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Residential Construction
Composite Value: 344.5
Today's Change: +4.85%
S&P 500: 0.00%

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Residential Construction News

Avatar's Board Amends Authorization To Repurchase Securities
Mon 3:30 pm ET (PR Newswire)
Avatar Holdings Inc. announced that its Board of Directors, at its meeting of October 13, amended its June 2005 authorization to repurchase its 4.50% Convertible Senior Notes and shares of its Common Stock.

•	Midday Glance: Homebuilders companies - (AP)
•	Midday Glance: Homebuilders companies - (AP)

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Industry Top Performers

Intraday Price Performance	% Change	Market Cap
Gafisa S.A. [GFA]	0.00%	$1.9 B
Meritage Homes Corp [MTH]	0.00%	$532.7 M
XINYUAN RE CO ADS [XIN]	0.00%	$189.2 M
Orleans Homebuilders, Inc [OHB]	0.00%	$65.0 M
Brookfield Homes Corp [BHS]	0.00%	$264.5 M

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Market Capitalization	% Change	Market Cap
TOLL BROTHERS INC [TOL]	0.00%	$3.2 B
N V R L P [NVR]	0.00%	$2.9 B
PULTE HOMES, INC. [PHM]	0.00%	$2.9 B
D R HORTON INC [DHI]	0.00%	$2.7 B
LENNAR CP CL A [LEN]	0.00%	$1.6 B

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Date	Co	Event
10/22/08	PHM	Pulte Homes Inc. Q3 2008 Earnings Release
10/22/08	RYL	Ryland Group Q3 2008 Earnings Release
10/23/08	PHM	Pulte Homes Inc. Earnings Conference Call (Q3 2008)

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10/13/08	HOV	HOVNANIAN ENT INC upgraded by Credit Suisse
10/13/08	MDC	M D C HOLDINGS upgraded by Credit Suisse
10/13/08	MTH	MERITAGE HOMES CORP upgraded by Credit Suisse

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3.	Gracious Home
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Industry Statistics

Market Capitalization:	21B
Price / Earnings:	NM
Price / Book:	0.9
Net Profit Margin (mrq):	-18.8%
Price To Free Cash Flow (mrq):	5.0
Return on Equity:	0.0%
Total Debt / Equity:	0.9
Dividend Yield:	2.0%

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