Berkshire Hathaway has agreed to buy homebuilder Taylor Morrison Home Corp. in an all-cash deal valued at $6.8 billion. The offer comes in at $72.50 per share — a 24% premium to Taylor Morrison’s closing price of $58.50 on Friday.
JUST IN: Berkshire Hathaway to purchase homebuilder Taylor Morrison for $6,800,000,000.00 in cash.
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Taylor Morrison stock (TMHC) jumped as much as 23% to $71.75 in premarket trading Monday morning. Berkshire’s Class B shares (BRK.B) were little changed.
This is the first major acquisition under CEO Greg Abel, who took over from Warren Buffett in January. Abel said the deal “reinforces our long-standing commitment to U.S. housing.”
It’s also the largest Berkshire deal since the company bought Occidental Petroleum’s petrochemical business for $9.7 billion in January.
Berkshire ended Q1 2026 with a record $381.1 billion in cash and Treasury bills. Investors had been watching closely to see how Abel would deploy that capital.
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Berkshire’s Class B shares have fallen 5.6% this year, while the S&P 500 has gained 10.7% over the same period. Some investors had been hoping a deal would help lift the stock.
Abel’s comments about eventually unifying Berkshire’s homebuilding operations drew attention. That would be a shift from Berkshire’s long-standing practice of letting acquisitions run independently.
Christopher Davis of Hudson Value Partners called it “a notable departure” from Berkshire’s trademark strategy, but said “investors will welcome that evolution.”
Taylor Morrison is one of the largest homebuilders in the US. The Scottsdale, Arizona-based company has more than 350 communities across 12 states.
It also offers financial services including home loans, title, escrow, and insurance — adding a services layer on top of the core building business.
Existing management, including CEO Sheryl Palmer, will stay in place. Palmer said Berkshire’s “long-term orientation is uniquely well-suited to the multi-year investment cycle of homebuilding.”
Berkshire already has exposure to housing through Clayton Homes and a stake in Lennar Corp. (LEN). The Taylor Morrison deal expands that footprint considerably.
The acquisition comes at a difficult time for the homebuilding sector. New residential construction fell 2.8% in April. Single-family home starts dropped 9%, the steepest decline since August.
Mortgage rates have also climbed back to their highest level since August, adding pressure on buyers and builders alike.
At Berkshire’s annual meeting earlier this month, Abel said the company had a shortlist of acquisition targets. “There will be dislocations in markets that will allow us to act,” he said at the time.
The deal is expected to close in the second half of 2026. Goldman Sachs and Moelis & Co. are advising Taylor Morrison on the transaction.
Berkshire also disclosed a new $2.6 billion position in Delta Air Lines during Q1 2026.
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