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LOS ANGELES -- KB Home said Friday that its fiscal first-quarter loss narrowed to $45.8 million, or 59 cents a share, from a loss of $114.5 million, or $1.49 a share, in the year-ago period, falling short of forecasts. The California-based homebuilder's revenue rose to $254...  

LOS ANGELES--(BUSINESS WIRE)--KB Home (NYSE: KBH), one of America’s premier homebuilders, today announced that it will webcast its presentation at the J.P. Morgan Homebuilding and Building Products Conference in New York on Tuesday, May 15, 2012 at 10:20 a.m. Eastern Daylight Time. To listen to the live webcast, select the "Events and Presentations" link on the Investor Relations section of the KB Home website at www.kbhome.com. An archive of...  

US stocks fell a fifth day, sending the Standard & Poor’s 500 Index to the lowest closing level since January, amid disappointing economic data and growing concern that credit ratings for Spanish banks will be cut.  

The "green business" drum hasn't been beating quite as loudly as it was a few years ago, and most home builders have focused on simply surviving the housing bust. But with Earth Day around the corner, Los Angeles-based KB Home released an annual sustainability report, the fifth time it has done so. Jeffrey Mezger, KB's president and CEO, said the company met most of its green goals for 2011, though he noted, "Sustainability is a journey, not...  

By Calder H. Lamb:KB Home (KBH) is going to blow past earnings tomorrow and boost the entire housing sector. XHB, Lennar (LEN) and D.R. Horton (DHI) will all be positively impacted by an earning beat by KB Home. Below I have provided a couple pieces of data and charts to get you warmed up for my larger argument below. Notice that one year ago analysts thought KB Home's earnings this quarter would be -1.49 per share. Now they think it will be...  

BETHESDA, Md., March 28, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- OppsPlace.com announced today that KB Home has joined as a corporate charter member as part of its commitment to equal opportunity, diversity and inclusion within its talent and supplier procurement selection pools. KB Home joins a...  

KB Home (KBH) announced that it lost $45.8 million, or 59 cents per share, down from $114.5 million, or $1.49 per share, in the same period last year. Revenue increased by 29 percent to $254.6 million. Orders dropped by 8 percent to 1,197 homes during the quarter.  

KB Home (KBH) Q1 2012 Earnings Call March 23, 2012 11:30 am ET Executives Jeffrey T. Mezger - Chief Executive Officer, President and Director Jeff J. Kaminski - Chief Financial Officer and Executive Vice President Analysts William Wong - JP Morgan Chase & Co, Research Division David Goldberg - UBS Investment Bank, Research Division Robert C. Wetenhall - RBC Capital Markets, LLC, Research Division Joshua Pollard - Goldman Sachs Group...  

While we wait for the new home sales report, from KB Home via MarketWatch: KB Home Reports First Quarter 2012 Results. A few excerpts: Homes delivered increased 21% to 1,150, up from 949 homes delivered in the year-earlier quarter ... The average selling price rose 6% to $219,000 from $205,700 for the year-earlier quarter ...Net orders totaled 1,197 in the first quarter of 2012, down 8% from 1,302 net orders in the year-earlier quarter...  

Sales of new single-family homes dropped to their slowest pace since October, reaching an annual rate of 313,000 from January's 318,000.The housing market remains wobbly as new-home sales slipped 1.6% in February, their second decline in a row.  

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KB Home is pleased to announce that it has been recognized by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) with a company-record fourteen 2012 ENERGY STAR Leadership in Housing Awards. The awards recognize the important contribution KB Home ...  

KB Home recently reported lower-than-expected first quarter ... and the Nationstar deal will help it to achieve profitability in 2012. Marriott to Binge in Caribbean Marriott International Inc.  ( MAR) recently revealed its intention to double ...  

the company reported net earnings of $15 million, or $0.08/share (a 100% surprise). Lennar appears to be bucking the trend of its competitors, most notably KB Home (KBH), as Lennar reported an increase not only in new homes but in the delivery of such ...  

The purchase of the lots will allow KB Home to offer new homes with larger floor plans. The builder plans to begin construction of a house model and sales center that is expected to open by early July. KB will offer seven floor plans at Tuscany ...  

The Paragon Report examines investing opportunities in the Residential Construction Industry and provides equity research on KB Home (NYSE: KBH - News) and PulteGroup, Inc. (NYSE: PHM - News). Access to full reports can be found at: The National ...  

Homebuilder stocks Slump With KB Home (KBH, RYL, LEN, MHO, BZH)Retirement PlanningOther stocks within the sector also reacted to couple of bad news with The Ryland Group, Inc. (NYSE:RYL) fell over 4%, Lennar Corporation (NYSE:LEN) lost over 2%. Other losers includes, M/I Homes, Inc. (NYSE:MHO) fell 2.50% and Beazer Homes USA, ...and more »  

Visitors have their choice of five floor plans ranging in size from 1,705 to 2,568 square feet. The homes can include as many as five bedrooms, three baths and two-car garages. There are two single-story floor plans as well as three two-story floor plans available.  

(Reuters) - KB Home posted a surprise fall in net orders as cancellations rose in the first quarter, a sharp contrast to the recent upbeat forecasts by rivals, sending its shares down 14 percent. Homebuilders such as D. R. Horton Inc , Pulte Group Inc and Lennar Corp have forecast an improving housing market. Also, data released on Tuesday showed permits to build homes rose to a near 3-1/2 year high in February. However, new U.S. single-family...  

As part of our process, we perform a rigorous discounted cash-flow methodology that dives into the true intrinsic worth of companies. In KB Home's (KBH) case, we think the firm is fairly valued at $11 per share, near where it is currently trading.  

On January 13th, I argued that it was time to buy the dips in homebuilders in preparation for a bottom sometime in 2013. I targeted KB Home (KBH) in particular. KBH's stock proceeded to run up 41% in just one month. This move completely took me by surprise ...  

Los Angeles-based homebuilder KB Home (NYSE:KBH), one of the biggest home builders in US, has lowered its quarterly dividend by 60% because the corporation aims to free its cash to capture better benefit of growing housing market. The drop in dividends ...  

NEW YORK—Stocks that moved substantially or traded heavily Friday on the New York Stock Exchange and Nasdaq Stock Market: The women's retail chain said its fiscal fourth-quarter loss widened on higher charges as it aggressively discounted its clothing.  

Indicators for the home building sector are looking better, which has stocks such as PulteGroup (NYSE: PHM), Beazer Homes (NYSE: BZH) and KB Homes (NYSE: KBH) performing very well for 2012, so far.  The question for small cap investors is can ...  

KB Home is the only national homebuilder to publish a comprehensive annual sustainability report and has been doing so since 2008. The latest report highlights both accomplishments and challenges in 2011, in addition to outlining new goals for ...  

Homebuilder stocks such as KB Home (NYSE: KBH), Standard Pacific Corp (NYSE ... A small cap homebuilder at a low price with a high volume like KB Homes is ideal for trading for profit of all types. This has made for both a good week and a good month ...  

Shares of Lennar (LEN) are hitting highs last seen in 2007 after the homebuilder posted better-than-expected quarterly results this week. Since bottoming out in October, shares of Lennar, D.R. Horton (DHI), and PulteGroup (PHM) have more than ...  

For those still looking for that long-awaited statistical improvement in the housing market, KB Homes (KBH) probably didn't provide the overall numbers you were looking for. Reporting a loss of $0.59 per share or well more than double the $0.24 loss ...  

Down ... is trading 0.7% lower to 1,395. KB Financial Group, Inc. is the holding company for Kookmin Bank. The Bank attracts deposits and offers commercial banking services. Kookmin offers mortgage and home equity, consumer and corporate loans, credit ...  

Despite an improving outlook for KB Home (KBH), the stock sold off ... My continued longer-term optimism on KBH is based on reviewing the transcript of the earnings conference call (from Seeking Alpha) on top of all the other catalysts I have discussed ...  

KB Home (KBH) is missing out on the biggest rally in homebuilder bonds in more than two years as rising prices and the loss of MetLife Inc. as its financing partner stymie potential sales at its housing developments. Credit-default swap traders ...  

March 23 (Reuters) - U.S. homebuilder KB Home , known for its green homes, partnership with Martha Stewart and giveaways on TV shows, posted a surprise quarterly loss, hurt by smaller margins and lower sales as skittish consumers canceled orders for new homes.  

KB Home said Friday that cancellations on contracts for new homes spiked in its fiscal first quarter, driving home orders down 8 percent as it heads into the spring home-selling season. The company, which reported a sharply smaller loss for the December-to ...  

Stocks that moved substantially or traded heavily Friday on the New York Stock Exchange and Nasdaq Stock Market: NYSE KB Home, down 95 cents at $10.29 The homebuilder said cancellations on new home contracts spiked in its fiscal first quarter, driving home ...  

(Reuters) - KB Home (KBH.N) blamed problems with its mortgage lenders for a surprise fall in first-quarter net orders, but the fifth-biggest U.S. homebuilder said it expected prices and margins to improve in the months ahead as the housing market recovers.  

Friday Volume Leaders: Bank of America, Ford Motor Co., KB Home, Sandridge Energy Inc., Pultegroup Inc., Regions Fin'l Corp. LAS VEGAS, NEVADA -- (Marketwire) -- 03/23/12 -- RocketAlerts is a leading edge investment newsletter which provides you with real ...  

KB Home said Friday that it cut its first-quarter loss by 60 percent, as the company sold more homes for higher prices, but the company's results fell short of Wall Street predictions and its shares tumbled. The Los Angeles-based homebuilder also said that ...  

SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) -- KB Homes shares fell as much as 13% to $9.72 at the open Friday after the home builder reported fiscal first-quarter results. While it managed to narrow its losses for the quarter, a slump in new home orders did not bode well for spring home sales, traditionally the busiest time of year in the real estate market. KB Homes reported before the opening bell a first-quarter loss of $45.8 million, or 59 cents a share...  

In equities news, KB Home (KBH) shares have plunged more than 16% in premarket trading in response to the company’s narrowed first-quarter loss. Specifically, KBH said that losses narrowed to $45.8 million, or 59 cents per share, from a loss of $114.5 ...  

The dividend will be paid on May 17 to shareholders whose names appear in the record books on May 3, 2012. KB Home recently reported lower-than-expected first quarter results. The company reported adjusted net loss per share of 51 cents in the ...  

But the new-home market is still struggling to compete on price against foreclosures and short sales. "The new-home market is off ... 700 new homes in Riverside and San Bernadino Counties in California, with a plan to finish development quickly and sell ...  

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Stock futures were signaling a mixed start this morning ahead of new-home sales data. Following mixed reads this week ... up from a 321,000 rate previously and the highest level in more than a year. Asian stock markets finished mixed Friday, with Shanghai ...  

The Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA) is headed toward a flat start this morning, as preps for a final round of housing data amid concerns of a slowing Chinese economy. Specifically, futures on the DJIA are trading roughly a point above fair value, while Nasdaq and S 500 Index (SPX) futures are trading half a ...  

(Reuters) - U.S. homebuilder KB Home (NYS:KBH - News), known for its green homes, partnership with Martha Stewart and giveaways on TV shows, posted a surprise quarterly loss, hurt by smaller margins and lower sales as skittish consumers canceled ...  

KB Home (KBH), the Los Angeles-based homebuilder that targets first-time buyers, reported a narrower first-quarter loss on higher sales and lower impairments. The net loss for the three months ended Feb. 29 shrank to $45.8 million, or 59 cents a ...  

New single-family home sales fell in February, but a jump in prices to their highest level in eight months kept hopes alive ... Stocks are mixed today after new home sales came in lower than expected. Industries trading higher today include Gold ...  

"It is important to reiterate that despite the factors that impacted our net sales in the first quarter, the results are not a reflection of the housing market as a whole, which we feel is improving," CEO Jeffrey Mezger said in a conference call ...  

March 27 - Overview -- Los Angeles-based KB Home reported weaker-than-expected results in its first quarter ended Feb. 29, 2012. In particular, the results reflected weaker orders due in part to challenges related to the company's transition to ...  

KB Home has significantly downsized its operations in Arizona and exited South Carolina and Charlotte, N.C. Mezger stressed that the results do not paint an accurate picture of the trends in the housing market. "The results are not a reflection ...  

We're intrigued with a strategy that seems to pin itself around an assumption that KB Home's "rotation" will be from tracts where its first-time buyer pays a lower price to ones where first-time buyers are higher income and will pay a higher price.  

KB Home's (NYS: KBH) first quarter wasn't as bad as some made it out to be. Its revenue and backlog (a key indicator of potential future revenue) were up 29% and 30%, respectively, from the comparable period last year. KB also delivered 21% more ...  

Revenue rose 29% to $254.6 million, reflecting a 21% increase in home deliveries and 6.5% increase in the average selling price, to $219,000 a home. However, the numbers still came in well below the consensus, as the Street was expecting KBH to ...  

KB Home (KBH), the Los Angeles-based homebuilder that targets first-time buyers, fell the most in more than four months after it reported a decline in orders and government data showed new-home sales dropped in February. KB Home had a net loss ...  

KB Home, one of the home-building sector’s largest and most-watched companies, reported disappointing quarterly results Friday morning, losing $45.8 million, or 59 cents a share, in the first quarter of 2012. While this is a narrower loss from ...  

To quote the late, great Rodney Dangerfield: "Two-story house... Yeah, before you buy it they give you one story, after you move in you get another story." No truer words could be spoken of the housing sector right now. To say that the data in ...  

Nationstar Mortgage, headquartered in Lewisville, Texas, is one of the nation’s leading mortgage services providers, and a lender offering FHA, VA, USDA, conventional conforming and nonconforming products directly to customers. It is currently ...  

The optimism blossoming in the housing market took a hit Friday as KB Home, one of the nation's largest home builders, reported disappointing quarterly results and weak orders for future home sales. The news depressed shares across the sector ...  

This week's housing market data ended with lower new home sales than expected, triggering a slip for KB Home (NYSE: KBH) and other homebuilder stocks in the stock market today (Friday). Shares of builder KB Home tumbled more than 13% in early ...  

KB Home dropped as much as 15 percent in New York trading, the most since June 29. It lost 8.8 percent to $10.26 ... KB Home's president and chief executive officer, said today in a conference call with analysts. Orders fell, in part, because ...  

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Although we don't believe in timing the market or panicking over market movements, we do like to keep an eye on big changes -- just in case they're material to our investing thesis. So what: While KB managed to cut its first-quarter loss by a ...  

It takes money to make money. Most investors know that, but with business media so focused on the "how much ... The CCC figure for KB Home for the trailing 12 months is 552.6. For younger, fast-growth companies, the CCC can give you valuable ...  

So much for the glut of glowing economic news: The housing market remains wobbly as new-home sales slipped for the second month in a row, sinking 1.6 percent in February. Sales of new properties for single families dipped to an annual rate of ...  

NEW YORK (AP) -- Stocks that moved substantially or traded heavily Friday on the New York Stock Exchange and Nasdaq Stock Market: NYSE The homebuilder ... driving home orders down 8 percent. Darden Restaurants Inc., down 91 cents at $50.92 ...  

Reverse splits and dividend cuts should “make investors cautious,” so when a stock like KB Home has cut its dividend twice since 2008, it’s sending investors a sell signal. That’s why Charles Rotblut,  editor of AAII Journal, made KB ...  

The awards recognize the important contribution KB Home has ... KB Home was named the #1 Green Homebuilder in a 2010 study by Calvert Investments and the #1 Homebuilder on FORTUNE magazine's 2011 World's Most Admired Companies list.  

KB Home, down 41 cents at $8.05 The Los Angeles-based homebuilder cut its quarterly cash dividend ... target on the retailer's stock $3 to $40 and said that the company's business is improving. Thanks to the popularity of its Redbox movie ...  

The 200-day and 50-day moving averages have moved 0.44% lower and 0.6% lower ... 2012 by issuing a Downtrend alert when the shares were trading at $10.33. Since that call, shares of KB Home have fallen 23.3%. We are now looking for when a ...  

KB Home (KBH) is scheduled to report first-quarter fiscal 2012 results tomorrow, March 23, before the markets open. The homebuilder reported a profit last quarter, ending a three-quarter string of losses, as well as a year-over-year revenue ...  

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And their prices are at an eight-month high, with the median price of a new property up 6.2% year-over-year to $233,700 in February. That’s despite the large portion of buyers who’ve kept busy picking up discounted homes, cheap foreclosures ...  

US stocks fell a fifth day, sending the Standard & Poor’s 500 Index to the lowest closing level since January, amid disappointing economic data and growing concern that credit ratings for Spanish banks will be cut.  

LOS ANGELES--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The board of directors of KB Home (NYSE: KBH) has declared a quarterly cash dividend of $.025 per share on the Company’s common stock, reflecting its decision to reduce the Company’s quarterly cash dividend from  

Earlier this month, KB inked a deal making Nationstar Mortgage its new preferred mortgage lender. That happened too late to affect the builder's first-quarter results. In the first quarter KB's net home orders, or orders minus cancelations ...  

SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) — KB Home shares fell Friday along with the sector, as the home builder posted a decline in net orders and U.S. data showed a slowdown in new home sales. Shares of KB Home (NYSE:KBH)  fell 9% to $10.23 after the ...  

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KB Home’s margins shrank. Net orders fell ... Today they were landed two perfect excuses to take the money and run. Late-comers to the rally probably feel they got taken for a ride. But seriously, what did they expect? The housing bubble ...  

NEW YORK - Stocks that moved substantially or traded heavily Friday on the New York Stock Exchange and Nasdaq Stock Market: The homebuilder said ... driving home orders down 8 percent. Darden Restaurants Inc., down 91 cents at $50.92 The ...  

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The Dow fell for a third straight day following weak economic signals from the euro ... Darden (NYSE:DRI)   is slated to report its fiscal third-quarter earnings before the start of trading. It’s expected to earn $1.24 a share on revenue ...  

abate over the next two quarters,” she wrote.  ”The positive order trends we’re hearing from other companies also leads us to believe that KBH could begin to benefit from general market improvements once it addresses its internal issues.”  

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LOS ANGELES (AP) -- KB Home says cancellations on contracts for new homes spiked in its fiscal first quarter, driving its home orders down 8 percent — not an encouraging sign heading into the spring home-selling season. Shares slumped.  

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New home sales account for about 7 percent of the overall housing ... but a glut of unsold properties and high unemployment have hindered the recovery. Net orders at the higher-priced West Coast market fell 28 percent to 289 homes.  

CANBERA (dpa-AFX) - KB Home (KBH) on Friday reported a loss for the first quarter that narrowed from last year, reflecting higher home deliveries and selling prices. However, company-wi...  

Shares of residential construction companies were under pressure Friday after KB Home reported a sharp drop in new orders, raising worries about the all-important spring selling season.  

KB Home (NYSE:KBH) has cut its quarterly dividend 60% as the company seeks to free its cash to take better advantage ... and were inactive in premarket trading. The stock is up 26% so far this year.  

KB Home is pleased to announce that it has been recognized by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency with a company-record fourteen 2012 ENERGY STAR Leadership in Housing Awards.  

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KB Home reported a loss of $45.4 million in the first quarter ended Feb. 29, a loss of 59 cents a share, reducing its losses by 60% from a year earlier. read more  

We have upgraded our rating on KB Home ( KBH ) from Underperform to Neutral on better prospects in 2012. KB Home reported adjusted net loss per share (excluding inventory  

KB Home, one of the U.S.'s largest homebuilders, was downgraded yesterday by Standard & Poor's after first-quarter results came in below expectations.  

We have upgraded our rating on KB Home from Underperform to Neutral on better prospects in 2012.  

Among the stocks that could see active trade in Friday’s session are Darden Restaurants, KB Home and Micron Technology.  

KB Home reduced its quarterly dividend for the second quarter 2012 from $0.625 per share to $0.025 per share.  

Talbots, KB Home, Coinstar are market movers  

KB Home, Nike, Darden are market movers  

KB Home (KBH) announced that it lost $45. 8 million, or 59 cents per share, down from $114.  

KB Home posts smaller 1Q loss as revenue rises  

Just the facts, Fool.  

By ALEX VEIGA AP Real Estate Writer  

Shareholders get a slap of reality amid conflicting housing data.  

KB Home To Present At JP Morgan Conference; Webcast At 10:20 AM ET