Berkshire Taylor Morrison deal focuses on scale and ecosystems

June 1, 2026 by bp56691

[Editor’s Note: Berkshire Hathaway‘s planned acquisition of Taylor Morrison is one of those rare transactions whose significance extends well beyond the companies involved. Today’s analysis examines the deal through a broad strategic lens, exploring why Berkshire may be betting not simply on a homebuilder, but on a leadership team, a scalable operating platform and the […]

Berkshire Hathaway to buy Taylor Morrison in $8.5 billion all-cash deal

May 31, 2026 by bp56691

Berkshire Hathaway Inc. has agreed to acquire Taylor Morrison Home Corporation in an all-cash deal valuing the national homebuilder at approximately $8.5 billion, the companies announced Friday. Under the definitive agreement, Berkshire will pay $72.50 per share in cash, a 24% premium to Taylor Morrison’s closing price of $58.50 on May 29, 2026. The transaction […]

Beazer takeover bid tests book value and returns

May 29, 2026 by bp56691

Hostile takeovers don’t happen often among publicly traded companies in America, and they’re even rarer in U.S. homebuilding. So a little over a week of public quiet during Dream Finders Homes’ hostile pursuit of Beazer Homes should not be mistaken for inaction. Rather, this may be the phase when the under-the-hood work moves out of […]

Scale is now table stakes for private builders, Eastwood proves it

May 27, 2026 by bp56691

Word that Eastwood Homes would acquire Atlanta-based Peachtree Building Group on Tuesday came as any private-to-private combination might. An energized, well-led, fast-growing Carolinas-based private homebuilder was expanding its reach and deepening its foothold in one of America’s most strategically attractive housing markets. What we learn as the story behind the transaction – the one that […]

Eastwood Homes lands Peachtree Building Group in Atlanta

May 26, 2026 by bp56691

Eastwood Homes’ acquisition of Atlanta-based Peachtree Building Group – announced today – maps out on its surface as a straightforward expansion move. Eastwood Homes, our HousingWire Homebuilder Ranking’s No. 11-ranked private homebuilder, is a fast-growing Charlotte-based builder that, with this deal, deepens its Southeastern footprint by adding local scale, operating capability, and market presence in […]

Single-family housing starts fell in April, but multifamily gained momentum

May 21, 2026 by bp56691

April housing starts rose 4.6% year over year while single-family starts fell 2.4%, and new home inventory declined 4.6% from last year.

Toll Brothers lifts 2026 delivery outlook as luxury demand holds

May 20, 2026 by bp56691

The late, legendary Bob Toll once laid bare the fact that he was personally incapable of installing a curtain rod in a living room, let alone knowing the first thing about building a home from the ground up. What Bob did intuit was that the second-floor walls of a typical 1960s two-story home could be […]

ROAD wins House nod, carving BTR out from institutional investor ban

May 20, 2026 by bp56691

House passed the ROAD to Housing Act 396-13, removing a 7-year BTR selloff rule while keeping a 350-home investor ban with carve-outs.

DRB Group and Sumitomo Forestry mark a 10-year arc of growth

May 19, 2026 by bp56691

“Top-five-ranked U.S. homebuilding companies don’t happen overnight. Except when they do. These two lines almost wrote themselves in early 2024 when Sekisui House skyrocketed into the top tier of U.S. homebuilding with its $4.9 billion acquisition of MDC Holdings. Sumitomo Forestry’s announced $4.5 billion acquisition of Tri Pointe Homes closed last week, triggering a similar […]

AI-powered data remaps builders’ landbuying art and science

May 19, 2026 by bp56691

Prophetic updated SiteAI to automate parcel yield studies and generate zoning compliant site plans in minutes. The update adds more realistic layouts, lot dimensions, and topography insights including flood zones and wetlands.