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DR Horton Shares Climb on 'Un-Auction'
By: CNBC.com | 31 Mar 2008 | 03:09 PM ET
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Homebuilder DR Horton tried to kill two birds with one stone this past weekend: unloading inventory and cleaning up the image of the housing market -- at least in a few towns in Southern California.

The company held what it called an “Un-Auction”: first-come, first-served home sales, with would-be bidders lining up overnight and for days on end, a la the fans who wait for concert and cult-movie tickets.

But as CNBC’s Jane Wells reported, these patient consumers toughed it out on line to get a shot at 30 percent discounts on new houses. One shopper was able to save some $130,000 on a new condominium. And DR Horton was able to sidestep the “messy fallout” of a standard auction.

Wells spoke to a couple who waited more than a decade to be able to afford their first home. At the sale, they nailed a property for $750,000 -- which was originally priced at $950,000.

DR Horton – which reported losses of $128.8 million for its fiscal first quarter – seemed to reap the “Un-Auction” benefits Monday: its shares [DHI  Loading...      ()   ] trading on the New York Stock Exchange gained as much as 3.45 percent as of this writing.

 

Shares of rivals across the board – including Lennar [LEN  Loading...      ()   ], Centex [CTX  Loading...      ()   ], Pulte Homes [PHM  Loading...      ()   ] and Toll Brothers [TOL  Loading...      ()   ]  -- likewise gained.

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