Today we begin the rollout of home building’s most-anticipated rankings with the Next 100, a listing of the top 101 to 200 U.S. home builders by closings. (Tomorrow we’ll unveil the big list, the BUILDER 100.)
Builders had a slightly tougher time moving into the Next 100 list for 2015 than the year before–the threshold to entry was 120 closed units compared to 110 in 2014. Fifteen companies that were not on the Next 100 list in 2014 were able to land a coveted spot for 2015. The newbies are listed here, ranked by closings:
| Closings | Company | |
| 302 | Park Square Homes, Orlando, Fla. | |
| 242 | Hubbell Homes, West Des Moines, Iowa | |
| 206 | Stone Martin Builders, Opeilika, Ala. | |
| 202 | Candlelight Homes, South Jordan, Utah | |
| 202 | Keystone Homes, Greensboro, N.C. | |
| 179 | The Warmington Group, Costa Mesa, Calif. | |
| 146 | The Evergreene Cos., Chantilly, Va. | |
| 146 | Ivey Homes, Evans, Ga. | |
| 142 | Caruso Homes, Crofton, Md. | |
| 141 | McKee Homes, Fayetteville, N.C. | |
| 139 | Stylecraft Homes, Richmond, Va. | |
| 138 | Colina Homes, Houston | |
| 137 | Permian Homes, Midland, Texas | |
| 130 | Jim Tibbe Homes, Wyoming, Mich. | |
| 123 | Comstock Holdings, Reston, Va. |
