Ryland Group:
RYL 21.40,
-5.10,
-19.2%) reported a second-quarter net loss of $241.6 million, or $5.70 a share, widening from $52.4 million, or $1.25 a share, a year earlier. The homebuilder wrote down the value of its inventory of unsold homes and took other write-offs and impairments totaling $180.4 million in the latest quarter. Ryland was expected to post a loss of 79 cents a share, according to Thomson Reuters. Homebuilding revenue dropped 35% to $472.3 million as the company closed fewer home sales. New orders fell almost 19%.