2026 HousingWire Homebuilder rankings expand the scoreboard

Up to now, homebuilding rankings have mostly answered two questions: who is bigger? And who is the biggest? They remain important questions. Scale matters in U.S. homebuilding. It affects land access, purchasing leverage, trade depth, capital relationships, brand reach, technology investment and resilience when demand turns uneven. In a market shaped by affordability pressures, higher-for-longer […]

A tale of two M&As: DFH’s hostile bid sharpens homebuilder tiers

While Wall Street waits to see if and when Dream Finders Homes returns with a sweeter bid after Beazer Homes’ board rejected its third unsolicited takeover proposal, another provocative question may be lurking across the sector. What if Dream Finders’ hostile move this week did more than put Beazer in play? What if it exposed […]

Seth Ring elevated to president and COO at Toll Brothers

Seth Ring elevated to president and COO at Toll Brothers
Toll Brothers has promoted Executive Vice President Seth J. Ring to president and chief operating officer, succeeding outgoing president and COO Robert (Rob) Parahus, according to a company announcement. Ring, a 22-year Toll Brothers veteran, will also join the company’s board of directors. Parahus, who has been with Toll for 40 years, will retire from […]

Ivory Prize honors solutions in a higher rate, higher risk backdrop

Ivory Prize honors solutions in a higher rate, higher risk backdrop
The affordability crisis in American housing demands more invention, more experimentation and more scalable models to break through the chronic chokeholds of economic, building-technology, and political will. The hard truth is that, against a backdrop of a harsher-than-expected new-home sales season and a higher-for-longer interest-rate environment, the operating environment is making it harder to fund, […]

The Gathering takeaway: how Olivia Clarke Homes wins in DFW

The Gathering takeaway: how Olivia Clarke Homes wins in DFW
The story of American homebuilding is mostly one of bootstrapped businesses. They mostly get forged in hard circumstances, with a single, almost instantaneous reckoning that there are no shortcuts to success … or even to being around in five years, fighting to achieve it. It requires leaders willing to take risks across land, capital, construction, […]