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• Housing Industry Stocks Still Under Pressure
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• June's Housing Industry Moves
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• Housing Giants Indices Recover Ground
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• Capital Funds Eye Homebuilding Firms
  Questions abound in regard to resuming home builder merger/acquisition activity. When, what markets and who will lead the next wave of acquisition activity is just a sampling of what's on the industry's mind.
• Housing, Inflation Worries Pressure Wall Street
  Markets were punished in March on worries that the weak housing sector could seep into the broader economy as our session and the quarter ended March 30, 2007. Standard & Poor reported its January housing index had the worst showing in 13 years. Pouring fuel on the bearish fire, Federal Reserve Board Chairman Ben Bernanke warned Congress that inflation was still too high for comfort.
• KPIs Help Home Builders Obtain Financing
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• Improve Your Builder Financing in Four Steps
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• How Homebuilders Will Stabilize the Homebuilding Industry
  Merger and acquisition activity in home building will rise again, so says M&A experts Michael P. Kahn and Associates. Housing Giants columnist Jody Kahn Kline discusses the who, what, why and when of stabilizing the housing market.
• Indicies Close Mixed
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• Home Builders Face Inventory Downturn
  Borrowing against the future has weakened the demand for homes over the next few years. Falling interest rates and creative financing allowed approximately 2 million more renters than usual to transition into homeownership.

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