Homebuilders undergo Wall Street deconstruction

``Wall Street took the claw and hammer to home builders  Tuesday after KB Home KBH reported lower-than-expected fourth-quarter earnings and said profit margins would lag in 2015... Although KB had a backlog of more than 2,900 orders at the end of the quarter, CEO Jeff Mezger told analysts in a conference call that sales were soft in Texas and California markets and overall profit margins could drop significantly.''