The 2018 Housing Giants list below can be sorted by clicking on the column name: Rank 2018, Rank 2017, Company, Closings/Units. Clicking on an individual company name will take you to a page with more information about the company, including what they build and where they build.
To see the rankings list in the May 2018 Pro Builder digimag, click here.
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The biggest news for 2017 in the home building industry was, undoubtedly, Lennar's purchase of CalAtlantic—the largest-ever merger involving the nation’s Housing Giants. The combined company will likely be the No.1 home builder in the U.S. in 2018 in both revenue and closings. With its $9.3 billion price tag (including debt), Lennar will shell out three times as much as Pulte did for Centex in that merger of Giants in 2009, but is undoubtedly counting on a better return than that transaction garnered. In addition to gaining a substantial and lucrative foothold in California’s thriving housing market, Lennar‘s deal will allow the company to pursue lower costs for labor and materials in all of its combined markets.
There was plenty of other M&A activity in 2017, as well, as home builders of all sizes tried to increase their footprints without having to start from scratch in a new market. Read more ...
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Hubris was rampant among builders during the last boom. As with previous recessions in every decade since 1968, many builders were the last to see the 2008 crash coming. Mike Storey, president of Neal Communities, in Sarasota, Fla., remembers it well. “We listened to analysts like Ivy call the last downturn,” he says, referring to Ivy Zelman of institutional investment research firm Zelman & Associates, “and we laughed at her because we were still raising prices by 30 grand.”
“Consumers, in a lot of ways, were smarter than we were,” Storey says. “They saw the housing downturn before the builders did and acted very quickly. They stopped buying homes, started walking away from contracts, but builders were in denial. Pay attention to the consumer. They are smarter than us.” Read more ...
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2018 Housing Giants Ranked List
| Rank | Previous Rank | Company | 2017 Housing Revenue $ | 2017 Closings/Units |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 115 | 121 | William Ryan Homes | $131,000,000 |
381 |
| 114 | 93 | Williams Homes | $132,000,000 |
227 |
| 201 | 141 | Traton Homes | $57,424,956 |
107 |
| 70 | 60 | Lincoln Property Co. | $251,162,000 |
807 |
| 94 | 101 | Ole South Properties | $183,137,895 |
811 |
| 112 | 113 | Eastbrook Homes | $135,030,000 |
391 |
| 159 | 193 | Gentry Homes | $80,341,000 |
137 |
| 145 | 146 | Home Creations | $91,000,000 |
452 |
| 87 | 102 | Elliott Homes | $204,165,000 |
469 |
| 185 | 173 | Jeff Benton Homes | $65,364,359 |
186 |
| 140 | 162 | Simmons Homes | $94,279,000 |
594 |
| 135 | 150 | Main Street Homes | $102,487,820 |
251 |
| 156 | 129 | Hills Properties / Inverness Homes | $82,775,600 |
269 |
| 150 | 184 | Stone Martin Builders | $86,537,704 |
312 |
| 125 | 119 | Scott Felder Homes | $115,000,000 |
260 |
| 147 | 171 | Hanson Builders | $89,501,452 |
141 |
| 195 | NR | Alpha Construction Co. Inc. | $60,000,000 |
236 |
| 170 | 147 | Ideal Homes | $75,524,023 |
345 |
| 169 | 176 | United Built Homes | $75,785,612 |
400 |
| 99 | 163 | Baldwin & Sons | $169,300,000 |
396 |
| 221 | 210 | Buffington Homes | $43,423,902 |
139 |
| 168 | 172 | Grayhawk Homes | $76,013,142 |
267 |
| 129 | 190 | MJC Cos. | $106,898,334 |
397 |
| 104 | 112 | Shaddock Homes | $154,947,752 |
253 |
| 144 | 143 | Regency Homebuilders | $91,217,591 |
309 |
| 196 | 185 | James Engle Custom Homes | $59,900,900 |
116 |
| 174 | 194 | Homes By Taber | $72,500,000 |
276 |
| 182 | 166 | Stoneridge Homes Inc. | $67,000,000 |
230 |
| 180 | NR | Turnberry Homes | $68,875,068 |
81 |
| 149 | 156 | Tri-State Ventures dba Carefree Homes | $88,000,000 |
454 |
| 171 | 158 | Sumeer Homes | $74,841,777 |
229 |
| 133 | 139 | Saussy Burbank | $104,593,400 |
224 |
| 179 | 206 | Landmark 24 Homes | $68,972,668 |
315 |
| 161 | 177 | Edward Rose Building Enterprise | $79,400,000 |
1,587 |
| 198 | 178 | Tropicana Homes | $59,000,000 |
347 |
| 222 | 222 | Comstock Holding Cos. | $43,379,454 |
89 |
| 106 | 125 | Stylecraft Builders | $142,763,000 |
666 |
| 107 | 109 | Park Square Homes | $136,500,000 |
400 |
| 130 | 137 | New Tradition Homes | $106,000,000 |
244 |
| 113 | 124 | Highland Homes | $133,819,244 |
642 |
| 162 | 135 | Wathen Castanos Homes | $78,600,000 |
249 |
| 120 | 168 | Ryder Homes | $125,150,980 |
345 |
| 167 | 157 | Tim O'Brien Homes Inc. | $76,494,000 |
213 |
| 131 | 153 | Wormald | $105,440,057 |
160 |
| 122 | 107 | Galaxy Builders | $119,207,286 |
1,373 |
| 148 | 159 | Homes by Dickerson | $89,500,000 |
188 |
| 77 | 152 | Legacy Homes | $222,800,000 |
544 |
| 189 | 225 | StyleCraft Homes | $63,500,000 |
180 |
| 166 | 160 | G.J. Gardner Homes | $76,711,735 |
146 |
| 157 | 133 | Kerley Family Homes | $82,354,000 |
403 |
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