Sentences and paragraphs of LEN's Risk Factors and MD&A, 10-K 2026-01-28 against 10-K 2025-01-23.
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RemovedRisk Factors
We previously announced that we expect to spin off a significant portion of our land assets from our balance sheet through the spin-off of Millrose. Millrose has filed a registration statement on Form S-11 with the Securities and Exchange Commission, which became effective on January 17, 2025, and our Board declared a special stock dividend to effect the Millrose Spin-Off to Lennar stockholders of record as of January 21, 2025, with a distribution date of February 7, 2025. However, the completion of the Millrose Spin-Off remains subject to the satisfaction of a number of conditions, including the execution of certain agreements relating to the Millrose Spin-Off and other customary conditions, some of which will not occur until shortly prior to the distribution date. The failure to satisfy all of the required conditions, as well as other factors outside of our control, including general economic and market conditions, could delay the completion of the Millrose Spin-Off relative to the anticipated timeline or prevent it from occurring. Any delay in the completion of the Millrose Spin-Off or any change to the anticipated terms of the transaction could reduce the expected benefits of the transaction or delay the time at which such benefits are realized. There can also be no assurance that the anticipated benefits of the transaction will be realized if the Millrose Spin-Off is completed, or that the costs will not exceed the anticipated benefits.
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In addition, whether or not the Millrose Spin-Off is ultimately completed, we have incurred, and expect to continue to incur, costs associated with the planned transaction and the pendency of the planned transaction has imposed and may continue to impose challenges on us, including the diversion of management and employee time on matters relating to the proposed transaction while continuing to operate in the ordinary course of business.
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As the fourth quarter of fiscal 2024 began, we expected affordability to ease with the reduction in interest rates by the Fed, and we priced accordingly, however, mortgage rates climbed approximately 100 basis points instead of falling. We saw sales stall at then-existing price and incentive levels, which required us to increase incentives, provide interest rate buy-downs and adjust prices to stimulate sales and avoid inventory build-up. As a result, we have moderated our expectations for margins and sales in the first quarter of fiscal 2025, as the market adjusts and stabilizes.
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A combination of wavering consumer confidence and elevated acquisition costs dampened customers’ desire and ability to transact. In addition, inflation and interest rates have hindered the ability of the average family to accumulate a down payment or qualify for a mortgage. Higher interest rates have curtailed the normal move up homebuyer as families expand and need more space. However, strong employment often goes hand-in-hand with a strong housing market, and we expect broad-based demand to resume as rates stabilize or even moderate, releasing pent-up demand against short supply.
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Tariffs and immigration have recently been added to the list of concerns confronting the homebuilding industry. Our early evaluation suggests that steps we took in the past several years to move supply into the United States will reduce our exposure to the effect of increased tariffs. The likely effects of reduced immigration and possible widespread deportations are more difficult to predict. We feel confident that similar to the supply chain disruptions during the pandemic, we will be able to work with our local trades and national manufacturers to find the most effective solutions due to our Builder of Choice position with consistent high volume and a focus on production efficiencies.
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The first is our focus on matching production with sales pace. Even though our execution in the fourth quarter was challenged by the unexpected change in the direction of interest rates, we were able to adjust incentives and pricing sufficiently to prevent our inventory of finished homes from significantly spiking. We are currently focused on accelerating sales volume in order to correct the sales miss that we had in the fourth quarter. Of course, the catch-up in sales pace comes at a cost, and that cost is impacting our results of operations and placing additional pressure on margin in the first quarter of 2025. We have been able to solve the community count shortfalls of the past and ended the year with 1,447 communities, which was 15% higher than the prior year. Our community count positions us to drive the volume we expect at lower absorption rates as we enter 2025. We expect lower absorption rates to put less stress on our margin over time.
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The other core part of our operating strategy is our migration from a company with a large inventory of undeveloped and partially developed land to a land-light model where we purchase land on a just-in-time basis. In the fourth quarter of 2024, we had land purchases of $2.1 billion, but 80% of these were finished homesites on which vertical construction can soon begin. This lowers our asset base and our risk profile and will continue to be an intense focus for us.
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The last major step to complete our land-light strategy will be the spin-off of Millrose Properties, Inc., to which we expect to transfer approximately $5 billion to $6 billion of undeveloped and partially developed land, subject to option agreements to repurchase the land as it is developed into finished homesites, and approximately $1 billion in cash. Because Millrose, unlike investor-financed land banking funds, is designed to be able to reinvest proceeds of homesite purchases in new land acquisition and development arrangements, we expect it to be a long-term, reliable source of land acquisition and development financing for Lennar and other homebuilders. As previously disclosed in Millrose’s registration statement on Form S-11, in connection with the Millrose Spin-Off, we are coordinating a post-spin off transaction with Millrose, which has already been approved by the current Millrose Board of Directors and which we expect will be ratified by the independent Millrose Board of Directors that will be appointed immediately prior to the distribution, in connection with our pending acquisition of Rausch Coleman Homes, a residential homebuilder based in Fayetteville, Arkansas (“Rausch Coleman”). The acquisition of Rausch Coleman will result in our expanding into new and desirable markets in Arkansas, Kansas, and Missouri, while growing our existing operations in Texas, Alabama, Oklahoma, and Florida. In this pending acquisition, Lennar will acquire the work-in-process inventory and the operations of Rausch Coleman. We intend to assign the purchase of most of Rausch Coleman’s land assets (the “Rausch Land Assets”) to Millrose. Similar to the other land assets Lennar expects to contribute to Millrose in connection with the Millrose Spin-Off, Lennar expects to enter into options to purchase the developed Rausch Land Assets homesites in accordance with pre-set takedown schedules. We are expecting the acquisition to be completed shortly following the distribution date of the Millrose Spin-Off. We believe that the ongoing relationship with Millrose can facilitate other transactions in an asset-light manner as well.
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Looking ahead, we will continue to drive production to meet the housing shortage we know persists across our markets. We believe volume will continue to help reduce cost pressure and as interest rates normalize, pent-up demand will be released, and margins will recover. We are well prepared with a strong and growing national footprint, an increasing community count and higher volume. Our strong balance sheet and even stronger land banking relationships afford us flexibility and opportunity to execute thoughtful growth for our future. We will focus on our manufacturing model and use our strategic land relationships to achieve higher returns on capital and equity.
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We will continue to pursue our pure-play business model and reduce exposure to non-core assets. We will be laser focused on our just-in-time homesite deliveries and the resulting asset-light balance sheet. As we complete our asset light
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transformation, we expect to continue to generate strong cash flow and to return capital to our stockholders through dividends and stock buybacks.
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Against the backdrop, we anticipate 17,000 to 17,500 closings in the first quarter of fiscal 2025, with gross margins of 19% to 19.25%, and we expect to deliver between 86,000 and 88,000 homes in 2025, including the impact of the Rausch Coleman acquisition.
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For the years ended November 30, 2024 and 2023, we had a tax provision of $1.2 billion in each period, which resulted in an overall effective income tax rate of 23.6% and 24.0%, respectively. Our overall effective income tax rate was slightly lower than last year, primarily due to additional tax credits recognized during 2024.
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development, construction and ownership of class-A multifamily rental properties. Details of each as of and during the year ended November 30, 2024 are included below:
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