Berkshire Hathaway has agreed to acquire homebuilder Taylor Morrison for $8.5bn in cash, at $72.50 per share, a 24% premium to Friday’s close, with the deal expected to close in the second half of 2026.
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Summary:
- Berkshire Hathaway agreed on Sunday to acquire Taylor Morrison Home Corporation in an all-cash deal valued at approximately $8.5 billion, per a joint company statement
- The offer price of $72.50 per common share values Taylor Morrison’s equity at around $6.8 billion and represents a premium of approximately 24% to the company’s closing price of $58.50 on Friday, per the joint statement
- Berkshire chief executive Greg Abel said the deal would broaden the conglomerate’s presence in site-built homes with potential to combine operations with existing housing businesses over time, per the joint statement
- Taylor Morrison chief executive Sheryl Palmer said Berkshire’s long-term investment orientation was well-suited to the multi-year cycle of homebuilding and would allow the company to scale in ways not possible as a standalone, per the joint statement
- Taylor Morrison operates in 12 US states and had a market capitalisation of $5.47 billion prior to the announcement, according to LSEG data
- The deal is expected to close in the second half of 2026, with Taylor Morrison to be taken private and delisted from the New York Stock Exchange; Goldman Sachs and Moelis advised Taylor Morrison, per the joint statement
Berkshire Hathaway has agreed to acquire US homebuilder Taylor Morrison Home Corporation in an all-cash transaction valued at approximately $8.5 billion, the companies announced jointly on Sunday, extending the conglomerate’s decades-long commitment to the American housing market into the site-built residential segment.
Under the terms of the deal, Berkshire will pay $72.50 per common share, valuing Taylor Morrison’s equity at around $6.8 billion. The offer price represents a premium of roughly 24% to the stock’s closing price of $58.50 on Friday. Taylor Morrison will be taken private on completion and its shares will cease trading on the New York Stock Exchange. The transaction is expected to close in the second half of 2026.
Berkshire chief executive Greg Abel framed the acquisition as a deliberate expansion beyond the conglomerate’s existing housing operations, which have historically been anchored by Clayton Homes, the manufactured housing business Berkshire acquired in 2003. Abel said the deal would broaden Berkshire’s footprint into site-built homes and flagged the potential to combine elements of the two operations over time, a comment that points toward longer-term integration rather than a purely financial holding structure.
Taylor Morrison chief executive Sheryl Palmer said the partnership with Berkshire would give the homebuilder the financial depth and long-term ownership horizon that the multi-year nature of residential development demands. Palmer indicated that Berkshire’s patient capital model would allow Taylor Morrison to scale its platform in ways that would not have been achievable as a publicly listed standalone company. She and the existing management team will remain in place following the close.
Taylor Morrison was established as a public company in 2013 and operates across 12 US states, with its core business in residential homebuilding and the development of lifestyle communities. Prior to Sunday’s announcement, the company carried a market capitalisation of $5.47 billion according to LSEG data, making the $8.5 billion headline valuation inclusive of assumed liabilities a substantial step-up.
The deal arrives at a complicated moment for US homebuilders. Elevated mortgage rates have weighed on transaction volumes and affordability, while persistent supply constraints continue to underpin pricing in many markets. Berkshire’s willingness to pay a significant premium into that environment reflects a conviction that structural undersupply in American housing remains a durable investment thesis over the time horizons that matter to Berkshire’s ownership model.
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The 24% premium to Friday’s close sets a firm valuation benchmark for the listed homebuilder sector and is likely to prompt a reassessment of takeover optionality across mid-cap US residential construction names at the open. Berkshire’s explicit ambition to combine Clayton Homes’ manufactured housing operations with Taylor Morrison’s site-built platform over time signals a strategic consolidation play in US housing rather than a passive capital allocation, which adds weight to the deal’s read-across for the sector. For broader markets the transaction reinforces the signal that patient long-duration capital continues to view US housing supply constraints as a structural opportunity despite elevated mortgage rates and cost pressures
