Mergers and Acquisitions – Cantilever Real Estate

Hajime Construction Buys 51% of Utah Builder Wright Homes

March 12, 2026 by bp56691

Japan-based real estate and construction giants have spent the past decade quietly building footholds across the U.S. housing market. By early 2026, those footholds are transforming into a noticeable wave of expansion. The latest development comes from Tokyo-based Hajime Construction Co., Ltd., which announced on March 10 that it has acquired a 51% equity stake […]

The edge that large remodelers leverage in a fragmented industry

March 12, 2026 by bp56691

Residential remodeling tops $500B, yet over 50% of payroll firms earn under $250,000, and M&A remains inconsistent since COVID.

UWM raises revenue guidance ahead of Two Harbors vote

March 10, 2026 by bp56691

The parent of United Wholesale Mortgage raised the bar on 2026 revenue expectations just days ahead of a shareholder vote from Two Harbors Investment Corp. on a proposed $1.3 billion merger.

From IPO spark to global scale pivot: Tri Pointe enters a new power axis

February 26, 2026 by bp56691

Thirteen years ago, on a rain-slick January morning in lower Manhattan, a three-and-a-half-year-old homebuilder’s president pressed and held the New York Stock Exchange bell for a full count of ten. TRI Pointe Homes’ January 31, 2013 IPO wasn’t simply a liquidity event. It was a strategic and capital comet. Capital that had been sitting on […]

California-based LenderMac to acquire Direct Mortgage

February 24, 2026 by bp56691

LenderMac agreed to acquire Direct Mortgage, aiming to expand its footprint and build multichannel lending capabilities.

UHG goes private: Daiwa House’s Stanley Martin strikes $221M deal

February 23, 2026 by bp56691

UHG goes private: Daiwa House’s Stanley Martin strikes 1M deal

In the two-thousand-mid-teens, you would not have needed a crystal ball to predict that three Japan-based vertically integrated real estate powerhouses would each rank among the nation’s top 15 enterprises. That’s because each of those three organizations – Daiwa House, Sekisui House and Sumitomo Forestry – having established beachheads in the U.S. homebuilding and residential […]

Huntington Bank’s Carolyn Gorman on expanded mortgage footprint with Cadence, Veritex partnerships

February 19, 2026 by bp56691

Huntington Bank projects a 50% rise in mortgage production after acquiring Cadence and Veritex, expanding in Texas and the Southeast.

For Toll Brothers, disciplined execution beats market uncertainty

February 19, 2026 by bp56691

Today’s headwinds new-home market rewards homebuilding teams that do the hardest things the best. In that light, a glib explanation for Toll Brothers’ Q1 2026 performance would be to point to geography and demographics: a luxury buyer profile, higher incomes and lower sensitivity to mortgage rates. The harder – and more reality-grounded – explanation is […]

Union Home Mortgage brings on M&A veteran Renee Hildebrand

February 17, 2026 by bp56691

Union Home Mortgage has shown a strong appetite for mergers and acquisitions by hiring Renee Hildebrand from Guild Mortgage to seek new opportunities, the company announced Tuesday.

United’s Dan Duffy on the ‘perfect storm’: Why positioning, not productivity, will define the next brokerage cycle

February 17, 2026 by bp56691

United Real Estate is reigniting acquisitions and leveraging scale for margin recovery, says CEO Dan Duffy.