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When you’re building a new house, choosing the right home builder is absolutely critical to your final outcome.<\/p>\n
You want the style to reflect your architect’s drawings and the final product to be of significant quality (to reduce future maintenance costs). Perhaps one of the most overlooked factors is finishing the construction on time, let alone on budget.<\/p>\n
Time is money and delays can be very costly, especially if you’re\u00a0leasing another property or paying finance costs\u00a0prior to\u00a0your move in date.<\/p>\n
You want to find custom home builders in California who you can trust from start to finish \u2014 ones who are licensed, have good reviews, and\u00a0 a solid history of successful projects.<\/p>\n
Our proprietary California home builder matching and recommendation service<\/a> will give you the most accurate list of custom home builders who specialize in exactly what you’re after. Failing that, you can browse through a list of the top builders in the great state of CA below.<\/p>\n If you’re after a bespoke home design, these aren’t necessarily the companies you want to contract. However, if you’re after a list of the industry heavy-hitters, this is accurate. Most of the players\u00a0at the top of this list are publicly traded companies. This 10 ten list is ranked in order from highest revenue to lowest.<\/p>\n This 10 ten list is ranked in order from highest revenue to lowest for the year of 2016. Data courtesy of Probuilder.com<\/p>\n 1 – DR Horton Inc $12,239,900,000<\/p>\n 2 – Lenna Corp. $9,558,517,000<\/p>\n 3 – PulteGroup Inc. $7,451,314,931<\/p>\n 4 – CalAtlantic Homes $6,354,869,000<\/p>\n 5 – NVR Inc. $5,709,223,000<\/p>\n 6 – Toll Brothers $5,279,508,453<\/p>\n 7 – KB Home $3,575,548,000<\/p>\n 8 – Taylor Morrison $3,425,521,000<\/p>\n 9 – Meritage Homes Corp. $3,003,426,000<\/p>\n 10 – Hovnanian Enterprises Inc. $2,733,741,000<\/p>\n Historically speaking, the housing market is one of the most significant indicators of the overall economy’s health and the same could be said for the state of California. Growing demand for home buying is reflective of rising consumer confidence.<\/p>\n There’s a large difference between a tract home building company who construct many similar houses at a time versus a smaller custom home building company who specialize in single custom home projects.<\/p>\n If you’re a landowner and need just one or two houses built for yourself the above list is not a suitable starting point.<\/p>\n You need a tailored list of general contractors, who are familiar with your particular area and all the associated local regulations.\u00a0We can quickly send you a tailored list sent to you via our homebuilder concierge service<\/a>\u00a0if you fill out a few basic details online.<\/p>\n For the purposes of this discussion, we will ignore the tract home builders and focus just on the\u00a0small to medium custom home builders in Northern and Southern California.<\/p>\n A good way to follow which building firms are producing good work is to first look at the design phrase of a new home project.<\/p>\n Two good websites which we’ve found which do a good job at regularly reviewing the architect scene in California are San Francisco Architects<\/a> and Los Angeles Architects<\/a><\/p>\n Often by asking these leading Architects for recommendations on who they use for the build phase is a good indication of who the best home builders are in the local area for their particular design style. However, don’t be surprised if they don’t tell you the names of the contractors they use as this forms part of their competitive market edge.<\/p>\n Back in 2015\u00a0we 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.<\/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.<\/p>\n After considering the top 25, a few things jumped out:<\/p>\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><\/p>\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 Great home building companies need to know more than just construction as they have to supervise a bevy of subcontractors while having a good knowledge of local permit regulations. This includes building codes, zoning regulations and other inspection compliance matters.<\/p>\n The very best contractors also typically have a good working knowledge of all the other associated disciplines which feed into the end result. This includes interior design, landscape architecture, building architecture architecture, engineering and most importantly (but often overlooked in the contractor selection process) project management skills.<\/p>\n Luckily if you use our sourcing service, we only provide you a pre-screened list of possible home builders who we know are reputable. However, if you’re just curating a list via internet research or on the word of your friends, make sure you ask some of these questions before deciding on your final choice.<\/p>\nThe Largest Home Builders in the USA<\/h2>\n
Top 10 home builders in the USA by Revenue<\/h3>\n
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Custom Home Builders vs Tract Home Builders<\/h3>\n
How\u00a0we determine which builders are\u00a0better than others<\/h3>\n
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Californian Home Builders Analysis in 2015<\/h3>\n
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\n Home Builder<\/th>\n Headquarters<\/th>\n Building Permits (2014)<\/th>\n Median Valuation<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n \n 1. Lennar<\/td>\n Miami, FL<\/td>\n 2538<\/td>\n $277,700<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n 2. Standard Pacific Homes<\/td>\n Irvine, CA<\/td>\n 1440<\/td>\n $297,489<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n 3. KB Home<\/td>\n Los Angeles, CA<\/td>\n 1098<\/td>\n $370,195<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n 4. Irvine Pacific<\/td>\n Irvine,\u00a0CA<\/td>\n 963<\/td>\n $258,342<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n 5. D R Horton<\/td>\n Fort Worth, TX<\/td>\n 823<\/td>\n $326,836<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n 6. Toll Brothers<\/td>\n Horsham, PA<\/td>\n 568<\/td>\n $518,595<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n 7. Taylor Morrison Home Builders<\/td>\n Scottsdale, AZ<\/td>\n 545<\/td>\n $249,805<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n 8. Shea Homes<\/td>\n Walnut, CA<\/td>\n 498<\/td>\n $390,387<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n 9. TRI Pointe Homes<\/td>\n Irvine, CA<\/td>\n 456<\/td>\n $346,806<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n 10. William Lyon Homes<\/td>\n Newport Beach, CA<\/td>\n 447<\/td>\n $876,060<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n 11. Woodside Homes<\/td>\n Salt Lake, UT<\/td>\n 386<\/td>\n $257,716<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n 12. Brookfield Residential<\/td>\n Calgary, AB<\/td>\n 233<\/td>\n $424,796<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n 13. Wilson Homes<\/td>\n Fresno, CA<\/td>\n 227<\/td>\n $261,807<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n 14. Wathen Castanos Homes<\/td>\n Fresno, CA<\/td>\n 218<\/td>\n $261,221<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n 15. Richmond American Homes<\/td>\n Denver, CO<\/td>\n 208<\/td>\n $258,916<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n 16. Beazer Homes<\/td>\n Atlanta, GA<\/td>\n 198<\/td>\n $228,966<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n 17. Pulte Homes<\/td>\n Atlanta, GA<\/td>\n 198<\/td>\n $227,867<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n 18. Benchmark Communities<\/td>\n San Jose, CA<\/td>\n 186<\/td>\n $306,740<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n 19. Castle And Cooke<\/td>\n Bakersfield, CA<\/td>\n 177<\/td>\n $249,352<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n 20. Pardee Homes<\/td>\n El Segundo, CA<\/td>\n 174<\/td>\n $502,835<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n 21. Discovery Homes<\/td>\n Concord, CA<\/td>\n 172<\/td>\n $350,000<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n 22. Meritage Homes<\/td>\n Scottsdale, AZ<\/td>\n 157<\/td>\n $350,968<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n 23. Woodbridge Homes<\/td>\n Mission Viejo, CA<\/td>\n 148<\/td>\n $524,697<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n 24. Western National Builders<\/td>\n Irvine, CA<\/td>\n 137<\/td>\n $753,253<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n 25. Elliott Homes<\/td>\n Folsom, CA<\/td>\n 136<\/td>\n $257,922<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n General Information About Custom Home Builders<\/h2>\n
How to select the best home builders<\/h3>\n
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