BUILDER Magazine Top 10 National Builders for 2009

The top 10 builders in the nation sold over 89,000 homes in 2009 which is approximately a 32% decline from 2008. Although the national builders have suffered significantly during this economic disaster, their market share increased from 2008 to 2009. The top 10 builders now represent approximately 24% of the new home sales. Will their share continue to increase? As we continue to face difficult economic conditions, national builders are in multiple markets and not all markets face the same dire forecast. Thus it would be safe to assume that the national builders are better suited to weather the storm due to market diversification. This would result in a greater share of the national housing market. Will they be too big to fail?