en-us Reuters) - The U.S. manufacturing sector grew for the fourth straight month in November, though at a slower pace, and questions remain about the staying power of the incipient economic recovery.Signs the housing market was bouncing back in October were also tempered by a flat reading...]]> Tue, 01 Dec 2009 12:30:18 -0800 Reuters) - Don't expect the expanded home buyer tax credit to be a permanent cure for the U.S. housing market. It won't.Take the spike in mortgage demand created by the tax credit this summer. It was followed by a plunge as the incentive was set to...]]> Tue, 17 Nov 2009 13:30:48 -0800 Reuters) - U.S. home builder sentiment held steady at a low level in November, according to a survey taken before the government extended a popular tax credit for first-time buyers.The National Association of Home Builders/Wells Fargo Housing Market Index was unchanged at 17 for November, below market expectations for...]]> Tue, 17 Nov 2009 10:15:36 -0800 Reuters) - U.S. home builder sentiment held steady at a low level in November, according to a survey taken before the government extended a popular tax credit for first-time buyers.The National Association of Home Builders/Wells Fargo Housing Market Index was unchanged at 17 for November, below market expectations for...]]> Tue, 17 Nov 2009 10:15:14 -0800 Reuters) - Lowe's Cos Inc LOW, the second-largest U.S. home improvement chain, posted a 30 percent decline in quarterly profit as consumers put off big renovations and a U.S. housing market recovery takes longer to materialize.Lowe's said it expected sales in stores open more than one year to...]]> Mon, 16 Nov 2009 05:01:05 -0800 HD LOW HD,LOW Reuters) - The slump in the housing market ended around March, and while there is improvement, it will be slow and fitful, U.S. luxury homebuilder Toll Brothers Inc's TOL Chief Executive Robert Toll said on Wednesday.The housing market slump, "we now believe, ended approximately in March 2009,"...]]> Wed, 11 Nov 2009 13:46:04 -0800 DHI KBH LEN PHM TOL DHI,KBH,LEN,PHM,TOL Reuters) - Luxury homebuilder Toll Brothers Inc TOL said on Tuesday said it expected fourth quarter revenue to drop 30 percent, but blew past Wall Street's expectations by nearly $100 million, and the company's shares rose 5.4 percent in after-hours trading.In a positive indication for the housing market,...]]> Tue, 10 Nov 2009 15:30:25 -0800 TOL TOL Tue, 27 Oct 2009 08:03:01 -0700 Thu, 22 Oct 2009 06:24:14 -0700 Wed, 21 Oct 2009 20:28:10 -0700 Wed, 07 Oct 2009 08:33:16 -0700 Mon, 28 Sep 2009 08:01:21 -0700 Mon, 21 Sep 2009 14:27:13 -0700 Mon, 14 Sep 2009 13:51:13 -0700 Fri, 04 Sep 2009 12:38:16 -0700 FNM FRE FNM,FRE Mon, 31 Aug 2009 05:00:41 -0700 Fri, 21 Aug 2009 09:39:49 -0700 Thu, 20 Aug 2009 00:00:00 -0700 Thu, 06 Aug 2009 00:00:00 -0700 Mon, 27 Jul 2009 14:28:17 -0700