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Meritage Homes was founded in 1985 as Monterey Homes in Scottsdale, Arizona, by Steve Hilton and William "Bill" Cleverly. [8] In 1997, the company changed its name to Meritage Homes Corp, and began trading on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol MTH. [8] In 2011, the company unveiled its first net-zero energy homes, in Buckeye, Arizona. [9]
The company was founded in 1978 by Donald R. Horton. [6] Horton took the company public in 1992, and as of 2020 owned about 6% of the company. [7] In 1997, the company acquired Continental Homes for $305 million and the assumption of $278 million in debt. [8]
Clayton Homes (or Clayton) is the largest builder of manufactured housing and modular homes in the United States. [1] [2] It is a wholly owned subsidiary of Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway. [3] Clayton Homes' corporate headquarters are in Maryville, Tennessee. [4]
The company was founded by Larry A. Mizel as Mizel Development Corporation in 1972. [3] The first homebuilding subsidiary began operation in 1977, primarily building single-family homes. [4] The company was ranked 12 on the annual Builder 100 list published by Builder Magazine in 2021. [5] MDC debuted on the New York Stock Exchange in 1984. [6]
Lindal Cedar Homes (est. in 1944) is an American manufacturer of prefabricated post-and-beam homes. Since 1950s it is the largest North American manufacturer of prefabricated cedar homes. [6] In the 1960s it was the largest US manufacturer of A-frame houses. The company operates as a third-generation, family-owned private company.
Lennar dates back to F&R Builders, a company founded in 1954 by Gene Fisher and real estate developer Arnold P. Rosen. In 1956, Leonard Miller, who later became the namesake of the Miller School of Medicine at the University of Miami, a 23-year-old entrepreneur that owned 42 lots in Miami-Dade County, Florida, invested $10,000 and partnered with the company.
KB Home headquarters in the Westwood district of Los Angeles. KB Home is a homebuilding company based in the United States, founded in 1957 as Kaufman & Broad in Detroit, Michigan. It was the first company to be traded on the NYSE as a home builder. Its headquarters are in Los Angeles, California. The company has built 600,000 homes since its ...
The company built primarily first-time and midmarket home communities in Phoenix, Sacramento, Denver, Fort Myers, Jacksonville, Orlando, Sarasota, Tampa, Austin, and Houston. George Wimpey Plc acquired Morrison Homes in 1984 when it was based in San Francisco. George Wimpey's 2001 acquisition of Richardson Homes was later integrated under the ...