A review of the leading home builders in the four major metropolitan areas of Texas during the month of October 2020
As reported earlier this week in the previous post entitled “Texas Residential Construction Review – October 2020”, there were more than 7,300 housing starts with a total construction value of $1.7 billion on record with HBW for the Lone Star State last month. While we took a look at the total number of permits and leading areas for new home construction in the earlier post, today we are taking a deeper dive into the latest construction permit data to identify leading contractors driving the market within each of the four major metropolitan areas of Texas (Houston, Dallas, Austin, San Antonio).
Statewide, D.R. Horton continues to have a major hold on new home construction, with approximately 1,000 housing starts in October and carrying the greatest amount of new residential construction permits in three out four of the regions reviewed. Next in line, Lennar Homes was ranked #1 in San Antonio last month and had more than 500 housing starts from all metropolitan areas combined.
Based on the latest HBW construction data reports, the leading contractors in each of the four metro areas of Texas during the month of October 2020 are as follows:
Houston
There were more than 330 contractors with new residential construction activity on record in the Houston area last month, and the following ranked as the top five for total new permits:
| Builder | Total Permits |
| 1-D.R. Horton | 520 |
| 2-Lennar Homes | 273 |
| 3-K Hovnanian Homes | 196 |
| 4-Camillo Properties | 186 |
| 5-Perry Homes | 176 |
Dallas
Out of the nearly 230 home builders with new residential construction activity on record in the Dallas area last month, the following ranked as the top five for total new permits for the one-month period:
| Builder | Total Permits |
| 1-D.R. Horton | 305 |
| 2-Bloomfield Homes | 147 |
| 3-Highland Homes | 84 |
| 4-Lennar Homes | 75 |
| 5-Meritage Homes | 72 |
Austin
In Austin, there were approximately 90 contractors with housing starts on record last month, and the following ranked as the top five for total new permits for the one-month period:
| Builder | Total Permits |
| 1-D.R. Horton | 129 |
| 2-KB Homes | 109 |
| 3-Lennar Homes | 101 |
| 4-Meritage Homes | 58 |
| 5-Pacesetter Homes | 54 |
San Antonio
Out of the 95 home builders with new permitting activity on record in San Antonio last month, the following ranked as the top five for total new permits:
| Builder | Total Permits |
| 1-Lennar Homes | 57 |
| 2-Continental Homes of Texas | 46 |
| 3-D.R. Horton | 45 |
| 4-Meritage Homes | 44 |
| 5-KB Homes | 35 |
To gain more information on the builders, homeowners and permits for the construction activity above, check out HBW for your copy of the latest construction data reports. To gain access to the HBW database and receive custom and detailed reports on the latest residential and commercial building activity in Florida, Georgia, Texas, Alabama, and Oklahoma, please contact HBW for details.