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Consumer spending posted its second straight monthly increase in November, rising 0.5 percent, the government said Wednesday.</description><guid isPermaLink="false">yahoo_finance/1213453627</guid><pubDate>Wed, 23 Dec 2009 22:15:53 Etc/GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>New-Home Sales Falll; Homebuilders Shrug (at TheStreet.com)</title><link>http://us.rd.yahoo.com/finance/external/tsmfe/rss/SIG=131dv91q6/*http%3A//www.thestreet.com/_yahoo/story/10652010/1/new-home-sales-falll-homebuilders-shrug.html?cm_ven=YAHOO&amp;cm_cat=FREE&amp;cm_ite=NA</link><description></description><guid isPermaLink="false">yahoo_finance/2437253596</guid><pubDate>Wed, 23 Dec 2009 22:05:10 Etc/GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>November new home sales sink 11 percent (AP)</title><link>http://us.rd.yahoo.com/finance/news/rss/story/*http://biz.yahoo.com/ap/091223/us_new_home_sales.html?.v=32</link><description>Sales of new homes plunged unexpectedly last month to the lowest level since April, a sign the housing market recovery will be rocky and heavily dependent on the generosity of Uncle Sam.</description><guid isPermaLink="false">yahoo_finance/2973475628</guid><pubDate>Wed, 23 Dec 2009 19:43:26 Etc/GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>[video] Investing in Home Builder Stocks in 2010 (at CNBC)</title><link>http://us.rd.yahoo.com/finance/external/video/cnbc/rss/SIG=113mb0hsu/*http%3A//www.cnbc.com/id/15840232?play=1&amp;video=1367206312&amp;__source=yahoo%7Cheadline%7Cquote%7Cvideo%7C&amp;par=yahoo</link><description></description><guid isPermaLink="false">yahoo_finance/152877194</guid><pubDate>Wed, 23 Dec 2009 16:30:00 Etc/GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>New-Home Sales Fall 11% in November (at TheStreet.com)</title><link>http://us.rd.yahoo.com/finance/external/tsmfe/rss/SIG=12serva8c/*http%3A//www.thestreet.com/_yahoo/story/10652010/1/new-home-sales-fall-11-in-november.html?cm_ven=YAHOO&amp;cm_cat=FREE&amp;cm_ite=NA</link><description></description><guid isPermaLink="false">yahoo_finance/3805102277</guid><pubDate>Wed, 23 Dec 2009 16:28:33 Etc/GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Coverage initiated on Meritage by Citigroup (Briefing.com)</title><link>http://us.rd.yahoo.com/finance/news/rss/story/*http://finance.yahoo.com/q/ud?s=MTH</link><description></description><guid isPermaLink="false">yahoo_finance/4145730418</guid><pubDate>Wed, 23 Dec 2009 13:52:51 Etc/GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>[video] Trading 2010: Housing (at CNBC)</title><link>http://us.rd.yahoo.com/finance/external/video/cnbc/rss/SIG=113mb0hsu/*http%3A//www.cnbc.com/id/15840232?play=1&amp;video=1362999630&amp;__source=yahoo%7Cheadline%7Cquote%7Cvideo%7C&amp;par=yahoo</link><description></description><guid isPermaLink="false">yahoo_finance/2992073677</guid><pubDate>Fri, 18 Dec 2009 22:25:00 Etc/GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Shares of homebuilders climb on housing reports (AP)</title><link>http://us.rd.yahoo.com/finance/news/rss/story/*http://biz.yahoo.com/ap/091216/us_homebuilders_sector_snap.html?.v=2</link><description>Shares of homebuilders climbed Wednesday after reports showed an uptick in home construction and mortgage application volume.</description><guid isPermaLink="false">yahoo_finance/467806067</guid><pubDate>Wed, 16 Dec 2009 18:38:20 Etc/GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Home Builders&apos; Feud Sparks New Trade Group (at The Wall Street Journal Online)</title><link>http://us.rd.yahoo.com/finance/external/xbwsj/rss/SIG=12rq89k7g/*http%3A//blogs.wsj.com/developments/2009/12/14/home-builders-feud-sparks-new-trade-group/?mod=yahoo_hs</link><description></description><guid isPermaLink="false">yahoo_finance/604610944</guid><pubDate>Mon, 14 Dec 2009 21:48:19 Etc/GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Wall to Wall Street Coverage: Upgrades and Downgrades (Minyanville)</title><link>http://us.rd.yahoo.com/finance/news/rss/story/*http://biz.yahoo.com/minyanville/091214/20091214sharonhost_id.html?.v=3</link><description>Maybe the experts know something we don&apos;t know.</description><guid isPermaLink="false">yahoo_finance/1177511911</guid><pubDate>Mon, 14 Dec 2009 14:20:00 Etc/GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Homebuilder Gets De-Listing Notice (at TheStreet.com)</title><link>http://us.rd.yahoo.com/finance/external/tsmfe/rss/SIG=12s874io0/*http%3A//www.thestreet.com/_yahoo/story/10640401/1/homebuilder-gets-de-listing-notice.html?cm_ven=YAHOO&amp;cm_cat=FREE&amp;cm_ite=NA</link><description></description><guid isPermaLink="false">yahoo_finance/111280107</guid><pubDate>Tue, 8 Dec 2009 00:23:20 Etc/GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Meritage Homes Goes into Hibernation (at Seeking Alpha)</title><link>http://us.rd.yahoo.com/finance/external/pssa/rss/SIG=12fkhsdnn/*http%3A//seekingalpha.com/article/175878-meritage-homes-goes-into-hibernation?source=yahoo</link><description></description><guid isPermaLink="false">yahoo_finance/2890164393</guid><pubDate>Tue, 1 Dec 2009 21:15:19 Etc/GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Shares of homebuilders rise on pending home sales (AP)</title><link>http://us.rd.yahoo.com/finance/news/rss/story/*http://biz.yahoo.com/ap/091201/us_homebuilders_sector_snap.html?.v=2</link><description>Shares of homebuilders ticked higher Tuesday as contracts to buy previously occupied homes rose for a ninth straight month.</description><guid isPermaLink="false">yahoo_finance/439748359</guid><pubDate>Tue, 1 Dec 2009 20:31:48 Etc/GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Housing data points to rocky rebound (AP)</title><link>http://us.rd.yahoo.com/finance/news/rss/story/*http://biz.yahoo.com/ap/091125/us_new_home_sales.html?.v=16</link><description>Sales of new homes rose more than 6 percent in October. 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Horton Inc. is scheduled to report fiscal fourth-quarter earnings on Friday. The following is a summary of key developments and analyst commentary related to the period.</description><guid isPermaLink="false">yahoo_finance/2998542043</guid><pubDate>Thu, 19 Nov 2009 12:54:37 Etc/GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Weak home building a drag on economic recovery (AP)</title><link>http://us.rd.yahoo.com/finance/news/rss/story/*http://biz.yahoo.com/ap/091118/us_economy.html?.v=17</link><description>WASHINGTON -- The budding economic recovery isn&apos;t getting much help from the home-building industry, which normally creates jobs and drives growth when a recession ends.</description><guid isPermaLink="false">yahoo_finance/3045967135</guid><pubDate>Wed, 18 Nov 2009 20:22:46 Etc/GMT</pubDate></item></channel></rss><!-- c9.finance.sp2.yahoo.com compressed/chunked Thu Dec 24 12:47:32 PST 2009 -->
