Top builders have $33b on their books, but fewer homes planned

Top builders have $33b on their books, but fewer homes planned
Fletcher Living is still the biggest home builder in the land. (Image: Fletcher)
Brent Melville
Retirement village operator Summerset Group has closed the gap between it and Fletcher Living, adding $706 million to its residential books since March and coming in with a total development pipeline of $2.2 billion.Fletcher Living remains the country’s largest home builder, with $2.78b worth of jobs across 156 projects, while franchise builder GJ Gardner is back in third spot, coming in at $1.25b of homes in the planning or build stage as of September. That equates to 2,773 homes across 659 projects, less than half of...

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