DH Horton (DHI) reported a net loss for its fourth fiscal quarter ended September 30, 2007 of $50.1 million, or $0.16 per diluted share. The quarterly results included pre-tax charges to cost of sales of $278.3 million of inventory impairments and $40.3 million of write-offs of deposits and pre-acquisition costs related to land option contracts that the Company does not intend to pursue. Additionally, the results included a pre-tax goodwill impairment charge of $48.5 million. Net income for the same quarter of fiscal 2006 was $277.7 million, or $0.88 per diluted share. Homebuilding revenue for the fourth quarter of fiscal 2007 totaled $3.1 billion, compared to $4.8 billion in the same quarter of fiscal 2006. Homes closed in the current quarter totaled 11,733 homes, compared to 17,261 homes in the year ago quarter.
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Douglas A. McIntyre