Toll Brothers CEO Bob Toll offered some candid observations on the housing industry this morning, urging more government action to inject some confidence in the market.

WASHINGTON -- Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke said Tuesday that the deepening U.

National Association of Home Builders (NAHB) CEO Jerry Howard Tuesday in a conference call with reporters called on the federal government to save housing and the U.

The chief executive of Pulte Homes says his company is aggressively lobbying federal lawmakers to craft a second stimulus package that would directly benefit the housing industry by offering tax credits to home buyers.

The fires that burned five "Street of Dreams" luxury show homes in Woodinville, Wash.

Genette Eaton remembers the hardships faced by veterans returning from the Vietnam War and is determined that it doesn't happen again with veterans coming home from Iraq and Afghanistan.

Mar. 4--ALBANY -- Gov. Eliot Spitzer plans to introduce a bill today intended to help subprime borrowers statewide who are at risk of losing their homes.

A leading proxy advisory firm is recommending that Toll Brothers shareholders vote against a proposal that would ensure that the company's top three executives would receive cash incentive awards even as the company is losing money.

WOODINVILLE, Wash. - Fires gutted four multimillion-dollar model homes in a Seattle suburb on Monday, and authorities found a sign purportedly left by eco-terrorists that mocks claims that the homes were environmentally friendly.

Single-family construction spending fell by more than 5 percent for the third straight month, as money spent on new homes dropped to $233.

WASHINGTON - Construction spending took its biggest nosedive in 14 years and manufacturing activity contracted, fresh trouble signs for a struggling economy.

Ryland stays the course; Georgia's PlyMart fights for survival; Mizel suggests government take a break from trying to manipulate economy; Wet areas go greener and leaner; Kimball Hill to exit florida market.

For a company that lost $334 million last year, The Ryland Group sounds awfully confident about its business model.

Forget about profitability and reasonable margins in 2008.

Twenty-four months ago, PlyMart, the pro dealer based in Norcross, Ga.

Larry Mizel, chairman and CEO of M.

Consumers are keen on green kitchen and bath products, but demand for high-end appliances and many luxury features appears to be waning in the face of less than exuberant market conditions, according to the most recent Home Design Trends survey by the American Institute of Architects.

Illinois-based Kimball Hill Homes disclosed yesterday that it would exit the Florida market, its smallest, over the next 10 months.

Centex chairman and CEO Tim Eller outlined the six elements of a market trough this morning to kick off the Wachovia Home Building and Building Products Conference in Las Vegas.