Below is a table showing selected operating statistics for eight large, publicly-traded builders for the quarter ended September 30, 2017.
From housing economist Tom Lawler:
| Net Orders | Settlements | Average Closing Price $ (000s) |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Qtr. Ended: | 9/17 | 9/16 | % Chg | 9/17 | 9/16 | % Chg | 9/17 | 9/16 | % Chg |
| D.R. Horton |
10,333 | 8,744 | 18.2% | 13,165 | 12,247 | 7.5% | 307 | 297 | 3.2% |
| Pulte Group |
5,300 | 4,775 | 11.0% | 5,151 | 5,037 | 2.3% | 399 | 374 | 6.7% |
| NVR | 4,200 | 3,477 | 20.8% | 4,158 | 3,922 | 6.0% | 393 | 384 | 2.3% |
| Cal Atlantic |
3,416 | 3,531 | -3.3% | 3,380 | 3,680 | -8.2% | 448 | 452 | -0.9% |
| Beazer Homes |
1,315 | 1,346 | -2.3% | 1,904 | 1,856 | 2.6% | 350 | 334 | 4.6% |
| Meritage Homes |
1,874 | 1,737 | 7.9% | 1,969 | 1,800 | 9.4% | 409 | 409 | 0.0% |
| MDC Holdings |
1,270 | 1,296 | -2.0% | 1,317 | 1,293 | 1.9% | 444 | 445 | -0.2% |
| M/I Homes |
1,225 | 1,008 | 21.5% | 1,256 | 1,148 | 9.4% | 366 | 365 | 0.3% |
| SubTotal | 28,933 | 25,914 | 11.7% | 32,300 | 30,983 | 4.3% | 364 | 356 | 2.1% |