【CNBC】Homebuilder deal activity is surging, fueled by major Japanese buyers

• Exceptionally strong housing demand in the U.S. has large homebuilders in the driver’s seat and smaller builders ripe for takeover.
• The surge is the result of still-growing housing demand that reignited at the start of the pandemic thanks to record low mortgage rates and sudden new migration.
• Margaret Whelan, founder of Whelan Advisory and one of the biggest investment bankers in the builder space, said half of the deals she has done this year are with Japanese buyers.

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