Horton increased 2.4%, PulteGroup 0.1%, Lennar 0.7%, KB Home 1%, and Toll Brothers 0.1%.
That's the outlook of Wall Street investors whose view of big builders, like Lennar, D.
Meanwhile, builders KB Home and Lennar both had mixed earnings reports in recent days.
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The forthcoming plea deal isn't part of the Lennar libel suit, according to Mr. Minkow's attorney.
Lennar also increased its dividend last Friday to 64 cents per share from 55 cents.
In August, Moody's announced it placed the debt of Centex, Lennar, and Pulte under review.
Other defendants include wallboard distributors and homebuilders such as Lennar, Pulte and U.S. Home.
Other competitors in the capital goods sector include: PulteGroup (PHM), Ryland Group (RYL), and Lennar (LEN).
Homebuilders like KB Home and Lennar, though, have managed to outperform markets, despite the shadow inventory.
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Homebuilder Lennar (LEN) said today it is expanding its operations into the Pacific Northwest.
KBHome (KBH) and Lennar (LEN) are among the homebuilders trading higher on the news.
Homebuilder Lennar (LEN) beat earnings expectations, but shares were trading lower today despite that report.
Builders PulteGroup and Lennar were among the biggest gainers, up 5.3% and 3.5% respectively.
The company is hoping that Lennar renters will become Lennar home buyers in the future.
Homebuilders including DR Horton (DHI) and Lennar (LEN) were trading higher on the news.
Shares of Lennar are trading higher today as are rivals DR Horton (DHI) and Toll Brothers (TOL).
In corporate news, shares of Lennar jumped after the home builder's fiscal first-quarter earnings and revenue topped forecasts.
Home builders such as Lennar and Toll Brothers also ended the trading day up, 15.26% and 13.03%, respectively.
In return, Lennar gets the right to build houses and a golf course on 16% of the site.
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In it, Mr. Minkow wrote that Lennar steals money from its joint-venture partners and misrepresents its true financial condition.
But in late 2008, after failing to settle with Lennar, Mr. Marsch hired Mr. Minkow to investigate the company.
Lennar, 2.4%, which stumbled Monday on a disappointing home builder sentiment report.
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The majority of analysts think investors should stand pat on Lennar, with eight of 16 analysts rating it hold.
The Pacific Northwest expansion is expected to add about 200 deliveries in the second half of 2012, Lennar said.
Horton (NYSE: DHI), Hovnanian Enterprises (NYSE: HOV), KB Home (NYSE: KBH), Lennar (NYSE: LEN), M.
Lennar has purchased finished homesites in 11 distressed communities in the Portland area.
The latest example of strength in residential real estate is Lennar, which posted solid fourth quarter earnings on Tuesday.
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Yet housing has turned a corner, and Lennar is there to show it.
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Shares in homebuilders like KB Home and Lennar are already trading near their 52-week highs, as household formation gains traction.
The deal gives Lennar a 20% stake in the new venture and rights to buy back some of the properties.
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