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Don't look now but Berkshire Hathaway sold off all of it's shares of D.R. Horton

Posted on 3/1/24 at 8:38 am
Posted by stout
Smoking Crack with Hunter Biden
Member since Sep 2006
167887 posts
Posted on 3/1/24 at 8:38 am
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Back in August, Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway disclosed to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission that it had made investments in three major U.S. homebuilders: D.R. Horton, Lennar, and NVR.

In total, Berkshire Hathaway bought 5,969,714 shares of D.R. Horton, 152,572 shares of Lennar, and 11,112 shares of NVR. At the time, these shares were collectively valued at more than $800 million, with D.R. Horton shares accounting for more than $700 million of that total.

Fast-forward to 2024, and this month Berkshire Hathaway disclosed to the SEC that it had sold off its 5,969,714 shares of D.R. Horton—the vast majority of its homebuilder bet—by December 31, 2023.





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Posted by GumboPot
Member since Mar 2009
119556 posts
Posted on 3/1/24 at 8:40 am to
Do you know where they have reallocated those assets?
Posted by jcaz
Laffy
Member since Aug 2014
15920 posts
Posted on 3/1/24 at 8:40 am to
Blackrock will buy it back up.
Posted by Doosh606
The DC
Member since Apr 2008
3232 posts
Posted on 3/1/24 at 8:42 am to
I don't even know if they're good investments but Lennar is building the ugliest damn neighborhoods I've ever seen in my area. I can't stand the prefab townhouses, may as well live in an apartment.
Posted by SlidellCajun
Slidell la
Member since May 2019
10631 posts
Posted on 3/1/24 at 8:42 am to


Not sure if this is an indication of some sort of problem he sees in home building or if he just wanted to cash in after a very nice gain.
Posted by Richleau
Member since Dec 2018
2445 posts
Posted on 3/1/24 at 8:48 am to
I mean, the ones built in town are horrendous and cheap looking so I get the pullback from Berkshire-Hathaway.
Posted by MrLSU
Yellowstone, Val d'isere
Member since Jan 2004
26188 posts
Posted on 3/1/24 at 8:49 am to
Pretty odd time to be selling off the national Homebuilder stocks because the Housing Market Index YOY for Feb is up for all markets. The HMI in 2023 for Feb was 42 and in 2024 it is 48. The last time it was this good was back in August of 2023.

Traffic for new prospective homebuyers is also up YOY (28 in 23 to 33 in 24). Sales of single family for next six months YOY in Feb (48 in 23 to 60 in 24) in the HMI index.

The homebuilders aren't slowing down and they are killing it. The only thing this could mean is that BH is selling off so it can pay out for the losses attributed to the multi-billion dollar class action lawsuits involving BHHS.
Posted by Crawdaddy
Slidell. The jewel of Louisiana
Member since Sep 2006
18456 posts
Posted on 3/1/24 at 8:51 am to
DR Horton is garbage and a POS of a person.

Do your best to prevent DR Horton in your communities.

I could not imagine paying those high prices to live so close you cant pass a lawn mower between the houses.
Posted by grich31
Youngsville, La
Member since May 2008
1227 posts
Posted on 3/1/24 at 9:00 am to
DR Horton has major Class Action Lawsuits pending or filed in La and other states for issues with building materials among other things and they can't build new homes until suits are settled, my subdivision is part of it so that might be the problem.
Posted by crewdepoo
Hogwarts
Member since Jan 2015
9724 posts
Posted on 3/1/24 at 9:13 am to
They're getting sued in Louisiana for their cheap homes and there was an article in the advocate yesterday
Posted by ithad2bme
Houston transplant from B.R.
Member since Sep 2008
3473 posts
Posted on 3/1/24 at 9:22 am to
Probably because I drove up the cost for DR Horton on the neighborhood that catches a portion of my property by turning them in to TCEQ and then EPA for the environmental violations.

I tried to talk to someone at DR Horton, and the girl at their office was total B to me and said to call the proper authorities if you have a problem . I’ve been an environmental consultant over 20 years, so when TCEQ blew it off I sent all the pictures and videos to a contact at EPA and CCd TCEQ. Within a couple weeks there were water trucks for dust and silt fence going up, and a request to use my evidence in the enforcement action from TCEQ.
Posted by El Segundo Guy
SE OK
Member since Aug 2014
9692 posts
Posted on 3/1/24 at 9:36 am to
I know for a fact that DR Horton is still buying several hundred acre tracts for development. I've seen the contracts.
Posted by FLTech
the A
Member since Sep 2017
13391 posts
Posted on 3/1/24 at 12:10 pm to
We did a lot of work for DR Horton on 30a near destin. It was their first of a kind luxury homes and they were the biggest piece of garbage homes I have ever seen.. these houses were selling for high hundred k (700-1m) and they were all falling apart from cheap materials, shortcut corners, etc. the houses were fricking brutal for the price
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