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Meritage Q2 2026 earnings telegraph move-up buyer pivot

July 30, 2026 by bp56691

For much of the past decade, Meritage Homes has stood as one of public homebuilding’s clearest business use cases that thoughtfully designed, efficiently built entry-level homes could unlock homeownership for thousands of households who otherwise might have remained renters. The company’s strategy wasn’t simply to build smaller homes. It reshaped its land acquisition, product design, […]

NVR is land light by design, Q2 2026 reveals the strategy has limits

July 24, 2026 by bp56691

If you do not build it, they cannot come. If you cannot permit it, you cannot build it, and they cannot come. NVR Q2 2026 results offer a sharp counterpoint to the strategic shifts now underway across public homebuilding. Lennar has boldly reset its enterprise around a more asset-light on-demand land investment structure. D.R. Horton […]

Century Communities leans on operations as strategy in Q2 2026

July 23, 2026 by bp56691

“A rose is a rose is a rose,” according to a 1913 poem Gertrude Stein wrote, called Sacred Emily. In our more earthbound sphere of residential development, investment and construction, a tacit belief is common, but misleading. Peal back a layer or two, and it is clear. A homebuilder is not a homebuilder is not […]

Pulte banks on build-to-order pivot as margins find a floor

July 22, 2026 by bp56691

Pulte’s earnings show BTO share climbing to 45% in Q2 as cycle times hit 100 days, and gross margins improving to 25%.

D.R. Horton bets operating rigor will outperform uncertain demand

July 21, 2026 by bp56691

Few homebuilding enterprises look so voraciously at other homebuilding operators’ share of new-home sales in any given arena as present and future opportunity as does D.R. Horton. When those Horton flags flap in the dry summer wind, you can almost hear them as lips smacking in anticipation of a good meal later in the day. […]

M/I, Meritage team up to fund $7.6M bridge to growth in a Texas town

July 20, 2026 by bp56691

M/I, Meritage team up to fund .6M bridge to growth in a Texas town

M/I Homes and Meritage Homes split the cost of a $7.6 million bridge connecting an upcoming 496-home community with the City of Buda’s downtown commercial core

Visionary Homes names former Oakwood exec Ryan Smith CEO

July 8, 2026 by bp56691

Visionary Homes, one of Utah’s largest privately held homebuilders, appointed Ryan Smith as CEO effective Sept. 1, 2026, while co-founder and current chief executive Jeff Jackson will become chairman of the board on Jan. 1, 2027.

Berkshire’s Clayton adds McGuinn Homes to Mungo as scale race widens

July 1, 2026 by bp56691

Clayton Home Building Group confirmed that its Southeast U.S. powerhouse operator, Mungo Homes has acquired Columbia, S.C.-based McGuinn Homes, a four-decade-old regional builder whose rise in HousingWire’s Homebuilder Rankings reflected a carefully executed growth strategy centered on attainable homeownership, disciplined operations and customer focus. In announcing the acquisition, Clayton described the combination as built on […]

Taylor Morrison names Mike Carlo Sarasota division president

June 16, 2026 by bp56691

Taylor Morrison appointed Mike Carlo president of its Sarasota division, citing his 25-plus years in homebuilding. The division operates 7 communities and plans 2 Esplanade additions, including Wellen Park and Cammaray in Lakewood Ranch.

HUD would permit multi-story manufactured homes without a permanent chassis

June 12, 2026 by bp56691

HUD proposes expanding manufactured home rules for multi-story designs, allowing upper sections without a chassis that can cost $5,000 to $10,000.