Berkshire Bets on Housing Recovery

[Parsad]

CNBC article:

 

http://www.cnbc.com/id/49635038

 

A Bloomberg interview on how this is probably Berkshire's best quarter in increase in book value since 2010:

 

http://www.bloomberg.com/video/berkshire-book-value-poised-to-jump-most-since-2010-_1Z7D5BhRIK95AnWLOJukA.html

 

Cheers!

[doughishere]

Any of you BRK experts know how Buffett’s  housing units are doing? Not trying to be facetious. Im actually curious.

[ScottHall]

I don't know about you guys but the quality of that stream is awful over here. CNBC needs to get on their game, like YouTube!

[gfp]

Any of you BRK experts know how Buffett’s  housing units are doing? Not trying to be facetious. Im actually curious.

 

Clayton 3rd quarter -

"Clayton Homes’ revenues in the third quarter and first nine months of 2016 increased $173 million (19%) and $420 million (16%), respectively, compared to 2015. The increases reflected a 27% increase in year-to-date revenues from home sales, due primarily to a 22% increase in units sold and changes in mix. Pre-tax earnings for the third quarter decreased 13% and in the first nine months of 2016 were flat as compared to earnings in the corresponding 2015 periods. Clayton’s earnings in 2016 were negatively impacted by increased losses from insurance claims, increased impairment charges on servicing assets and lower gross sales margins, which partially offset the benefit from the significant increases in unit sales. As of September 30, 2016, approximately 94% of the installment loan portfolio was current in terms of payment status."

 

Building Products Segment 3rd quarter -

"Building products

Revenues in the third quarter and first nine months of 2016 increased $32 million (1.1%) and $303 million (3.9%), respectively, compared to the same periods in 2015. In the third quarter, volume-driven revenue increases achieved by MiTek and Johns Manville were partially offset by revenue declines at Benjamin Moore and Shaw. In the first nine months, the revenue increase reflected increased unit sales across most of our product categories, and was partly offset by lower average sales prices and changes in product mix.

Pre-tax earnings in 2016 increased $16 million (4.6%) in the third quarter and decreased $8 million (0.9%) in the first nine months as compared to the corresponding periods in 2015. In the first nine months, the favorable impact from increased sales volume and lower manufacturing costs attributable to deflation in certain commodity unit costs was essentially offset by increased charges related to asset impairments, pension settlements and environmental claims."

 

Shaw just built a new plant for commercial carpet tiles -

http://www.northwestgeorgianews.com/rome/business/shaw-industries-is-big-and-getting-even-bigger/article_ca17d538-b9f0-11e6-8415-c35734d01f84.html