Bloomberg.com: News: "The median price of a new home fell 10 percent in December from the same month a year earlier, the Commerce Department said yesterday.
Ryland's Loss
The U.S. housing market is the ``worst in 30 years,'' Ryland Group Inc. Chief Executive Officer Chad Dreier said on a conference call on Jan. 24.
Ryland, a Calabasas, California-based homebuilder, reported a fiscal fourth-quarter net loss of $201.9 million on Jan. 23, more than analysts had forecast. Dreier said the following day the housing market is ``too uncertain'' to offer an outlook and that the company will continue to offer ``big incentives'' to potential buyers in California.
Lennar Corp., the biggest U.S. homebuilder, reported the largest quarterly loss in its history on Jan. 24. New orders for the period ended Nov. 30 fell 50 percent to 4,761 and the average sales price declined 3.6 percent to"
