Horton D R News

Lennar , whose colleagues include Toll Brothers and D.R. Horton , reported earnings for the second quarter on Thursday.

The chart below shows the new privately-owned housing starts from January 1959 to May 2009.

Source: Yahoo! Finance. * Tracking began on Aug. 7, 2008. ** Adjusted for dividends and other returns of capital.

Blogs Tuesday, June 16, 2009 09:52 AM At the open: Commodities leading David Berman N orth American stocks rose at the start of trading on Tuesday after investors welcomed an upbeat report on the U.S. housing market that hinted at some semblance of stability there.

D.R. Horton, Inc. , America's Builder, today announced that the Company will make a presentation to the investment community via webcast at the 2009 Wachovia Mid-Year Equity Conference on Tuesday, June 23, 2009 at 10:45a.m. ET.

The merger of Pulte Homes Inc. and Centex Corp. will strip D.R. Horton Inc. of the title of largest U.S. home builder, a change the company apparently doesn't like.

BUYINS.NET, www.buyins.net, announced today its proprietary Market Maker Friction Factor Report for June 8, 2009.

D.R. Horton Schuler Division announced today that it has donated a total of $25,000 to five West O'ahu elementary schools.

U.S. stock index futures pointed to a sharply higher open on Friday as surprising May jobs data provided the most definitive evidence the recession was easing.

At The Motley Fool, we poke plenty of fun at Wall Street analysts and their endless cycle of upgrades, downgrades, and "initiating coverage at neutral." So you might think we'd be the last people to give virtual ink to such "news." And we would be -- if that were all we were doing.

Some brave home builders are back building spec homes, something they had all but stopped doing as the market slowed.

U.S. stocks rose for a fourth day as a rally in health-care companies and optimism that the housing market is improving overshadowed concern share sales will dilute earnings at lenders seeking to pay back bailout funds.

Stocks rose for the fourth straight day on Tuesday as an upbeat report on sales of previously owned U.S. homes bolstered hopes for an economic recovery.

U.S. stocks rose, briefly erasing the Dow Jones Industrial Averagea s loss for the year, as the biggest increase in pending home sales in seven years spurred optimism that the worst of the housing slump is over.

NEW YORK a ' Stocks jumped Thursday as gains in commodities such as oil and natural gas signaled that traders expect a strengthening economy will demand more energy.

Sheryl Brimson bought a five-bedroom, three-bath home at 1504 Via Della Scala in Henderson for $420,000 from Fdic Consv and Indymac Federal Bank Fsb on April 27.

Stocks dependent on strong consumer spending, like home builder DR Horton Inc. rose on Wall Street Tuesday.

The Wall Street Journal's "Investors Pounce on Distressed Homes" implies that when 38% of April single family home sales in Phoenix were all cash, as was 67% in Punta Gorda, FL and 39% in Las Vegas, investors must be controlling the market.

Home building seems to have reached a low and may stay there for a while, but it will rebound and those builders stockpiling cash, including Fort Worth-based D.R. Horton, will be among the survivors.

Permits & Starts Fall Again Posted Tue May 19, 12:00 pm ET Posted By: Dirk van Dijk, CFA Highlights include D.R. Horton, Inc.