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		<title>(AMAT) Housing and Inflation in the Spotlight &#8211; Earnings Preview</title>
		<link>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2012/02/13/amat-housing-and-inflation-in-the-spotlight-earnings-preview/91559</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 14 Feb 2012 04:39:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>vitalstocks</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Earnings Preview 2/10/12 Earnings season will be still going on this next week. 422 firms are scheduled to report, and 50 of those are members of the S&#38;P 500.  By the end of the week we will be over 80% done with earnings season. Many large and significant companies will be reporting this week.  They include: Applied Materials (AMAT),  Apache (APA), CBS (CBS),  Deere (DE), Devon Energy  (DVN), Duke Energy (DUK), Masco (MAS) and Met Life (MET). It will also be a busy week for economic data.  Key reports include Retail Sales, Industrial Production, two regional “mini ISM’s,” Housing Starts and inflation &#8212; both on the Producer and the Consumer levels. Monday Nothing of particular significance. Tuesday Retail Sales are expected to jump by 0.8% after they rose a disappointing ]]></description>
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		<title>(AAPL) Company News for December 30, 2011 &#8211; Corporate Summary</title>
		<link>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2012/01/03/aapl-company-news-for-december-30-2011-corporate-summary/89471</link>
		<comments>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2012/01/03/aapl-company-news-for-december-30-2011-corporate-summary/89471#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Jan 2012 19:24:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>vitalstocks</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Personal Computers]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[•    A report in DigiTimes said, in January, tech giant Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL) could unveil two of its new next generation iPad at iworld •    Online company Amazon.com (NASDAQ:AMZN) reported sales of its Kindle devices rocketed up in December, with customers buying more than 1 million Kindle devices per week •    A report from the National Association of Realtors reported, Pending Home Sales figure for November increased 7.3%. Reacting to the favorable data, share prices of building supplier, Masco Corporation (NYSE:MAS) gained 8.41% to close at $10.70 •    Share prices of homebuilder PulteGroup (NYSE:PHM) rose 6.05% after the company sold its land in Broomfield, Colorado to Wheelock Street Capital, a private real estate investment firm APPLE INC (AAPL): Free Stock Analysis Report AMAZON.COM INC (AMZN): Free Stock Analysis Report MASCO (MAS): ]]></description>
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		<title>(DHI) U.S. Housing Starts Slip Less Than Expected</title>
		<link>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2011/11/21/dhi-u-s-housing-starts-slip-less-than-expected/87153</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Nov 2011 18:47:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>vitalstocks</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[We got some fairly good news on the housing front this morning. Housing Starts fell in September to a seasonally-adjusted annual rate of 628,000 from 630,000 in August, a drop of 0.3%. But the number was much better than the expected level of 603,000. However, the September numbers were revised sharply lower from 658,000. Thus it looks like a lot of the starts we thought happened got pushed into October. So call the beat of expectations and the downward revisions a wash. Relative to a year ago, they are up 16.5%. The question is: Are the higher starts are being absorbed by the market? Or are they simply adding to inventory? That question should be answered on November 28th when we get the New Home Sales figures. If one looks ]]></description>
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		<title>(EQR) Used Home Prices Stabilize in July</title>
		<link>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2011/09/28/eqr-used-home-prices-stabilize-in-july/84174</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Sep 2011 14:18:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>vitalstocks</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In July, home prices were mixed on a seasonally adjusted basis. The Case-Schiller Composite 10 City index (C-10) fell a slight 0.12% on a seasonally adjusted basis, and is down 3.77% from a year ago. The broader Composite 20 City index (which includes the cities in the C-10) edged up by 0.05% on the month and is down 4.16% from a year ago. Prices for both indexes rose by 0.9% for the month on a not-seasonally-adjusted basis (which is how you will probably see most of the reports presented). Of the 20 cities, nine were up on the month-to-month basis (seasonally adjusted), and eleven were down. Year over year, though, 18 were down, and only Detroit and Washington DC made it into the plus column. The overall indexes are down ]]></description>
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		<title>(DHI) U.S. New Home Sales Move Down Slightly</title>
		<link>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2011/09/27/dhi-u-s-new-home-sales-move-down-slightly/84102</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Sep 2011 20:47:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>vitalstocks</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[New Home Sales in August fell by 2.3% from July to a rate of 295,000. Relative to a year ago, sales are up 6.1%. While the year-over-year rebound is more than welcome, it is still a very dismal rate of new home sales. However, there was an upward revision to the July numbers of 4,000 to 302,000. Thus, relative to where we thought we were, it could be seen as a 1.0% decrease. The August level was also slightly better than the expected rate of 295,000. Regardless of the changes at the edges, this is still a very bad level. The 16 lowest months on record (back to 1963) for new home sales have all been in the last 16 months. New home sales have only exceeded the 400,000 level ]]></description>
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		<title>(SA) U.S. Housing Prices Mixed in June</title>
		<link>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2011/09/01/sa-u-s-housing-prices-mixed-in-june/82306</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Sep 2011 17:09:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>vitalstocks</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In June, home prices were mixed. The Case-Schiller Composite 10 City index (C-10) rose a slight 0.04% on a seasonally adjusted basis, and is down 3.85% from a year ago. The broader Composite 20 City index (which includes the cities in the C-10) edged down by 0.06% on the month and is down 4.55% from a year ago. Prices for both indexes rose on a not-seasonally-adjusted (SA) basis (which is how you will probably and incorrectly see most of the reports presented). Of the 20 cities, eight were up on the month-to-month basis (SA), and twelve were down. Year over year, though, all twenty were down. The rise in the C-10 was the third in a row. The overall indexes are down 31.90% (C-10) and 31.87% (C-20) from the (4/06) ]]></description>
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		<title>(MAS) Masco Corporation &#8211; Bear of the Day</title>
		<link>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2011/07/21/mas-masco-corporation-bear-of-the-day-3/79529</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 21 Jul 2011 16:49:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>vitalstocks</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Masco Corporation (MAS) is highly dependent on the U.S. housing industry. Falling prices have made homes a less lucrative investment to buyers, which reduces demand for Masco products. Rising prices of raw materials are also affecting margins to a large extent. In addition, Masco is vulnerable to unfavorable currency fluctuations due to its extensive international presence. The company&#8217;s high dependency on a few individual customers offers little room for margin expansion. In the most recent quarter, the company reported a loss of $0.05 per share, which was wider than the Zacks Consensus Estimate for a loss of $0.03. Our long-term Underperform recommendation on the stock indicates that it will perform below the overall market. Our $11 target price, 52.4x our 2011 EPS estimate, reflects this view. MASCO (MAS): Free Stock ]]></description>
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		<title>(FO) Fortune Brands Splits in Two</title>
		<link>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2011/07/05/fo-fortune-brands-splits-in-two/78273</link>
		<comments>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2011/07/05/fo-fortune-brands-splits-in-two/78273#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 05 Jul 2011 13:56:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>vitalstocks</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The leading consumer brands company Fortune Brands Inc. (FO) announced that following the spin-off of its Home &#38; Security business, the separated companies will trade under two different symbols as independent entities on the New York Stock Exchange. Post spin-off, the Fortune Brands Home &#38; Security business is proposed to be traded under the symbol ‘FBHS’ while the spirit business will be rechristened Beam Inc. and will replace the current “FO” symbol with “BEAM”. The company believes that the ticker symbol “BEAM” is the most appropriate, and will surely strike a resonant chord with investors and consumers alike, as it reflects the company’s name, its flagship brand, and a legacy of premium spirits that is internationally renowned. Recently, Fortune Brands announced its intention to split the company into three standalone ]]></description>
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		<title>(MAS) Masco Corporation &#8211; Bear of the Day</title>
		<link>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2011/07/05/mas-masco-corporation-bear-of-the-day-2/78289</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 05 Jul 2011 13:55:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>vitalstocks</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Masco Corporation (MAS) is highly dependent on the U.S. housing industry. Falling prices have made homes a less lucrative investment to buyers, which reduces demand for Masco products. Rising prices of raw materials are also affecting margins to a large extent. In addition, Masco is vulnerable to unfavorable currency fluctuations due to its extensive international presence. The company&#8217;s high dependency on a few individual customers offers little room for margin expansion. In the most recent quarter, the company reported a loss of $0.05 per share, which was wider than the Zacks Consensus Estimate for a loss of $0.03. Our long-term Underperform recommendation on the stock indicates that it will perform below the overall market. Our $11 target price, 52.4x our 2011 EPS estimate, reflects this view. MASCO (MAS): Free Stock ]]></description>
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		<title>(EQR) U.S. Home Prices Mixed &#8211; Good News</title>
		<link>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2011/06/28/eqr-u-s-home-prices-mixed-good-news/77730</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 28 Jun 2011 23:37:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>vitalstocks</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In April, home prices were mixed. The Case-Schiller Composite 10 City index (C-10) rose an ever-so-slight 0.01% on a seasonally adjusted basis, and is down 3.04% from a year ago. The broader Composite 20 City index (which includes the cities in the C-10) fell by 0.09% on the month and is down 3.93% from a year ago. Prices for both indexes rose on a not-seasonally-adjusted basis. Of the 20 cities, nine were up on the month-to-month basis (seasonally adjusted), and 11 were down. Year over year, though, just Washington DC areas saw a gain and 19 suffered losses. Washington DC was the strongest by far, with prices up 1.96% on the month and up 4.09% from a year ago. The rise in the C-10 was the first increase since June ]]></description>
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		<title>(MAS) Masco Retains Underperform</title>
		<link>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2011/06/24/mas-masco-retains-underperform/77340</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 24 Jun 2011 15:59:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>vitalstocks</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[We reiterate our Underperform recommendation on Masco Corporation (MAS), which manufactures, sells, and installs home improvement and building products. The company earns 75-80% of revenues from the operations in North America, primarily in the U.S., while its international operations are located principally in Belgium, China, Denmark, Germany, the Netherlands, and the U.K. The company’s principal customer Home Depot, buys approximately 20%-30% of its production. Masco recently reported its fiscal first quarter results delivering a loss of 5 cents per share in stark contrast to a profit of $0.03 per share during the year-earlier quarter. The company’s loss was broader than the Zacks Consensus Estimate of a loss of 3 cents. It was attributed to poor North American sales during the quarter, partially due to expiration of home buyer tax credit ]]></description>
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		<title>(MAS) Masco Corporation &#8211; Bear of the Day</title>
		<link>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2011/06/24/mas-masco-corporation-bear-of-the-day/77350</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 24 Jun 2011 15:58:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>vitalstocks</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Masco Corporation (MAS) is highly dependent on the U.S. housing industry. Falling prices have made homes a less lucrative investment to buyers, which reduces demand for Masco products. Rising prices of raw materials are also affecting margins to a large extent. In addition, Masco is vulnerable to unfavorable currency fluctuations due to its extensive international presence. The company&#8217;s high dependency on a few individual customers offers little room for margin expansion. In the most recent quarter, the company reported a loss of $0.05 per share, which was wider than the Zacks Consensus Estimate for a loss of $0.03. We are maintaining our Underperform recommendation on shares of Masco. Our target price of $11 per share, 52.4x our 2011 EPS estimate, reflects this view. MASCO (MAS): Free Stock Analysis Report Zacks ]]></description>
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		<title>(DHI) Home Prices Still Falling</title>
		<link>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2011/05/01/dhi-home-prices-still-falling/72469</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 02 May 2011 06:05:36 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[In February, home prices continued to slip, and the declines were widespread. The Case-Schiller Composite 10 City index (C-10) fell 0.23% on a seasonally adjusted basis, and is down 2.60% from a year ago. The broader Composite 20 City index (which includes the cities in the C-10) fell by 0.18% on the month and is down 3.26% from a year ago. The second down leg of housing prices continues. Of the 20 cities, six were up on a month to month basis, and 14 were down. Year over year, though, just Washington DC areas saw a gain and the 19 others suffered losses. Washington DC was the strongest by far, with prices up 2.77% from a year ago. Boston was next best with a decline of 0.99%. This is the ]]></description>
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		<title>(BA) Company News for April 28, 2011 &#8211; Corporate Summary</title>
		<link>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2011/04/28/ba-company-news-for-april-28-2011-corporate-summary/72660</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 28 Apr 2011 18:58:20 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[•    Boeing (NYSE:BA) reported Q1 EPS of $0.78 today, above the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $0.70 per share. Revenues for the quarter fell 2% year-over-year to $14.91 billion, lower than the Zacks Consensus Estimate for $15.487 billion •    CenturyLink, Inc. (NYSE:CTL) announced plans to buy SAVVIS, Inc. (NASDAQ:SVVS) following its acquisition of Qwest Communications a few weeks earlier. The deal to acquire SAVVIS is worth $2.5 billion in cash and stock •    Johnson &#38; Johnson (NYSE:JNJ) reported its plans to acquire Synthes Inc. in a deal worth $21.3 billion. The deal is aimed at further expanding the company&#8217;s orthopedic-device business •    Xilinx (NASDAQ:XLNX) reported Q4 EPS of $0.59, above the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $0.52 per share. Revenues for the quarter rose 11% year-over-year to $587.9 million, beating the Zacks ]]></description>
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		<title>(DHI) U.S. Home Prices Keep Falling</title>
		<link>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2011/03/31/dhi-u-s-home-prices-keep-falling/70133</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 31 Mar 2011 19:16:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>vitalstocks</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In January, home prices continued to slip, although the declines were less widespread than in recent months. The Case-Schiller Composite 10 City index (C-10) fell 0.22% on a seasonally adjusted basis, and is down 2.03% from a year ago. The broader Composite 20 City index (which includes the cities in the C-10) also fell by 0.22% on the month and is down 3.03% from a year ago. The second down leg of housing prices continues. Of the 20 cities, eight were up on a month-to-month basis, and 12 were down. Year over year, though, just two metro areas saw gains and 18 suffered losses. Washington DC was the strongest by far, with prices up 3.59% from a year ago. San Diego managed to squeeze out a 0.08% rise. This is ]]></description>
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		<title>(BOBE) U.S. Housing Starts Plunge Yet Again</title>
		<link>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2011/03/31/bobe-u-s-housing-starts-plunge-yet-again/68884</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 31 Mar 2011 14:36:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>vitalstocks</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Housing Starts plunged in February to a seasonally-adjusted annual rate of just 479,000 from 618,000 in January, a drop of 22.5%. As a small silver lining, the January numbers were revised higher from 596,000, so it is possible to see the decrease as 117,000, or &#8220;just&#8221; 19.6%. Relative to a year ago, they are down 20.8%. Quite frankly, a year ago was also a pretty lousy time for the home builders, so the drop is off a pretty easy comp. If one looks at only single family houses, the picture was just plain ugly, falling to 375,000 from 425,000 in January, a drop of 11.8% and down 28.8% from a year ago. The volatile multi family (Apartment, Condo and Co-op) sector fell a massive 47.0% to an annual rate of ]]></description>
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		<title>(DHI) U.S. Home Prices Fall Again in December &#8211; Case-Schiller</title>
		<link>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2011/02/22/dhi-u-s-home-prices-fall-again-in-december-case-schiller/67373</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Feb 2011 00:18:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>vitalstocks</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In December, home prices continued to slip, and the declines were very widespread. The Case-Schiller Composite 10 City index (C-10) fell 0.36% on a seasonally adjusted basis, and is down 1.22% from a year ago. The broader Composite 20 City index (which includes the cities in the C-10) fell by 0.41% on the month and is down 2.40% from a year ago. This is the second month in this second leg down in housing prices that the year-over-year change has been negative for both composites; it will not be the last. Of the 20 cities, only six posted gains on the month. The biggest gains were in DC, up 1.14% on the month, followed by Dallas, up 0.80% and Boston, up 0.61%. There were 14 metropolitan areas where prices fell ]]></description>
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		<title>(MAS) Masco Fourth Quarter 2010 Earnings Report Posts Big Loss</title>
		<link>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2011/02/16/mas-masco-fourth-quarter-2010-earnings-report-posts-big-loss/67013</link>
		<comments>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2011/02/16/mas-masco-fourth-quarter-2010-earnings-report-posts-big-loss/67013#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Feb 2011 18:06:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>vitalstocks</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Masco Corporation (MAS) reported a loss of 8 cents per share (excluding special items) in the fourth quarter of 2010 in sharp contrast to a profit of 5 cents per share (excluding special items) in the same quarter of prior year. The company’s loss was broader than the Zacks Consensus Estimate of a loss of 2 cents per share. Operating loss widened to $798 million from $197 million a year ago. Masco’s results clearly reflect the challenging market conditions, including expiration of the home buyer tax credit, higher commodity costs and the competitive environment. Sales in the quarter dipped 9% to $1.7 billion from $1.9 billion in the fourth quarter of 2009.  The decline in sales reflected a 9% fall in North American sales and a 7% decrease in International ]]></description>
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		<title>(DHI) U.S. Housing Starts Fall in December 2010 &#8211; Permits Up</title>
		<link>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2011/01/24/dhi-u-s-housing-starts-fall-in-december-2010-permits-up/65402</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 24 Jan 2011 19:01:42 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Housing Starts fell in December to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of just 529,000 from 553,000 in November, a fall of 4.3%. The November numbers were revised slightly lower from 555,000, so it is possible to see the decline as 26,000. Relative to a year ago they are down 8.2%. Quite frankly, a year ago was a pretty lousy time for the home builders as well. If one looks at only single-family houses, the decline was even worse &#8212; falling to 417,000 from 458,000 in November, a drop of 9.0%. The volatile multi-family (Condo and Co-op) sector, rose 25.9% to an annual rate of  102,000. Year-over-year single-family starts are down 14.2%, and multi-family starts are up 30.8%. The total starts number was below consensus expectations of a 550,000 annual rate. ]]></description>
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		<title>(DHI) Economic Update &#8211; October 2010 &#8211; U.S. Home Prices Still Falling</title>
		<link>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2010/12/28/dhi-economic-update-october-2010-u-s-home-prices-still-falling/63999</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 28 Dec 2010 22:49:09 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[In October, home prices continued to slip, and the declines were very widespread. The Case-Schiller Composite 10 City index (C-10) fell 0.93% on a seasonally adjusted basis and is up just 0.20% from a year ago. The broader Composite 20 City index (which includes the cities in the C-10) fell by 0.99% on the month and is down 0.82% from a year ago. In September, the year-over-year gains were 1.52% for the C-10 and 0.55% for the C-20, so it looks like the year-over-year gains are rolling over. Of the 20 cities, only two, Denver and Washington DC, saw prices rise, and only by 0.31% and 0.06%, respectively. Meanwhile, 18 saw prices fall. Year over year, four metro areas saw gains and 16 suffered losses. In September, there were also ]]></description>
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		<title>(DHI) Second Leg of Home Price Declines Underway</title>
		<link>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2010/12/27/dhi-second-leg-of-home-price-declines-underway/60876</link>
		<comments>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2010/12/27/dhi-second-leg-of-home-price-declines-underway/60876#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 28 Dec 2010 00:35:57 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[In September, home prices continued to slip, and the declines were very widespread. The Case-Schiller Composite 10 City index (C-10) fell 0.67% on a seasonally adjusted basis, and is up just 1.52% from a year ago. The broader Composite 20 City index (which includes the cities in the C-10) fell by 0.80% on the month and is up 0.55% from a year ago. In August, the year-over-year gains were 2.50% for the C-10 and 1.61% for the C-20, so it looks like the year-over-year gains are rolling over. Of the 20 cities, only one (Washington DC, and it was only up 0.05%) posted a gain on the month, while 19 saw prices fall. Year over year, five metro areas saw gains and 15 suffered losses. In August, there were also ]]></description>
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		<title>(DHI) U.S. Housing Starts Still Weak</title>
		<link>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2010/08/17/dhi-u-s-housing-starts-still-weak/48201</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Aug 2010 20:44:47 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[In July, Housing Starts rose to a seasonally-adjusted annual rate of 546,000, an increase of 1.7% over the 537,000 rate in June. However, the June rate was revised down from 549,000 so, relative to where we thought we were yesterday, it is a decline of 0.5%. Relative to the 587,000 pace of a year ago, it is a drop of 7.9%. Housing was not exactly booming a year ago, when we were near the deepest point of the Great Recession. Housing starts were also below the consensus expectations of a 555,000 annual rate. The numbers are even weaker than they appear in the headline number. All of the strength was in the extremely volatile Condo and Apartment segment. Starts of single family houses fell 4.2% to an annual rate of ]]></description>
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		<title>(PCL) U.S. New Home Sales Rise in June</title>
		<link>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2010/07/27/pcl-u-s-new-home-sales-rise-in-june/44910</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Jul 2010 13:29:39 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[New Home Sales rose 23.6% in June from May to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 330,000. However, the May total was revised down sharply from a rate of 300,000 to 267,000. Thus, relative to where we thought we were, the increase was more like 10%. Relative to a year ago, sales were down 16.7% from last year’s rate of 396,000. On a not-seasonally-adjusted basis, sales were just 30,000 for the month &#8212; the weakest June on record. Results by Region Regionally, based on the seasonally adjusted numbers and the revised May figures, the biggest increase was in the Northeast where sales jumped 46.4%, and were up 17.1% from a year ago. The Northeast is the smallest of the four census regions for housing data, and even with the big ]]></description>
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		<title>(LEN) U.S. New Home Sales Collapse</title>
		<link>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2010/06/25/len-u-s-new-home-sales-collapse/41288</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 25 Jun 2010 17:28:29 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Everyone expected that New Home Sales would be weak, but not that weak. In May, new homes were selling at a seasonally-adjusted annual rate of 300,000, 32.7% below the 446,000 rate in April and even 18.3% below the very depressed levels of a year ago. Actually, given the huge downward revision to the April numbers relative to where we thought we were, sales were down more like 40.5%. The consensus expectation was that sales would fall to a 430,000 rate. The reason everyone was expecting a decline was that new home sales are recorded when the contract is signed, not at closing as is the case with existing home sales. Thus, all the people who were taking advantage of the home buyer tax credit were recorded in April. Someone would ]]></description>
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		<title>(DHI) U.S. New Home Sales Impress! $$</title>
		<link>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2010/05/26/dhi-u-s-new-home-sales-impress/38511</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 26 May 2010 20:26:36 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[New Home Sales jumped 14.8% in April to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 504,000. That easily beat expectations for a rise to 425,000. Well actually, after the revisions, that would not be a rise. The March numbers were revised sharply higher to an annual rate of 439,000 from the originally reported level of 411,000. Thus new home sales are actually running 22.6% above what we thought the March level was last night. Sales are up 47.8% from extremely low levels of a year ago. The revision to the March numbers is one more reason to expect that when the second look at the first quarter GDP is released on Thursday, growth will be revised higher than the original 3.2% rate. I would not be at all surprised to see ]]></description>
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		<title>(LPX) U.S. Housing Starts and Building Permits Rise</title>
		<link>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2010/04/18/lpx-u-s-housing-starts-and-building-permits-rise/34095</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Apr 2010 01:09:19 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[We got some good news and some bad news today. The good news is that both Housing Starts and Building Permits rose in March. The bad news is that both housing starts and building permits rose in March. It is good news, since residential investment is historically one of the most important locomotives pulling the U.S. economy out of recessions, and thus far this time around that locomotive has been derailed. It is bad news because we still have an excess inventory of houses, both new and used, particularly if you factor in the massive shadow inventory of used homes where the owners are deeply delinquent on their mortgages or where the banks have already started the foreclosure process. The real answer to the question of if this is good news or bad ]]></description>
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		<title>(DHI) Report on New U.S. Home Sales is Just Plain Ugly</title>
		<link>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2010/03/27/dhi-report-on-new-u-s-home-sales-is-just-plain-ugly/31692</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 27 Mar 2010 20:59:46 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[New Home Sales dropped to an all time record low in February, down 2.2% on the month to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 308,000. The one saving grace to the report was that the January numbers, which previously were the all-time record low, were revised to a 315,000 rate from the originally reported 309,000 rate. Thus, relative to where we thought we were on home sales last night, sales were just down 0.3%. That, however, kind of misses the overall point. The point is that new home sales remain at record-low levels for the second straight month. We are talking about data that goes all the way back to 1963, when the population was far smaller, and we are well below the level of new home sales way back ]]></description>
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		<title>(LEN) Investors and Homeowners Ask When Will Housing Come Back?</title>
		<link>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2010/03/25/len-investors-and-homeowners-ask-when-will-housing-come-back/31916</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Mar 2010 00:05:01 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Yesterday we got news that New Home Sales had fallen to their second all-time record low (since the data started in 1963) in a row.  With other areas of the economy clearly on the mend (at least for now) the question arises: when will housing come back? I want to focus on new home sales, not existing home sales, because new home sales directly contribute to economic growth, while existing home sales have only an indirect effect. The U.S. is a much larger place now than it was back in 1963, both in terms of population and the overall size of the economy, even adjusted for inflation. With more and richer people, one would expect that there would be a demand for more and newer houses. In the graph below I show ]]></description>
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		<title>(DHI) National Association Of Homebuilder&#8217;s Index Drops</title>
		<link>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2010/03/18/dhi-national-association-of-homebuilders-index-drops/30714</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Mar 2010 18:33:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>vitalstocks</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The National Association Of Homebuilders sentiment index fell to 15 in March from 17 in February. While the index is well off its record low of 8 set back in January 2009, it remains very depressed. The index is set up so any reading below 50 indicates contraction, and the current rate is well below anything seen prior to the Great Recession (although the history only goes back to 1983). The builders index is a pretty good leading indicator of housing starts. The graph below (from http://www.calculatedriskblog.com/) shows the history of the index plotted against single family home starts. Historically residential investment, with new home construction being the largest part of that, has been the principal locomotive that pulls the economy out of recessions. The dip in the home building ]]></description>
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		<title>(DHI) U.S. Housing Starts Slow</title>
		<link>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2010/03/16/dhi-housing-starts-slow/30767</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Mar 2010 22:56:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>vitalstocks</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In February, Housing Starts fell to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 575,000, a decline of 5.9% from the revised January level and just 0.2% above a year ago. While on first blush the data looks quite negative, there are many caveats. First, while the data is seasonally adjusted, the weather was much worse this year than last, and that might have had an effect, especially when looking at the regional breakdown. Starts were down by 9.6% in the Northeast on the month, but up 6.5% year over year in the region, while they were down 15.5% in the South for the month and off 12.4% year over year there. The big blizzard mostly affected the East Coast, both above and below the Mason-Dixon line. Starts in the Midwest rose ]]></description>
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		<title>(MAS) Masco Corporation&#8217;s Loss is Much Larger Than Estimates</title>
		<link>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2010/02/16/mas-masco-corporations-loss-is-much-larger-than-estimates/28102</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Feb 2010 18:31:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>vitalstocks</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Masco Corporation (MAS) has reported results for the fourth quarter of 2009. For the quarter Incorporatedluding non-cash impairment charges for goodwill and other intangible assets, the company reported loss from continuing operations of $173 million or 49 cents per share, compared to a loss of $504 million or $1.44 in the year-ago quarter. This was higher than the Zacks Consensus Estimate of a loss of 3 cents per share. Quarterly net sales from continuing operations declined 3% to $1.9 billion compared with $2.0 billion for the fourth quarter 2008. North American sales declined 7% and International sales increased 12%. In local currencies, International sales increased 1% compared with the fourth quarter of 2008. Results for 2009 were adversely affected by lower sales volume of new home construction products and services, ]]></description>
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		<title>(DHI) Housing Starts and Building Permits Plunge</title>
		<link>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2009/11/18/dhi-housing-starts-and-building-permits-plunge/20870</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Nov 2009 22:34:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>vitalstocks</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In October, Housing Starts fell to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of just 529,000, a 10.6% decline from September and down 30.7% from a year ago.  That puts housing starts at their lowest level since April, and takes a lot of steam out of the incipient economic recovery. Most of the damage, however, came in the very volatile apartment and condo area. Starts in buildings with five or more units dropped to their lowest level yet in this cycle at an annualized rate of just 48,000. That is down 33.3% from September and is off 78.1% from an already depressed level of a year ago. When most people think about housing starts, they think about single family starts.  There the news was bad, but not quite as bad as the news from ]]></description>
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		<title>(MAS) Masco Corporation Exceeds Estimates</title>
		<link>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2009/10/27/mas-masco-corporation-exceeds-estimates/18939</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Oct 2009 03:44:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>vitalstocks</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Masco Corporation (MAS) reported earnings from continuing operations of 14 cents per common share in the third quarter of 2009, compared to income from continuing operations of 9 cents per common share in the third quarter of 2008. This was higher than the Zacks consensus Estimate of 8 cents per share. Net sales from continuing operations for the quarter ended Sept. 30, 2009 declined 17% to $2.1 billion, compared with $2.5 billion for the third quarter of 2008. North American sales declined 17% and International sales declined 13%. In local currencies, International sales declined 7% compared with the third quarter of 2008. The third quarter of 2009 results were adversely affected by significantly lower sales volume of new home construction products and services, as well as a decline in consumer ]]></description>
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		<title>(DHI) Housing Starts and Permits Disappoint</title>
		<link>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2009/10/20/dhi-housing-starts-and-permits-disappoint/18239</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Oct 2009 22:53:04 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[While there is ample evidence that the world economy is starting to pick up steam, one of the traditional engines for driving the U.S. economy out of recession is sputtering. Both Building Permits and Housing Starts for September came in well below expectations. Housing starts nationwide were at a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 590,000, up 0.5% from the 587,000 annual rate in August and down 28.2% from a year ago. As is shown in the chart below (from http://www.calculatedriskblog.com/) it is not as if housing starts were exactly robust a year ago. At their peak they were over 2.2 million. The number was also well below consensus expectations of a 610,000 annual rate. Making things worse, the August number was revised sharply lower from an initial read of 598,000. The ]]></description>
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