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Beazer refinancing raises Dream Finders deal cost by $53 million

June 18, 2026 by bp56691

For weeks, a central question surrounding Dream Finders Homes‘ pursuit of Beazer Homes has been unambiguous: Will Dream Finders’ offer for the company and its public relations campaign be enough to convince Beazer shareholders that a sale should occur? A just-completed debt refinancing by Beazer Homes likely raises the cost of any acquisition of Beazer. […]

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.

Builders slow starts in May to rebalance pricing and incentives

June 16, 2026 by bp56691

The real story in today’s Monthly New Residential Construction release from the Census Bureau isn’t a collapse in construction. It’s a production strategy that took shape months ago. Headlines – and their sibling, “headline risk” –don’t enjoy a particularly good reputation among most homebuilding business executives who have chosen to talk with and listen to […]

Why more private homebuilders face a succession test now

June 15, 2026 by bp56691

A succession challenge homebuilding can no longer ignore A second U.S. President in a row to serve past the age of 80 is in the Oval Office. Whether spoken or not, succession, or rather a sound strategic, operational and organizational cultural plan for it, is on the minds of many. It’s the same in homebuilding […]

Lennar Q2 2026 results test the land-light model

June 12, 2026 by bp56691

While the world gets swept up in the euphoria of SpaceX’s IPO, some of the rest of us remain anchored to a more down-to-earth – but no less fascinating – domain, where gravity’s still a thing. In this realm, grounded as it is with a you-pick-it array of supply and demand challenges, Lennar just delivered […]

Stylecraft Builders’ micro approach to margin, pace and growth

June 11, 2026 by bp56691

Stylecraft Builders lifted sales volume 17% in 2025 to 973 homes, $310 million, and projects 1,100 to 1,200 sales in 2026.

Homebuilders’ spring toolbox: Incentives rose, but conversion stayed weak

June 9, 2026 by bp56691

Part of this is telling you what you already know. So, make sure you get to the second part. A string of better-than-expected quarters for new-home development players following the pandemic’s onset in 2020 had to end sometime. It did. The first half of 2026 delivered a worse-than-expected spring selling season for many homebuilders — […]

Berkshire Taylor Morrison deal puts vertical integration in focus

June 4, 2026 by bp56691

Berkshire Hathaway’s planned acquisition of Taylor Morrison has opened the door for us to explore a set of uber-themed questions: about homebuilders’ present and future valuations, leadership and scale, and to the question that public homebuilder boards may now be asking: whether to build toward greater scale or join it. A related question may be […]

Ten years after: Schaefer Homes revs up its engines for growth

June 4, 2026 by bp56691

Schaefer Homes increased sales 68.3% to 31 homes in 2025, while building a 14-person team and tightening operations for growth

Who can buy a top-20 builder now? Berkshire resets board calculus

June 3, 2026 by bp56691

Berkshire Hathaway‘s planned acquisition of No. 6-ranked homebuilder Taylor Morrison begs big follow-on questions. These mostly spring from who this particular buyer is and the moment they have chosen. One way or another, these follow-up questions may prompt homebuilding leaders to revisit a core imperative many believed they had solved eons ago. For decades, the […]