Elsewhere in home-builder land, even Toll Brothers.    From Wordnik.com.  [Overheard: Pulte Shareholder Wishes] Reference

XHB is the ticker symbol for the home-builder fund.    From Wordnik.com.  [Bearish Housing Bets Near 15-Month Low] Reference

The home-builder stocks are down 15% so far this year.    From Wordnik.com.  [VIX Picks Up] Reference

Yesterday's wipeout sent home-builder stocks down 3.7%.    From Wordnik.com.  [Wall Street Wakes Up to Home Glut] Reference

It is easy to do a double take when looking at home-builder stocks.    From Wordnik.com.  [Builders Outperform Reality] Reference

So how come home-builder stocks are outperforming the rest of the stock market?.    From Wordnik.com.  [Builders Outperform Reality] Reference

Though home-builder shares immediately fell following the data, they quickly turned higher.    From Wordnik.com.  [Home Builder Shares Rise] Reference

However, the home-builder saw a drop in contract signings amid fewer available communities.    From Wordnik.com.  [Toll Brothers Posts First Profit Since 2007] Reference

Not all home-builder stocks are created equal, or so the options market appears to suggest.    From Wordnik.com.  [Home's Where Bets Are] Reference

Separately, Jon Najarian at OptionMonster noted a bullish trade in home-builder Lennar Corp.    From Wordnik.com.  [Starbucks's Volatility Jumps] Reference

What's ahead for Discover Financial Services, home-builder confidence and the weekend box office?.    From Wordnik.com.  [Crystal Ball] Reference

In the West, home-builder sales rose 15%, likely reflecting a boost from California's new-home credit.    From Wordnik.com.  [Tax Credit Gives California Builders a Lift] Reference

Between 2001 and 2006, home-builder Lennar Corp. built fees into the sale of 13,000 homes in California.    From Wordnik.com.  [Home-Resale Fees Under Attack] Reference

A disappointing reading on August home foreclosures from RealtyTrac this past week weighed on home-builder stocks.    From Wordnik.com.  [Bulls See KB Home Gains Later This Year] Reference

Building materials maker Fletcher Building rose 1.3%, helped by solid gains in home-builder stocks on Wall Street.    From Wordnik.com.  [Asia Climbs on U.S. Optimism] Reference

Mr. Godbold emphasized that the bank has adequate capital to offset possible losses from its home-builder portfolio.    From Wordnik.com.  [After Lehman, Banks Jettison] Reference

A nagging oversupply of houses and record-low home-builder confidence suggest new-home sales won't perk up soon, either.    From Wordnik.com.  [Seeking Signs of a Recovery for Housing] Reference

The bill would end one longstanding home-builder plum: seller-funded, down-payment assistance for loans backed by the FHA.    From Wordnik.com.  [Housing Bill Will Extend] Reference

Options traders looked past a glum reading on home sales as they took bullish positions on a number of home-builder stocks.    From Wordnik.com.  [House Money:] Reference

Home-building stocks fell after an index of U.S. home-builder confidence tumbled to its lowest level in more than 14 years.    From Wordnik.com.  [Stocks Mixed As Oil Drops] Reference

Construction has fallen 55% from its peak in January 2006, and home-builder sentiment has sunk to new lows in recent months.    From Wordnik.com.  [Sales of New Homes Off Sharply] Reference

A separate report Tuesday showed that home-builder confidence increased in November, though builders remained extremely glum.    From Wordnik.com.  [Wholesale Prices Climb Only Slightly] Reference

The Asprima home-builder industry association said new housing starts this year will be only half of the 2007 level of 615,976.    From Wordnik.com.  [France, Italy Post Drops in Industrial Production] Reference

" He certainly didn ' t paint a rosy picture for home sales, " said Michael Kim, a home-builder analyst with CRT Capital Group.    From Wordnik.com.  [Builder D.R. Horton Worried About Spring] Reference

Demand for new homes was down "well more than we had expected," wrote Dan Oppenheim, a home-builder analyst with Credit Suisse.    From Wordnik.com.  [Home Builders' Outlook Stays Fragile] Reference

The National Association of Home Builders said Monday that its measure of home-builder sentiment increased for a second month in May.    From Wordnik.com.  [Bright Spot in Down Housing Data] Reference

A measure of home-builder sentiment rose this month, offering another possible sign that the housing market is beginning to stabilize.    From Wordnik.com.  [Builders' View on Housing Brightens] Reference

The housing woes continued to weigh down home-builder Toll Brothers, which said its fiscal first-quarter home-building revenue fell 22%.    From Wordnik.com.  [Stimulus-Proof] Reference

A Citi home-builder analyst, wrote in a client note.    From Wordnik.com.  [Toll Brothers Posts First Profit Since 2007] Reference

Let me guess, your friend thinks the sun rises at Dell? or a home-builder.    From Wordnik.com.  [All Discussion Groups: Message List - root]

He was once a fish market seller and is now the biggest home-builder in the Philippines.    From Wordnik.com.  [BBC News | News Front Page | World Edition] Reference

They made all the design, color and detail decisions succinctly and moved on; no home-builder hand-wringing for them.    From Wordnik.com.  [Homepage] Reference

Sundry surprising little devices showed the inventive skill of the home-builder, but it was all home-made and unpainted.    From Wordnik.com.  [Winning the Wilderness] Reference

This is the sign with bright red bold letters that every home-builder looks forward to seeing in front of every new home.    From Wordnik.com.  [Fore, right!] Reference

Even though luxury home-builder Toll Brothers Inc reported its first quarterly profit in three years, it said orders fell 16 percent.    From Wordnik.com.  [FinanzNachrichten.de: Aktuelle Nachrichten] Reference