\n| \u00a025. Coastline Development<\/a><\/td>\n | Garden Grove, CA<\/td>\n | 75<\/td>\n | $260,403<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n \u00a0<\/em><\/p>\nHome Builders<\/h3>\nHistorically speaking, the housing market is one of the most significant indicators of the economy’s health. Growing demand for home buying is reflective of rising consumer confidence. This week we decided to take a closer look at the home builders driving residential growth in California, by listing those issued the most permits from California building departments in 2014. \u00a0<\/p>\n This list considers home builders that focus on new residential construction, including both single and multifamily housing; firms that mainly focus on home remodels or repairs were omitted. The total number of building permits includes different types of projects (not just new homes). The median value however, omits permits that reference home maintenance.\u00a0<\/p>\n After considering the top 25, a few things jumped out:\u00a0<\/p>\n \n- Lennar leads the pack\u00a0<\/strong>– With 2,538 California building permits in 2014 alone, this Miami based national home builder far exceeds its competition.\u00a0<\/li>\n
- Out-of-state home builders well represented\u00a0<\/b> – 10 of the top 25 home builders are headquartered outside of California (including one in Canada). Out-of-state home builders accounted for nearly half of all building permits represented on the list.<\/li>\n
- William Lyon Homes and Western National Builders had high median job valuations due to their focus on larger, multi-unit condos and apartments.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
If you have specific questions, comments or are interested in learning more about our data, you can e-mail our data team directly<\/a>!\u00a0<\/p>\n \n\n\n| Home Builder<\/th>\n | Headquarters<\/th>\n | Building Permits (2014)<\/th>\n | Median Valuation<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n | \n| 1. Lennar\u00a0<\/a><\/td>\n | Miami, FL<\/td>\n | 2538<\/td>\n | $277,700<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | \n| 2. Standard Pacific Homes<\/a><\/td>\n | Irvine, CA<\/td>\n | \n 1440<\/p>\n<\/td>\n | $297,489<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | \n| 3. KB Home<\/a><\/td>\n | Los Angeles, CA<\/td>\n | 1098<\/td>\n | $370,195<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | \n| 4. Irvine Pacific<\/a><\/td>\n | \n Irvine,\u00a0CA<\/p>\n<\/td>\n | 963<\/td>\n | $258,342<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | \n| 5. D R Horton<\/a><\/td>\n | Fort Worth, TX<\/td>\n | 823<\/td>\n | $326,836<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | \n| 6. Toll Brothers<\/a><\/td>\n | Horsham, PA<\/td>\n | 568<\/td>\n | $518,595<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | \n| 7. Taylor Morrison Home Builders<\/a><\/td>\n | Scottsdale, AZ<\/td>\n | 545<\/td>\n | \n $249,805<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | \n| 8. Shea Homes<\/a><\/td>\n | Walnut, CA<\/td>\n | 498<\/td>\n | $390,387<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | \n| 9. TRI Pointe Homes<\/a><\/td>\n | Irvine, CA<\/td>\n | 456<\/td>\n | \n $346,806<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | \n| 10. William Lyon Homes<\/a><\/td>\n | Newport Beach, CA<\/td>\n | 447<\/td>\n | $876,060<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | \n| 11. Woodside Homes<\/a><\/td>\n | Salt Lake, UT<\/td>\n | 386<\/td>\n | $257,716<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | \n| 12. Brookfield Residential<\/a><\/td>\n | Calgary, AB<\/td>\n | 233<\/td>\n | $424,796<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | \n| 13. Wilson Homes<\/a><\/td>\n | Fresno, CA<\/td>\n | 227<\/td>\n | $261,807<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | \n| 14. Wathen Castanos Homes\u00a0<\/a><\/td>\n | Fresno, CA<\/td>\n | 218<\/td>\n | $261,221<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | \n| 15. Richmond American Homes<\/a><\/td>\n | Denver, CO<\/td>\n | 208<\/td>\n | $258,916<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | \n| 16. Beazer Homes<\/a><\/td>\n | Atlanta, GA<\/td>\n | 198<\/td>\n | $228,966<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | \n| 17. Pulte Homes<\/a><\/td>\n | Atlanta, GA<\/td>\n | 198<\/td>\n | $227,867<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | \n| 18. Benchmark Communities<\/a><\/td>\n | San Jose, CA<\/td>\n | 186<\/td>\n | $306,740<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | \n| 19. Castle And Cooke<\/a><\/td>\n | Bakersfield, CA<\/td>\n | 177<\/td>\n | $249,352<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | \n| 20. Pardee Homes<\/a><\/td>\n | El Segundo, CA<\/td>\n | 174<\/td>\n | $502,835<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | \n| 21. Discovery Homes<\/a><\/td>\n | Concord, CA<\/td>\n | 172<\/td>\n | $350,000<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | \n| 22. Meritage Homes<\/a><\/td>\n | Scottsdale, AZ<\/td>\n | 157<\/td>\n | $350,968<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | \n| 23. Woodbridge Homes<\/a><\/td>\n | Mission Viejo, CA<\/td>\n | 148<\/td>\n | $524,697<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | \n| 24. Western National Builders<\/a><\/td>\n | Irvine, CA<\/td>\n | 137<\/td>\n | $753,253<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | \n| 25. Elliott Homes<\/a><\/td>\n | Folsom, CA<\/td>\n | 136<\/td>\n | $257,922<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n Note: \u00a0To ensure the median valuation was reflective of new construction projects, we set a lower bound for the job valuation assigned to the permit at $200,000.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"General Contractors When planning your next home improvement project, BuildZoom can help you find a contractor with a solid track record of quality work. This week we compiled a list of the most active general contractors within California’s home improvement market, by looking at those contractors that procured the most permits from California building departments […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-5638","page","type-page","status-publish","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.buildzoom.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5638","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.buildzoom.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.buildzoom.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.buildzoom.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.buildzoom.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5638"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.buildzoom.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5638\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.buildzoom.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5638"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}} | |