Berkshire keeps buying Lennar while builder sentiment stays sour, adding roughly $54.7 million across Class A and B shares. That is a bet that housing weakness is already in the price.
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Berkshire just added roughly $163 million of Lennar across Class A and Class B shares in a single stretch of buying, lifting its Class A stake past 25.3 million shares. Buffett's team is leaning into homebuilders at around $81 a share while elevated mortgage rates keep the rest of the market cautious.
Buffett crossing the 10% threshold at Lennar is the loudest vote of confidence in housing since mortgage rates froze builder sentiment, and it comes with a $16.4 billion market cap that leaves room for him to keep buying. Every Form 4 from here is now public, so investors get a live read on whether he is adding into the slowdown.
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