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| I concur with John on that 2023 was a transformative year for the company, and we will be reaping the benefits of these accomplishments for years to come |
| We believe we are in a good position to take advantage of the positive housing fundamentals we see in our markets today |
| Both offerings were well received by the market, and we successfully placed the shares with a stable base of traditional institutional investors |
| We came in above our stated guidance for full year deliveries, thanks to a strong fourth quarter push by our construction teams to get homes closed by year-end |
| We also experienced a significant year-over-year improvement in order activity and this momentum has carried into the new year, with orders up 28% for the first eight weeks of 2024 compared to the same period in 2023 |
| So it's a strong start to the selling season, and we're feeling really confident they'll continue for a bit |
| In summary, I am pleased with our team's execution in the fourth quarter, and I'm proud of the milestones we hit in 2023 |
| We've established a strong reputation for a company that can deliver on these acquisitions and do a successful integration and then bringing the teams into the Lance family and expand our brand |
| As we have discussed on previous calls, we are confident that we can begin to see the leverage from the public company infrastructure we put in place as our delivery run rate grows |
| We made great strides in the fourth quarter of 2023, both in terms of selling and closing homes, and this momentum has carried into 2024 |
| This improvement, coupled with our strategic shift to more spec inventory should help boost inventory turnover and cash flow generation |
| Landsea Homes delivered another quarter of strong profitability in the fourth quarter, generating net income of $12.5 million or $0.33 per diluted share |
| It is a balance, but we do see our ability to be able to continue to grow the business as we've shared in our guidance for the year, and at the same time, be consistent and do some buyback as one of the tools for us as we continue to grow and help drive share price and create more shareholder value |
| Colorado has been one of our top new market targets for some time and to acquire a successful homebuilding operation with a solid management team was a real win for us |
| As Mike and John mentioned, we are very pleased with our performance in the quarter, achieving net income of $12.5 million or $0.33 per diluted share |
| I am proud of what we achieved in 2023 and believe we are on a path to greater success in the future |
| And again, as we've always said, is that we believe this is a business of momentum |
| We continue to see healthy demand in all of our markets and across our demographics, driven by lack of existing supply and a resilient economy |
| So we've been pretty excited for that result |
| Alex Rygiel Good morning Mike, John, and Chris, very, very strong finish to the year |
| Net new orders for the fourth quarter were up 352% year-over-year on a sales pace of 2.2 homes per community per month |
| For the year, we expect an overall improvement of 150 to 200 basis points in our SG&A efficiency with this being more back-end loaded as we realize the effects of increased deliveries and volume from Colorado and DFW |
| For the full year of 2023, orders were up 28% to 1,947 and the dollar value increased 16% to $1.1 billion |
| Since the start of the new year, our sales pace has accelerated to 2.8% in January and 3.1% through the first two weeks of February |
| It also enables us to maximize efficiencies throughout the home buying experience by controlling the quality and timing of the title and closing process |
| So, you can see that was a pretty rewarding and very accretive to our overall company and earnings at that price |
| We follow through on this intent earlier this year by entering into a definitive agreement to buy Dallas-Fort Worth-based, Antares Homes, which will give us 19 actively selling communities and a strong pipeline of almost 3,000 lots in the market |
| And when we acquired the Hanover family builders last year in January, we're very quickly able to reduce our leverage within 9 to 12 months, and we expect the same with in Antares Homes as well |
| Hey Carl, so last year, there was definitely an opportunity to repurchase shares we had completed two very successful secondary offerings last year, increased our liquidity profile of the stock almost 10-fold and our repurchase about 9% of outstanding shares |
| For the year, we generated net income of $29.2 million or $0.75 per diluted share and $1.2 billion in revenue on 2,123 deliveries, which exceeded our stated guidance of between 2,000 and 2,100 deliveries |
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| Fourth quarter home sales revenue was $380 million, a 9% decrease over fourth quarter of 2022 based on 6% lower volume and 4% lower average selling price |
| This decline was partially attributable to a lack of contribution from New York and Texas, which added 18 homes for $29 million in the fourth quarter of 2022 |
| In terms of building conditions, we believe the worst of the supply chain issues that played our industry are behind us as build times have returned to pre-COVID levels |
| Incentives peaked during the month of October and have been steadily declining ever since, currently trending at 3% to 5% of base prices |
| While this is higher than historical norms, we do see incentives trending lower in our markets |
| We saw this also decrease significantly towards the end of December, and it has remained more stable in the first quarter of this year |
| And then my second question is -- so last year, there was some volatility homebuilding stocks in your stock, you bought back 9% of your shares |
| But at the same time, we're not sacrificing it for growth |
| But I would anticipate it being roughly in the $80 million to $90 million range total and then kind of bleed through that way |
| These risks and uncertainties include, but are not limited to the risk factors described by Landsea Homes and its filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission |
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