The subprime mortgage crisis will have a long term effect on new home building. Prior to the mortgage meltdown, a significant portion of new home buyers were of subprime credit. It will be quite a while before these types of buyers can qualify for a mortgage, putting a big dent in homebuilder's future sales prospects.
There is no "bottom " yet in housing. AVOID investing on the hopes of a turn in the housing and mortgage crisis.
KB Home, the No. 5 U.S. home builder, posted a deeper quarterly loss Friday , June 27th on tumbling revenue as the United States faced its deepest housing slump in months.
KB reported a net loss of $255.9-million (U.S.), or $3.30 per share, in its second quarter, compared with a loss of $148.7-million, or $1.93 per share, last year