Inside Berkshire’s big housing market bet to buy homebuilder Taylor Morrison: ‘Blind date to the altar’

Want more housing market stories from Lance Lambert’s ResiClub in your inbox? Subscribe to the ResiClub newsletter. Replacing a legendary investor like Warren Buffett—who led Berkshire Hathaway for 60 years—might be one of the toughest acts ever to follow in corporate America. But that’s exactly the position Greg Abel is in, having taken over as CEO on Jan. 1, 2026. His first blockbuster move in the role came on May 31, when Berkshire Hathaway announced it was acquiring Taylor Morrison,…