Study Group: Homebuilders Industry Accounting Experts
Council Members in this Study Group: 38
This study group may include chief financial officers, chartered public accountants, controllers, and consultants knowledgeable on topics such as finance, taxation, auditing, forensic accounting and fraud, financial accounting and reporting, bankruptcy, pension benefits, cash flow, company valuation, working capital, hedge accounting, and mergers and acquisition, among others.
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Leading Experts in this Study Group
- David Keller
FormerChief Financial Officer
Technical Olympic USA Inc.
David J. Keller most recently served as the Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer at Technical Olympic, a NYSE national homebuilding company. Prior to this, Mr. Keller served as the Chief Financial Officer at Citifinancial, a subsidiary of Citigroup. Previously, he served as the Chief Financial Officer...
- Gregory Schulte
Senior Vice President, Chief Accounting Officer
The Corky McMillin CompaniesGreg Schulte is the Senior Vice President, Chief Accounting Officer at The Corky McMillin Companies, a large, privately-held full service residential and commercial real estate development and homebuilding company. Mr. Schulte was also a self-employed consultant, and an audit partner with the Big 4...
Eli Bartov, CPAProfessor
NEW YORK UNIVERSITY (INC)Dr. Bartov, PhD, CPA, is a Research Professor of Accounting at the Stern School of Business, New York University. He has authored numerous scholarly articles on issues of accounting earnings manipulations, earnings quality, equity valuation, executive stock options, insider trading, market efficiency,...
GLG NewsSM Analyses by this Study Group's Leading Experts (?)
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Short Sales Are About to Increase
October 5, 2009
Short Sales: A Fraying Lifeline for Homeowners | www.businessweek.com
Treasury is announcing new terms that they hope will encourage more short-sales. These transactions have not been very effective in the past, and while this is probably not going to be a game changer, it’s wise to expect the incentives could spur some level of increase in short sales.
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September 2, 2009
Hope can fuel bulls' charge as stocks rally despite worries | www.usatoday.com
We believe that the recovery will be W-shaped and that April was only a false bottom. Our estimate is that there will be a slowing beginning in December, and that we will hit the true bottom in summer of 2010.
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Policy Makers, CEOs and Investors Beware
August 26, 2009
1. Mortgage Rates to Benefit from Stabilized Home Prices, Jumbo Mortgage Rates in Particular | www.examiner.com
The emergence of home price stabilization is spotty and should not be over-simplified. It’s important to look at the underlying indicators to see where stabilization is actually taking place.
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Has Housing Construction Really Bottomed?
August 26, 2009
U.S. Economy: Housing Starts Gain to Seven-Month High (Update1) | www.bloomberg.com
The recent good news in housing starts is based on seasonally adjusted data, which can fluctuate and affect solid conclusions. Non-seasonally adjusted data across a 12-month period is a more stable reflection of construction activity.
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Prices Fall + Interest Rates Fall = Improved Affordability
May 20, 2009
Home prices slide 14% | money.cnn.com
All one really needs to look at is the areas that have adjusted prices most to meet the affordability index will be the winners.
Members in this Study Group include these company types:
- Operative Builder/Developer
- Consulting Firm
- Accounting & Audit Firm
- Consumer Packaged Goods Manufacturer
Members in this Study Group often have these job titles:
- Chief Financial Officer
- Principal
- President
- Partner