09.05.08
UNEMPLOYMENT JUMPS TO 6.1% - 5 YEAR HIGH
Unemployment Rate Hits 5-Year High As Economy Continues to Shed Jobs - Construciton Loses Another 8,000
Washington [more] |
09.04.08
FLORIDA HOME BUILDER, ORIOLE HOMES, BEING LIQUIDATED
After nearly half a century of building Florida neighborhoods, Oriole Homes Corp. finally met an economic downturn it co [more] |
09.04.08
TOLL BROS REPORTS POSITIVE EARNINGS BEFORE WRITE DOWNS
Luxury home builder Toll Brothers swung to a third-quarter net loss, hurt by write-downs and weakened demand in most mar [more] |
09.03.08
LOSS FOR HOVANIAN MORE THAN DOUBLES IN LATEST QTR
Loss at Home Builder Hovnanian More Than Doubles to $202 Million From a Year Ago
Hovnanian Enterprises, the home [more] |
09.03.08
WILL HOME PRICE DECLINE END WITHIN THE NEXT YEAR?
Home-Price Bottom May Still Be a Year Away
Home Depot Inc. CEO Frank Blake told a Goldman Sachs retail conference that [more] |
08.29.08
WOODSIDE HOMES GOES INTO BANKRUPTCY
Creditors have forced one of the country's largest privately held home builders into bankruptcy proceedings, contending [more] |
08.27.08
RESIDENTIAL DELINQUENCIES & LOSSES CONTINUE TO RISE
Delinquencies and losses on pools of loans backing U.S. residential mortgage-backed securities issued in 2006 and 2007 c [more] |
08.26.08
HOME PRICES CONTINUE THEIR DECLINE IN JUNE
Home Prices Continue to Decline; Housing Recovery Not Expected Until Price Stabalizes and Inventory Declines. Bottom C [more] |
08.21.08
ASHGROVE BUYS 5% STAKE OF EAGLE MATERIALS FOR $53M
Eagle Materials jumps as investor buys 5 pct stake
Associated Press 08.20.08, 5:34 PM ET
New York, NY - Shares of [more] |
08.20.08
YET ANOTHER HOME BUILDER FILES FOR BANKRUPTCY
A Scottsdale, Arizona home builder recognized two years ago as an up-and-coming business has collapsed in the weak marke [more] |
08.19.08
BUILDER CONFIDENCE HOLDS STEADY IN AUGUST
Sales Expectations Improve For Next Six Months
Anticipating positive impacts of newly enacted housing stimulus l [more] |
08.19.08
HOME DEPOT EARNING DECLINE 24%
Housing-Market Downturn Hits Home Depot's Earnings
Home Depot Inc. posted a 24% decline in fiscal second-quarter n [more] |
08.19.08
HOUSING STARTS DOWN 11% WITH PERMITS PLUNGING 17.7%
Home construction plummeted during July in an expected reversal of an odd, misleading surge in the previous month that m [more] |
08.16.08
CONCERNS ABOUT BUILDER BANKRUPTCY SPREADS TO BUYERS
Taking Steps to Make Sure Your Builder Won't Go Bust
With more firms in financial trouble, Buyers Could be Left Holding [more] |
08.14.08
HOME FORECLOSURES UP 55% IN JULY
NUMBER OF HOME FORECLOSURES IN 2009 COULD EXCEED NUMBER OF NEW HOME STARTS
New York, NY - U.S. foreclosure activit [more] |
08.14.08
INFLATION SOARS TO 17 YEAR HIGH IN JULY
U.S. Inflation Hits 17-Year High As Increases Move Beyond Food, Oil
Washington DC - U.S. inflation soared to a 17- [more] |
08.14.08
TOLL BROTHERS SEES SHARP DECLINE IN 3RD QTR
Toll Brothers (TOL) said Wednesday the nation's housing woes continue to hammer the luxury builder's business, leading t [more] |
08.13.08
GREENSPAN SEES HOUSING BOTTOM & PRICE STABALIZATION '09
Greenspan Sees Bottom In Housing, Criticizes Bailout
Washington DC - Alan Greenspan usually surrounds his opinions [more] |
08.13.08
TOLL BROTHERS SEES GROWING PENT UP DEMAND
Toll Brothers Posts Revenue Decline, But Seeing "Pent Up Demand" Growing. GypsumToday.com Believes Stabalization of Hom [more] |
08.09.08
WALLBOARD PRICES UP WITH MORE EXPECTED BY 4TH QTR '08
Mission Viejo, CA - Gypsum wallboard prices in the United States hit cycle bottom in January 2008. Since that time ther [more] |
08.08.08
BEAZER REPORTS KEY QUARTERLY PERFORMANCE NUMBERS
$110 Million Net Loss, Closings Down 37%, Prices Down 9%, Cancellation Rate 37% and New Orders Down 42%
Beazer Hom [more] |
08.05.08
D.R. HORTON POSTS $339M LOSS AND SIGNALS '10 RECOVERY
D.R. Horton Inc., the nation's largest homebuilder, said Tuesday its losses in the fiscal third-quarter narrowed as the [more] |
08.04.08
MAJOR BUILDER WCI FILES FOR BANKRUPTCY
WCI files for bankruptcy and names interim CEO
Florida builder succumbs to housing bust; Icahn says financing efforts f [more] |
08.02.08
LAFARGE GYPSUM REPORTS NEGATIVE 37.8% EBIT/SALES IN Q2
Lafarge Gypsum Financial Performance Declines From Negative 31% EBIT/Sales in First Quarter '08 to Negative 37.8% EBIT/S [more] |
08.01.08
UNEMPLOYMENT HITS 4 YR HIGH OF 5.7% IN JULY
Job Losses Suggest Economic Weakness to Persist
Unemployment Hit A Four-Year High Of 5.7% in July Construction Jobs Dow [more] |
07.31.08
ARMSTRONG CEILINGS EBIT/SALES IMPROVES TO 19.4% IN Q2
Mission Viejo, CA - Within Armstrong World Industries latest results announcement it was reported that Armstrong Ceiling [more] |
07.31.08
BUSH SIGNS SWEEPING HOUSING BILL INTO LAW
Washington DC - U.S. President George W. Bush on Wednesday signed into law a sweeping rescue package aimed at resurrecti [more] |
07.30.08
CANADA'S FEDERAL GYSPUM FILES FOR BANKRUPTCY
Point Tupper, Canada - The beleaguered Federal Gypsum wallboard plant filed for bankruptcy last Friday, owing about $32 [more] |
07.29.08
HOME PRICES DROP 15.8% WITH LOW CONSUMER CONFIDENCE
House Prices Fell at Faster Pace in May (Update3)
Home prices in 20 U.S. metropolitan areas fell at a faster pace [more] |
07.29.08
HOMES ON MARKET FINALLY STARTING TO DECLINE
Amid Housing Slump, Glut Eases Slightly Rising Foreclosures, Tighter Credit Still Pushing Down Prices; Economists Don't [more] |
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