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. |
