KB Home Names Nick Franklin Executive Vice President of Strategic Operations
Business Wire - Fri Apr 24, 7:00AM CDT
KB Home (NYSE: KBH), one of the nation's largest and most recognized homebuilders, today announced that Nick Franklin has been named executive vice president of strategic operations, effective April 14, 2015. In this role, Franklin, 47, will be responsible for providing day-to-day leadership over a range of critical and strategic corporate functions, including architecture, marketing and advertising, market research, KB Home Design Studios, sustainability, and national contracts, and will partner closely with regional and division management to support the Company's ongoing strategic growth initiatives.
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KB Home announces opening of new community in California
M2 - Fri Apr 24, 5:58AM CDT
A US homebuilder, KB Home (NYSE:KBH) reported on Thursday the opening of its Paseo Seville community in Morgan Hill, with single-family and duet homes just south of San Jose in the southernmost part of Santa Clara Valley.
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March Existing Home Sales: More Sizzle Than Substance
Dave Kranzler - at Seeking Alpha - Fri Apr 24, 1:18AM CDT
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Crude Oil Rally Pushes Nasdaq to All-Time Closing High
at The Street - Thu Apr 23, 3:32PM CDT
Crude oil pushes the Nasdaq to an all-time record close.
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Stocks Slip From Highs, Crude Oil Closes Above $57
at The Street - Thu Apr 23, 1:54PM CDT
Stocks slip slightly from session highs on Thursday afternoon, though the S&P 500 and Nasdaq remain within reach of all-time highs
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New Home-Sales Crater But Also Point To Future Growth
at Investor's Business Daily - Thu Apr 23, 12:29PM CDT
Sales of new homes came in at an annual pace of 481,000 units in March -- hardly the 518,000 that economists had been expecting. That represented an 11.4% drop from February. But there were some important caveats. February's read of 543,000 newly...
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Sector Snap: Homebuilders drop as March new home sales slide
AP - Thu Apr 23, 11:44AM CDT
NEW YORK (AP) — Shares of homebuilders fell Thursday after a government report showed that sales of new homes slumped in March.
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Stocks Are Lower as Disappointing Earnings Dominate Markets
at The Street - Thu Apr 23, 10:24AM CDT
Stocks slide as homebuilders tumble on weak new home sales in March.
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KB Home Debuts New Community in Morgan Hill
Business Wire - Thu Apr 23, 10:00AM CDT
KB Home (NYSE: KBH), one of the nation's largest and most recognized homebuilders, today announced the grand opening of its Paseo Seville community in Morgan Hill, featuring spacious single-family and duet homes just south of San Jose in the southernmost portion of Santa Clara Valley.
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KB Home (KBH) Stock Falling Today on Slump in March New Home Sales
at The Street - Thu Apr 23, 9:55AM CDT
KB Home (KBH) stock is down due to the decline in new U.S. homes sales for the month of March.
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PulteGroup earnings, soft new home sales lead homebuilders lower
Seeking Alpha - at Seeking Alpha - Thu Apr 23, 9:17AM CDT
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KB Home Publishes Eighth Annual Sustainability Report
Business Wire - Wed Apr 22, 6:05PM CDT
KB Home (NYSE: KBH), one of the nation's largest and most recognized homebuilders, today released its eighth annual Sustainability Report, available exclusively at www.kbhome.com/sustainability. KB Home issued its inaugural report in 2008 and is among a group of corporate leaders in sustainability that publishes a comprehensive annual sustainability report.
KBH: 14.88 (+0.11)
KB Home Offers More Flexibility at California Homes - Analyst Blog
Zacks Equity Research - Zacks Investment Research - Wed Apr 22, 4:35PM CDT
One of the leading U.S. homebuilding companies, KB Home (KBH) recently announced that will offer new homes in the builder's Cobblestone region in Plumas Lake.
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D.R. Horton's Q2 Earnings Beat, But Margins Shrink
at Investor's Business Daily - Wed Apr 22, 1:24PM CDT
D.R. Horton's (DHI) fiscal second-quarter earnings topped analysts' forecasts, but gross margins fell and sales of higher-end homes were weaker. The homebuilder said on its earnings call Wednesday that gains in its upscale Emerald Homes have been...
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Existing-Home Sales Surge 6%, But Homebuilders Fall
at Investor's Business Daily - Wed Apr 22, 1:24PM CDT
Call it a spring comeback for housing? Existing-home sales leapt to the fastest rate in 18 months in March. The annual rate of 5.19 million beat expectations and marked the sixth-straight month of annual increases. In March, that was a 10.4% gain vs....
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EPA Recognizes KB Home with Two Prestigious ENERGY STAR(R) Partner of the Year Awards
Business Wire - Wed Apr 22, 1:05PM CDT
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has recognized KB Home (NYSE: KBH) with two 2015 ENERGY STAR Partner of the Year Awards: Sustained Excellence, for its continued leadership in protecting the environment through superior energy efficiency, and Climate Communications, for its outstanding efforts to elevate the issue of climate change through its actions. KB Home has also been recognized with 16 ENERGY STAR Certified Homes Market Leader Awards for the important contribution KB Home has made to energy-efficient construction and environmental protection by building ENERGY STAR certified new homes in all of its divisions across 40 major markets coast-to-coast. The nearly 90,000 ENERGY STAR certified KB homes built to date are estimated to save more than $28 million on utility bills while preventing greenhouse gas emissions equivalent to those from 32,000 passenger vehicles each year.
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Homebuilders decline as D.R. Horton cuts margin guidance
Seeking Alpha - at Seeking Alpha - Wed Apr 22, 9:52AM CDT
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KB Home Announces the Grand Opening of Cobblestone in Plumas Lake
Business Wire - Tue Apr 21, 10:00AM CDT
KB Home (NYSE: KBH), one of the nation's largest and most recognized homebuilders, today announced that new KB homes are now available at the builder's Cobblestone neighborhood in Plumas Lake. With homes attractively priced from the mid-$200,000s, homebuyers at KB Home's Cobblestone will have the unique opportunity to own a brand new KB home in one of southern Yuba County's premier master-planned communities in a prime commuting location.
KBH: 14.88 (+0.11)
Homebuilding Stocks in Motion -- D.R. Horton, KB Home, PulteGroup, Standard Pacific, and MDC Holdings
PR Newswire - Tue Apr 21, 8:10AM CDT
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