Before the Call: The House That KB Built
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What do CAPS players have to say about this leading homebuilder?
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And probably for good reason, when it comes to housing.
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By Cheryl Winkelman  LATHROP -- First, there's the selection of a lot and a home plan. Then, the tough decisions must be made.
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By Warren Cornwall, Seattle Times  Dec. 16--Jim Pitts was in the basement of his Normandy Park home, vacuuming half an inch of floodwater off the floor, when the call came Thursday night shortly after 7 o'clock.
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KB Home, the No. 5 U.S. home builder,  said on Friday the Justice Department was looking into past  stock options practices at KB, but added the agency said KB  Home was not a target of the investigation.
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By ALEX VEIGA  LOS ANGELES - KB Home reported a loss in its fourth quarter Tuesday as the homebuilder absorbed a series of charges related to inventory and land options and saw the number of net orders for homes decline sharply amid a tough housing market.
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For a long time, Paul and Amy Woodhull's house on Capitol Hill was a honey pot. Through multiple refinancings over nearly a decade, they pulled out money to fix it up, buy a car, pay down credit cards, buy three other properties and improve them, too.
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By San Jose Mercury News, Calif.  Jun. 16--An article Friday about the U.S. Open incorrectly identified the builder of Oakmont Country Club. The builder was H.C. Fownes.
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Two California couples sued home builder KB Home and its joint venture with Countrywide Financial Corp for purportedly falsifying property appraisals to prop up home prices after the state real estate market began to collapse in 2005.
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Business & money: Homeowners may have to provide their buyer with a home information pack as early as September 1.
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photos The NowHouse project in San Francisco brings together the latest in design, construction and digital wares.
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KB Home, one of the nation's biggest builders, yesterday posted an unexpectedly large $772.7 million quarterly loss as industry experts predicted more dismal results from other builders in coming weeks and said a turnaround in the housing market may not come until 2009 or beyond.
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Imagine buying the most expensive house on a good-looking block that appears to be on the upswing. Within three years, the neighborhood craters, your oldest kid starts backtalking and your spouse pesters you to sell the house and get out. Meanwhile, you're stuck with a fat mortgage.
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The cable company and the Mouse House get a little bit closer.
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By Pam Firmin, The Sun Herald, Biloxi, Miss.  Jun. 8--PASS CHRISTIAN -- If anybody assumes a contractor's house will be the first one repaired -- or rebuilt, they're likely to be wrong.
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Once upon a time, there were two building societies. The Halifax and the Abbey National dominated the mortgage business, with half the market between them, while the banks confined themselves to current ...
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By Matt Glynn  Home shoppers can be excused if they feel deja vu when they walk into a home for sale.  Thanks to an explosion of technology tools, prospective buyers can "tour" a home before they pull into the driveway to check it out.