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Berkshire Hathaway continued accumulating Lennar shares in early October, adding about $190 million and lifting its stake in the homebuilder to roughly 12%.
Berkshire Hathaway has continued its rapid accumulation of Lennar shares, buying roughly another $190 million of stock and lifting its ownership of the homebuilder to about 12%.
The latest purchases are disclosed in an SEC Form 4 filed Oct. 5. The filing shows Berkshire-affiliated entities bought Lennar shares on Oct. 1 and Oct. 2 at weighted-average prices largely in the high-$70s per share.
The new filing is a material update to a position that WRE News has been tracking as it grows. Berkshire crossed the 10% ownership threshold in September after buying roughly $212 million more of Lennar. It then disclosed another $53.9 million of purchases through Sept. 30.
The buying did not stop at month-end
The latest Form 4 establishes that Berkshire kept adding to the position immediately after the September transactions. Because Berkshire is now a 10% owner, Section 16 reporting requirements give the market a much faster view of changes in its Lennar holdings than the quarterly institutional filings investors normally rely on.
The filing identifies Berkshire Hathaway and Warren Buffett among the reporting persons and states that shares are held through Berkshire subsidiaries. It also says Buffett may be deemed to beneficially own the reported securities only to the extent of his pecuniary interest and disclaims beneficial ownership beyond that interest.
Barron’s calculated that the latest buying added about 2.4 million shares and put Berkshire’s stake at roughly 12%, worth approximately $2.2 billion at recent market prices.
A conspicuous housing bet in a difficult market
The timing makes the accumulation especially notable. Lennar has been operating through a housing market constrained by mortgage rates, affordability pressure and weaker order activity. WRE News reported last month that Lennar’s third-quarter earnings fell sharply and the builder cut its 2026 delivery target.
Berkshire began the accelerated buying immediately after those results and has continued to purchase shares as Lennar’s stock weakened. The filings document the transactions, but they do not disclose Berkshire’s investment thesis, whether it plans to keep buying or whether the stake is connected to any broader strategic transaction.
That distinction is important. A growing equity position — even one that has crossed the 10% reporting threshold — is not evidence of an acquisition plan.
Berkshire already has substantial exposure to U.S. housing through operating businesses including Clayton Homes. Its Lennar purchases therefore deepen an existing housing footprint rather than creating one from scratch.
What has changed is the scale and speed of the public-market investment. Berkshire has now disclosed repeated purchases across multiple reporting periods, and the latest filing confirms that the accumulation continued into October.
