Stanley Martin Homes announced on Monday that its $221 million, all-cash acquisition of United Homes Group Inc. had closed, immediately scaling its presence in several of the Southeast’s fastest-growing housing markets.
With the deal, which was first announced in February, United Homes becomes a wholly owned subsidiary of Stanley Martin, and its common stock has been delisted from the Nasdaq. United Homes shareholders will receive $1.18 per share in cash, according to the company announcement.
The combination ties together two production builders focused on attainable price points for entry-level and first move-up buyers. For homebuilders, the deal underscores how public and large private builders are using M&A to secure land positions, cycle times and trade relationships in high-growth regions rather than pursuing only organic lot development.
United Homes closed 1,192 homes in 2025 across Greenville, Spartanburg, Clemson, Columbia and Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, as well as Augusta, Georgia. Those markets fill in and extend Stanley Martin’s existing Southeast footprint and add scale in metros that have benefited from ongoing in-migration and employment growth.
The acquisition is Stanley Martin’s second in less than a year, following its September 2025 purchase of the assets and operations of Windsor Homes. That cadence puts the Reston, Virginia-based builder among the more active buyers in the private builder roll-up trend as larger operators look to control more share in supply-constrained Sun Belt markets.
For regional and private builders, the deal is another data point in a competitive landscape where access to capital, land and labor is favoring platforms that can grow quickly in place. In markets like the Carolinas and coastal South Carolina, increased scale can help builders spread overhead costs, negotiate more favorable terms with trades and suppliers, and support higher-spec inventory levels in response to mortgage rate volatility.
Stanley Martin, founded in 1966, has built more than 40,000 homes and operates in 18 metro areas across Florida, Georgia, Maryland, North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia and West Virginia. It is a subsidiary of Japan-based Daiwa House Group, one of the world’s largest housing and construction companies, and increasingly a large player in the American homebuilding market. That backing has supported Stanley Martin’s strategy of adding regional density through targeted acquisitions.
United Homes, headquartered in Columbia, South Carolina, has focused on attainable single-family homes for entry-level and first move-up buyers in high-growth Southeast markets. As part of Stanley Martin, the brand now sits inside a larger operating platform that may be able to leverage shared purchasing, design, technology and construction systems while maintaining local land and community relationships.
For other builders watching the deal, the transaction highlights ongoing pressure to scale in markets where household formations are outpacing new home supply, particularly for buyers priced out of existing inventory by higher rates and limited listings. Strategic M&A is likely to remain a key tool for builders that want to accelerate community count and lot pipeline without starting from scratch in new metros.
