Lennar Falls as Q3 Profit Halves to $284M and Margins Shrink
Lennar reported Q3 2026 net income of $284 million, down 52% YoY, as 6.8% mortgage rates forced builder incentives and squeezed gross margins to 15.8%.
Lennar reported Q3 2026 net income of $284 million, down 52% YoY, as 6.8% mortgage rates forced builder incentives and squeezed gross margins to 15.8%.
Homebuilder stocks sit near 52-week lows as the 10-year Treasury climbs to 4.95% and the 30-year mortgage hits 6.76% ahead of the September FOMC.
U.S. existing home sales fell 3.6% in March—far worse than the 0.7% consensus estimate. What the miss means for homebuilder stocks, REITs, and mortgage markets.