Berkshire snaps up Taylor Morrison in $8.5B housing bet
Berkshire is already a major player in residential real estate, owning Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices, one of the largest residential real estate brokerage franchise networks in the US, alongside Clayton Homes in the manufactured housing segment. The addition of a top-five site-built homebuilder deepens that footprint substantially. Meanwhile, single-family housing starts have continued to slide even as…