Berkshire snaps up Taylor Morrison in $8.5B housing bet
Berkshire is already a major player in residential real estate, owning Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices, one of the largest residential real estate brokerage franchise networks in the US, alongside Clayton Homes in the manufactured housing segment.
The addition of a top-five site-built homebuilder deepens that footprint substantially.
Meanwhile, single-family housing starts have continued to slide even as affordability pressures persist, adding urgency to Berkshire’s bet that a unified, well-capitalized platform can move where smaller regional builders cannot.
Taylor Morrison, headquartered in Scottsdale, Arizona, is the nation’s sixth-largest homebuilder by volume. It delivered 12,997 homes at an average sales price of $597,000 in 2025, generating full-year home closings revenue of $7.76 billion and net income of $783 million, according to the company’s February 2026 earnings release.
The company operates more than 350 communities serving entry-level, move-up, and resort lifestyle buyers under the Taylor Morrison and Esplanade brands, with build-to-rent communities under the Yardly brand. It also provides in-house mortgage, title, escrow, and homeowners’ insurance services to buyers.
