Berkshire Doubles Down on Home Building

The famed investment firm, headed by Warren Buffett until his retirement earlier this year, has increased its stake in Lennar. The home-building business may be going through a tough time right now, but one of the savviest investors out there believes it’s a good long-term bet. And it’s putting its money where its mouth is. […]

D.R. Horton Buys SK in Latest Builder Consolidation

The nation’s largest home builder gets a bigger foothold in the growing southeastern region of the country. The deal gives Horton, which is based in Arlington, TX and has built over one million homes since being founded in 1978, access to more than 1,900 home building sites that SK owns or has options on. SK […]

New Home Building Cancellation Rates Drop, Signaling More Demand

The U.S. housing market remains challenged but new information from two of the biggest home builders in the country suggests demand for new homes is picking up. Even as the market for new homes in the country is still below the past few years, D.R. Horton and PulteGroup – two of the nation’s biggest home […]