Top Ten Home Builders in the United States |

Irene

Buying a new home is an important and expensive event for most families in the United States. Home construction has boomed in most areas of the nation, providing homes for a number of rapidly growing areas. Large home-building corporations play a major role in this sector of growth, and a few names occur year after year among the top 10 builders in the country.

D.R. Horton

    D.R. Horton is one of the leading homebuilders in the United States. Cited by Builder Magazine as America's biggest homebuilder, D.R. Horton provides homes in 28 states. With experience in providing homes since 1978, D.R. Horton emphasizes quality and value, livable floor plans and energy-efficient systems.

Pulte Homes

    Pulte offers homes in 27 states in the nation, with an emphasis on innovative features, green technologies and neighborhood amenities. The Pulte Group also includes DiVosta and Del Webb, as well as their recent purchase of Centex Homes.

Lennar

    Lennar Corporation, headquartered in Miami, Florida, has building projects in 17 states, according to Lennar. The company specializes in "affordable, move-up and retirement homes" for the changing needs of American families, with a focus on quality and customer service.

NVR

    NVR builds homes in 25 metropolitan areas in 14 states. It was founded in 1948 during the post-war economic boom. Today, it provides homes for a wide range of demographic needs, including single-family homes, townhomes and condominiums.

KB Homes

    KB Homes provides residences in 12 states in the country. With its focus on energy-efficient appliances, water-conserving systems and use of sustainable materials, KB Homes offers features and an attitude that many modern home-buyers require. KB Homes was founded in 1957.

Centex

    Centex Homes, now owned by Pulte Group, offers residences in 22 states and the District of Columbia. The company was founded in 1950, and their long experience and quality are the result of keeping an eye on changing consumer needs, as well as intensive follow-up attention to its customers' feedback.

Hovnanian

    K. Hovnanian Homes have provided homebuyers with quality homes since 1959. Today, Hovnanian builds houses in 17 states, with choices like retirement resort communities, high-rise condominiums, single-family homes, garden homes and estate homes.

Habitat For Humanity

    Habitat for Humanity has become one of the nation's top ten homebuilders, according to the Wall Street Journal on December 21, 2010. Cutbacks from major homebuilding companies gave Habitat for Humanity's continuing record of affordable homebuilding and home rehabilitation an advantage in the current economic climate. Habitat was founded in 1976 in Americus, Georgia, as a Christian group providing housing for the disadvantaged.

The Ryland Group

    Ryland Homes have provided new homes for American home-buyers since 1967. Ryland's care for both indoor and outdoor environmental quality as well as livable floorplans and careful neighborhood planning make them a favorite among American homeowners.

Beazer

    Beazer Homes, headquartered in Atlanta, offers high-performance "eSmart" homes covering many price ranges and designs to appeal to American families. Beazer Homes USA, Inc. was founded in 1985.


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By J. Lang Wood, eHow Contributor

updated January 19, 2011

elam63

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好像每个BUILDER都有CUSTOMER COMPLAINS.  

Irene

回复 2# elam63

如果所有的Builder都不好，我们找谁去建房呢。我有个朋友，买新建的房，他对那些工人不放心，天天去看着他们，最有意思的是，他竟然说人家把墙盖歪了，要求返工，还拿把尺子测，他又不是搞建筑的，根本不懂。可人家工人说了，不能听顾客的，有什么问题向有关部门反映，结果人家告诉他：一切都符合要求，把通过city的permit让他看。等房子建好，他人痩了许都。我们这些外行对房子的结构不懂，而一个房子的地基和内部的结构的建设是最重要的。我们自己看着，怎能看得过来呢， 还是靠政府的监督吧。

elam63

回复 3# Irene

就因为所有的BUILDER都有客户COMPLAIN, 所以我想也许这整个行业的质量可能都差不多.  
另外, 美国的东西真的是一分钱一分货. 不过总得来说, 美国的标准应该还是比中国的标准要高些.

Irene

回复 4# elam63


    你说的对. 就我而言, 我买的新建的房是Richmond的, 我的realtor对这个Builder就有成见, 但我查了一下, 它没有"房歪歪", "房抱抱"的历史(也许我没查到), 地大, 样式也还行, 设计也较合理, 就买了. 无知才无畏, 等什么都想好了, 恐怕就干不成了. 房子到目前为止, 还没给我找事.

elam63

回复 5# Irene

我买的也是RICHMOND的. 不过是小房子. 你是最近买的吗? 有好的DEAL?

Irene

回复 6# elam63

This house was built in 2010, two story, 2,400 sq, lot size about 6,600sq. The Builder offered incentives, such as upgrades for $10,000 free plus 10% off, closing cost for fee and Builder's mortgage rate.