Retailer: Housing slump to continue
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Home Depot Inc. , the world's largest home-improvement chain, doesn't expect the US housing market to improve until late next year.
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Homebuilder to report large sales declines and even larger inventory write-offs for the second quarter.
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Retailer Home Depot Inc.  expects  growth in its average purchase to slow as customers pressed by  higher interest rates take on fewer costly projects such as  kitchen renovations, the company's finance chief said on  Wednesday.
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Or can the home-improvement retailer remain sturdy despite the downturn?
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WASHINGTON -- The U.S. economy has been battered by a bigger-than-expected slump in housing but will keep growing next year as consumers get relief from soaring energy costs.
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Home buyers and owners were warned yesterday by two separate surveys of the property market that house prices were continuing to fall.
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Housing activity has slowed from  recent years but the dragdown should not lead to a recession,  mortgage finance company Freddie Mac  said on Thursday  in its monthly economic outlook.
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The women's apparel retailer continues to struggle with LOFT's merchandise assortment.
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Housing activity has slowed from recent years but the dragdown should not lead to a recession, mortgage finance company Freddie Mac  said on Thursday in its monthly economic outlook.
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Home Depot Inc.  on Tuesday forecast a deeper profit drop for 2007, citing weakness in the U.S. housing market.
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Discount retailer has no fire left as comps, and profits fall again.
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D.R. Horton Inc., the second-largest US home builder, will report a third-quarter loss after orders plunged 40 percent and said it sees no sign of a housing rebound.
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NEW YORK -- American shoppers took a breather last month as the worst housing recession in 16 years eroded demand for building materials, appliances, and furniture.
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Economic growth has been easing, but consumers keep spending with ease â as long as homes arenât on their shopping lists.
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As the housing boom continues, housing stocks are reporting record earnings. Neither is sustainable.
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Consumers undeterred by escalating credit problems and a weakening housing market went on a back-to-school buying spree last month, helping many retailers rebound from July's disappointing sales. But analysts are still worried that economic concerns might curtail shopping in the critical months ahead.