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- D.R. Horton, Inc. is a U.S. homebuilding company engaged in the acquisition and development of land and the construction, marketing and sale of residential homes. The Company offers single-family detached homes; attached homes, including townhomes and duplexes; entry-level, move-up, active-adult and luxury-oriented housing; master-planned community homes; and single-family and multifamily rental properties. Its homebuilding portfolio includes homes marketed principally under the D.R. Horton brand, as well as Emerald Homes, Express Homes and Freedom Homes brands. The Company’s homes generally address a range of price points, from approximately $200,000 to more than $1.0 million, and are sold primarily to first-time, move-up, active-adult and other retail homebuyers.
D.R. Horton operates through homebuilding, rental, Forestar and financial services activities. Its homebuilding operations encompass land acquisition, entitlement, development, construction and sales across the North, East, Southeast, South Central, Southwest and Northwest regions of the United States. Its rental operations develop, construct, own, lease and sell single-family rental homes and multifamily rental properties. Through DHI Mortgage and related operations, the Company provides mortgage origination and financing; title and closing services; and insurance agency services to homebuyers. It also holds water rights and related water assets, as well as certain non-residential real estate assets, including ranch land and improvements. D.R. Horton is the majority owner of Forestar Group Inc., a publicly traded national residential lot development company that acquires, develops and sells finished residential lots to the Company and other homebuilders.
Founded in 1978, D.R. Horton is headquartered in Arlington, Texas. The Company operates in 126 markets across 36 U.S. states. During fiscal 2025, it closed 84,863 homes through its homebuilding operations, 3,460 single-family rental homes and 2,947 multifamily rental units, reflecting its continued expansion across for-sale and rental housing categories. Recent strategic activity includes the fiscal 2025 acquisition of SK Builders for approximately $80 million in cash by its Forestar lot-development business, strengthening lot-development capacity; a November 2025 investment in TidalWave’s $22 million Series A financing; the September 2026 acquisition of 232 residential homesites on approximately 90 acres in the Lucero village within the Estrella master-planned community in Arizona, with sales expected to commence in 2027; and the planned fall 2026 opening of the Cannon Ridge residential community in Dundas, Minnesota, expanding the Company’s presence in the Twin Cities area.