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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.

National homebuilders · Multifamily developers

D.R. Horton

Unscored

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.

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Commercial developers

Hines

Unscored

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.

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National homebuilders

Lennar

Unscored

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%.

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National homebuilders · Luxury builders

NVR

Unscored

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.

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National homebuilders

PulteGroup

Unscored

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.

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Commercial developers · Multifamily developers

Related Companies

Unscored

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.

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Luxury builders · Multifamily developers

Toll Brothers

Unscored

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.

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Commercial developers

Trammell Crow Company

Unscored

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).

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Multifamily developers

Trammell Crow Residential

Unscored

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.

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Last verified 2026-10-20. Figures were re-read from the linked sources that day.

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