Developers and builders: profiles
Last updated: 2026-10-20
We do not score developers or builders. We have not published a rubric for them, and they publish no quality or warranty data. Firms are listed alphabetically. NMHC ranks are NMHC’s.
D.R. Horton
Public. Says it is the largest U.S. homebuilder by homes closed.
84,863 homes at an average $370,400; also No. 3 on NMHC’s 2026 apartment developer list.
Profile and sources →Hines
Private. Developer, investment manager and property manager, founded 1957.
Self-reports $90.9B AUM, 105.2M sq ft of third-party property services and a presence in 29 countries.
Profile and sources →Lennar
Public. Moved to a ‘land-light’ model and spun off land to Millrose in 2025.
82,583 deliveries at an average $391,000, down from $423,000; gross margin on home sales fell to 17.7%.
Profile and sources →NVR
Public. Builds as Ryan Homes, NVHomes and Heartland Homes; generally does not develop land.
Buys finished lots under purchase agreements instead of owning land; controlled about 180,100 lots at year-end.
Profile and sources →PulteGroup
Public. Brands include Centex, Pulte Homes, Del Webb, DiVosta and John Wieland.
Average price $566,000 and a 26.3% home-sale gross margin; 22% of closings went to active-adult (Del Webb) buyers.
Profile and sources →Related Companies
Private. Developer of Hudson Yards; large affordable housing owner.
NMHC counts 58,483 of its 80,720 owned units as subsidized, so most of its apartments are affordable housing.
Profile and sources →Toll Brothers
Public. Luxury builder; City Living high-rise condos and Apartment Living rentals.
63% of fiscal 2025 deliveries had a base price of $750,000 or more; 5% were over $2 million.
Profile and sources →Trammell Crow Company
Subsidiary of CBRE; development line of CBRE’s Real Estate Investments segment.
CBRE says TCC has been the largest U.S. commercial real estate developer for more than a decade (company claim).
Profile and sources →Trammell Crow Residential
Private. A different company from CBRE’s Trammell Crow Company.
No. 7 on NMHC’s 2026 developer list, up from No. 13; No. 11 builder; No. 43 owner.
Profile and sources →Last verified 2026-10-20. Figures were re-read from the linked sources that day.
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- Section published: hub, four sub-hubs, nine profiles and three comparisons, from 10-Ks, NMHC 2026 lists and firm pages read this day.