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Homebuilders / Land Developers

Woodbridge Pacific Shores Up Capital Base

With an equity commitment of up to $200M from a New York-based private equity firm, Woodbridge Pacific Group, an Orange County-based builder and developer, seems to be well positioned to

Homebuilders / Land Developers

Lennar Earnings Beat Estimates

Lennar’s Q2 2015 earnings beat estimates by 15 cents coming in at 70 cents a share versus 61 cents per share a year ago. Revenue jumped 31% year over year

Homebuilders / Land Developers

KB Q2 Earnings Beat the Street

KB Home reported Q2 earnings that beat Wall Street consensus estimates. Earnings came in at $9.6 million, or 10 cents a share, versus analyst estimates of 8 cents per share.

Land/Projects

Land Shortage Impeding New Home Supply

In a May survey by the National Association of Homebuilders, 60% of respondents stated that the overall supply of developed lots was low to very low, the highest percentage since

Housing Market

Housing Market in Period of Normalcy

After over a decade of wild volatility in the housing market, conditions seems to be settling into a period of normalcy characterized by stability and slow growth. National home prices

Housing Market

Pull Back in Housing Starts but Rise in Permit Activity

Starts dropped in May by 11% from April and came in at an annualized rate of 1.04 million units. The April starts figure was a seven-year high. Despite the drop,

Housing Market

Slight Slowdown in Sales but Continued Stability in California Housing Market

Existing home sales softened in May to 423,360 units from 427,880 in April. Nevertheless, the May number was 8.9% above the figure from May 2014 and represented the second highest

Land/Projects

MBK Set to Open in Gardena

MBK’s 1500 Artesia Square project in Gardena is scheduled to open for sale this month. Located in the City of Gardena’s Artesia Corridor Specific Plan, where MBK successfully closed out

Homebuilders / Land Developers

Builder M&A Talk

On the heels of the recently announced Standard Pacific / Ryland merger, Builder Magazine examines the elements of a successful homebuilder M&A transaction, and which companies are well-positioned to make

Homebuilders / Land Developers

Standard Pacific and Ryland Announce Merger

Number 11 (in terms of unit sales volume) ranked Standard Pacific and Number 5 ranked Ryland announced plans to merge. The post-merger entity will be the 4th largest homebuilding company

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