KBH, RYL, DHI, PHM, TOL, XHB)

Posted: January 11, 2011 at 11:05 am

A second homebuilder has reported fourth quarter and full-year earnings that handily beat very low expectations. Lennar Corp. (NYSE: LEN) reported this morning that it had quarterly EPS of $0.17 ...
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Investors See Signs of Hope for Homebuilders (KBH, LEN, RYL, DHI, PHM, TOL, XHB)

Posted: January 7, 2011 at 9:58 am

Homebuilder KB Home (NYSE: KBH) posted a surprise EPS gain of $0.23 for its fourth quarter of 2010 ended in November. Analysts had expected an EPS loss of -$0.17. The ...
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Are Homebuilders About to Bounce Back? (DHI, RYL, PHM, LEN, KBH, TOL, XHB)

Posted: December 3, 2010 at 10:08 am

Today's disappointing report on unemployment from the US Labor Department sent stock futures down sharply this morning.  Along with that slide may have gone some glimmers of hope for US ...
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