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Rosewood Communities is Sold to United Homes Group $UHG

Photo Credit: Rosewood Communities – Now United Homes Group

The consolidation in everything continues and we see it in the home building arena. A local favorite, Rosewood Communities, was just acquired by United Homes Group which is a publicly traded company headquatered just out of Columbia, SC. Rosewood Communities builds a gorgeous cottage home in several communities throughout the Upstate of South Carolina. They are a high quality builder that will help $UHG continue to grow in the high growth market of the Upstate.

Here’s the press release announcing the purchase. Congratulations to Rosewood’s owner, Mark Nyblom on the exit. He developed Rosewood Communities into a top notch home building company that delivered a product people really enjoyed. Hopefully United Homes Group will continue with this excellent in quality, design and style. According to the press release, Mark Nyblom will stay on as division manager which should be a good thing.

“Acquiring Rosewood Communities is a great opportunity to expand our existing footprint in the Upstate area,” said UHG Chief Executive Officer Michael Nieri. “With a world-class university in Clemson and a booming industrial base in Greenville with employers like BMW, Upstate South Carolina is a fast growing, attractive new home market. Rosewood’s innovative home designs will also allow us to diversify our product offering in the Upstate, and we plan on using their designs in our other markets.”

There was no mention of the price paid. It sure seems to me to be a brilliant acquisition as I would think these types of plans and communities will be well received throughout the markets where UHG is established as well as those they will move into in the future. Congrats to all involved!

12 Predictions for Home Building

Builder Magazine recently published an excellent article by industry expert, George Casey titled, “12 Predictions for Home Building.” The home building industry has recovered since the housing market crash of 2008 but we are still no where near the levels we should be at or near anything like where we were prior to the crash. There are many reasons why the industry has not fully recovered but we have to come up with innovative ways now to get back to building more housing.

There are lots of takeaways from Mr. Casey’s piece, but a couple of things particularly standout in my mind:

  1. More of the home building process will move to the factory where we’ll have more pre-built homes that will be assembled on site. This will help drive down costs as well as deal with the labor shortage
  2. Builders, developers and REALTORS need to work closely with government officials to help come up with more innovative housing options. What you see right now is often the result of current regulations. A big area of opportunity will be in redeveloping or converting large homes in to multi-unit rentals.
  3. Trends in terms of government incentives is no longer driving people toward homeownership…new rental models need to be considered. We’ll likely see new kinds of companies, players, investors, JVs come in to play to make this work…might even see triple net leases with longer terms for rental housing. Interesting.

Anyway, there’s a lot in the article by Mr. Casey. I would highly recommend you take the time to read it.