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(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

Title of each class			Trading Symbol(s)			Name of each exchange on which registered
Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share			GRBK			The New York Stock Exchange
Depositary Shares (each representing a 1/1000th interest in a share of 5.75% Series A Cumulative Perpetual Preferred Stock, par value $0.01 per share)			GRBK PRA			The New York Stock Exchange

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Act: None

Indicate by check mark if the registrant is a well-known seasoned issuer, as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act.

Indicate by check mark if the registrant is not required to file reports pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Act.

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the         Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days.

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically every Interactive Data File required to be submitted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T (§232.405 of this chapter) during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to submit such files).

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, a smaller reporting company, or an emerging growth company. See definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer,” “smaller reporting company,” and “emerging growth company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act.

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Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has filed a report on and attestation to its management’s assessment of the effectiveness of its internal control over financial reporting under Section 404(b) of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act (15 U.S.C. 7262(b)) by the registered public accounting firm that prepared or issued its audit report.

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If securities are registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act, indicate by check mark whether the financial statements of the registrant included in the filing reflect the correction of an error to previously issued financial statements.

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Indicate by check mark whether any of those error corrections are restatements that required a recovery analysis of incentive-based compensation received by any of the registrant’s executive officers during the relevant recovery period pursuant to §240.10D-1(b).                                             

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Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Act).

The aggregate market value of voting stock held by non-affiliates of the Registrant was $1,451,010,187 as of June 30, 2023 (based upon the closing sale price on The New York Stock Exchange for such date). For this purpose, all shares held by directors, executive officers and stockholders beneficially owning ten percent or more of the registrant’s common stock have been treated as held by affiliates. This determination of affiliate status is not necessarily a conclusive determination for other purposes.

The number of shares of the Registrant’s common stock outstanding as of February 23, 2024 was 44,971,005.

Portions of the Registrant’s definitive Proxy Statement for its 2024 Annual Meeting of Stockholders are incorporated by reference into Part III of this Form 10-K.

Green Brick Partners, Inc. and its subsidiaries (“Green Brick”, “the Company”, “we” or “us”) is a diversified homebuilding and land development company. We acquire and develop land and build homes through our seven brands of builders in four major markets. Our core markets are in the high growth U.S. metropolitan areas of Dallas-Fort Worth (“DFW”) and Austin, Texas, and Atlanta, Georgia, as well as the Treasure Coast, Florida area. We are engaged in all aspects of the homebuilding process, including land acquisition and development, entitlements, design, construction, title and mortgage services, marketing and sales and the creation of brand images at our residential neighborhoods and master planned communities. We previously owned a noncontrolling interest in a builder in Colorado Springs, Colorado, which was sold on February 1, 2024.

We believe we offer higher quality homes with more distinctive designs and floor plans than those built by our competitors at comparable prices. Many of our communities are located in premium locations and we seek to enhance homebuyer satisfaction by utilizing high-quality materials, and building well-crafted homes. We seek to maximize value over the long term and operate our business to mitigate risks in the event of a downturn by controlling costs and quickly reacting to regional and local market trends.

We are a leading lot developer in our markets and believe that our strict operating discipline provides us with a competitive advantage in seeking to maximize returns while minimizing risk. As of December 31, 2023, we owned or controlled approximately 28,700 home sites in high-growth submarkets throughout the DFW, Austin, and Atlanta metropolitan areas and the Treasure Coast, Florida market. We provide finished lots to our subsidiary builders or option lots from third-party developers for our builders’ homebuilding operations and provide them with construction funding and strategic planning. Our Atlanta and Florida builders provide us with their local knowledge and relationships.

We are a Delaware corporation, incorporated in 2006. We commenced operations as a publicly held homebuilding company in 2014. Our principal executive offices are located at 5501 Headquarters Drive, Ste 300W, Plano, TX 75024.

We believe we are well-positioned for growth through the disciplined execution of the following elements of our strategy:

•Consistent Land Acquisition Program with Disciplined Underwriting. We believe our ability to identify, acquire and develop land in desirable locations and on favorable terms is critical to our success. We evaluate land opportunities based on how we expect such opportunities will contribute to overall profitability and returns. Through our rigorous national underwriting program, we seek to identify attractive properties that are typically located in prime neighborhood locations or in preferred growth corridors. We focus on the development of entitled parcels in communities where we can generally sell all homes within 24 to 72 months from the start of sales. Notwithstanding, we will also invest in longer-term land investments if our return criteria is generated.

•Focus on Markets with a Favorable Growth Outlook and Strong Demand Fundamentals. We have chosen to focus our operations on sunbelt and sunbelt-adjacent states because we believe these markets offer attractive residential real estate investment characteristics, such as growing economies, improving levels of employment, population growth relative to national averages, favorable migration patterns, general housing affordability, and desirable lifestyle and weather characteristics. We currently generate income from home sales in Texas, Florida, and Georgia. In 2023, Texas, Florida and Georgia were ranked first, second and fourth, respectively, in terms of population growth according to the U.S. Census Bureau.

•Strategically Increase Market Positions in our Existing Markets. We believe there are significant opportunities to profitably expand in our core markets. As of December 31, 2023, we believe our extensive land and lot inventory will allow us to maximize our profitability and return on capital. In DFW, Austin, and Atlanta, we seek to acquire land with convenient access to metropolitan areas which have diverse economic and employment bases and demographics that we believe will support long-term growth. In the Treasure Coast market, we seek land in highly desirable, but limited, coastal regions that attract relocating homebuyers. We continuously review the allocation of our investments in these markets taking into account demographic trends and the likely impact on our operating results and will reallocate our investments when necessary.

•Deliver Superior Designs, Broad Product Ranges and Enhanced Homebuying Experience. We partner our expertise with that of our builders to design attractive neighborhoods and homes to appeal to a wide variety of potential homebuyers. Our homebuilding projects include single family homes, townhomes, luxury homes, and patio homes. We believe we can adapt quickly to changing market conditions and optimize performance and returns while strategically reducing portfolio risk because of our diversified product strategy. One of our core operating philosophies is to create a culture that provides a positive, memorable experience for our homebuyers. In consultation with nationally and locally recognized architecture firms, interior and exterior consultants, and homeowner focus groups, we research and design a diversified range of products for various levels and price points.

•Disciplined Investment Strategy Combined with the Prudent Use of Leverage. We seek to maximize value over the long-term and operate our business to mitigate risks in the event of a downturn by controlling costs and focusing on regional and local market trends. We believe our strict operating discipline combined with our prudent use of financial leverage to continue to invest in our land acquisition, development and homebuilding businesses provides us with a competitive advantage in seeking to maximize returns while minimizing risk. We target a debt to total capitalization ratio of approximately 30%, which we expect will continue to provide us with significant additional growth capital. As of December 31, 2023, our debt to total capitalization ratio was 21.1%.

•Targeted Expansion into Adjacent Markets. We currently intend to pursue targeted expansion of our entry-level builder, Trophy Signature Homes, into markets within our current states. We believe Trophy’s more affordable product and quicker inventory turns make its platform uniquely scalable to expand outside of the DFW metroplex. We plan to expand Trophy into markets compatible with our existing markets that demonstrate strong trends in demographics, employment, and in-migration by leveraging existing relationships with land developers and homebuilders. In this regard, in 2023 we continued our expansion into the Austin, TX market, which began in 2022. In addition, we have traditionally, and may in the future, grow through the acquisition of homebuilders in our current markets or other markets that meet our demographic and economic growth criteria.

The following table presents general information about each of our builders, including the types of homes they build and their price ranges as of December 31, 2023.

Builder*

Ownership

Market

Products Offered

Price Range

Trophy Signature Homes LLC (“Trophy”)

100%

DFW and Austin

Single family

$260,000 to $1,100,000

CB JENI Homes DFW LLC (“CB JENI”)

100%

DFW

Townhomes

$270,000 to $640,000

Normandy Homes (“Normandy”)

100%

DFW

Single family

$460,000 to $910,000

SGHDAL LLC (“Southgate”)

100%

DFW

Luxury homes

$790,000 to $1,880,000

CLH20 LLC (“Centre Living”)

90%

DFW

Townhomes and Single Family

$340,000 to $710,000

The Providence Group of Georgia LLC (“TPG”)

50%

Atlanta

Townhomes, Condominiums and Single Family

$390,000 to $1,260,000

GRBK GHO Homes LLC (“GRBK GHO”)

80%

Treasure Coast

Patio homes and Single Family

$370,000 to $2,100,000

Our backlog reflects the number and value of homes for which we have entered into sales contracts with customers but we have not yet delivered the home. With the exception of a normal cancellation rate, we expect all of the backlog as of December 31, 2023 to be delivered during 2024. The following table sets forth the information about selling communities and backlog of our builders.

						Year Ended December 31, 2023						December 31, 2023																		December 31, 2022
Builder						Average Selling Communities						Selling Communities						Backlog, Units						Backlog, in thousands						Selling Communities						Backlog, Units						Backlog, in thousands
Trophy						28						30						124						$	56,929					28						143						$	78,840
CB JENI (1)						17						20						264						169,773						16						121						72,395
Southgate						3						4						70						77,529						4						38						44,045
Centre Living						4						5						61						32,587						3						22						12,352
TPG						21						20						142						112,675						20						111						77,431
GRBK GHO						12						12						109						105,707						9						102						84,032
Total (2)						85						91						770						$	555,200					80						537						$	369,095

(1)Includes Normandy Homes.

(2)GB Challenger is not included in the table above as Green Brick does not have a controlling financial interest in Challenger. Prior to the sale of our interest in Challenger on February1, 2024, our investment in Challenger was treated as an unconsolidated investment under the equity method of accounting and was included in investments in unconsolidated entities in our consolidated balance sheets.

In response to our customers’ expressed desire for an expedited and transparent sales process, we offer a selection of homes with simplified, all-upgrades-included options. Our Trophy Signature Homes and CB JENI X lines have been at the forefront of creating a straightforward sales experience that offers simplified solutions with top-of-the-line finishes regardless of a homebuyer’s price range. We believe this streamlined process and focus on operational efficiency has enabled us to adapt to changes in our homebuyers’ lifestyles. As a result, we have launched updated plans with a focus on dedicated office spaces, home integrations with the newest technology, and the latest in energy-efficient solutions, including tankless water heaters, high-efficiency LED lighting, ENERGY STAR rated appliances, and low flow bathroom fixtures.

We are focused on creating environmentally sustainable products, and our purchasing power enables us to include green features in our homes. Each new home we build is healthier and more energy efficient, and has less impact on the environment than prior generations of homes as a result of features like:

•Low-VOC paint that reduces pollution;

•WaterSense® faucets that reduce water flow without sacrificing performance;

• Low-E windows that reduce infrared and ultraviolet light coming into the home; and

•Energy Star® appliances that reduce energy consumption.

Our land inventory strategy provides us with a multi-year supply of lots for each of our brands for future homebuilding while limiting excess supply that would be subject to market cycle risk. With certain exceptions, we focus on the development of entitled parcels in communities where we can generally sell all lots and homes within 24 to 72 months from the start of sales. This focus allows us to limit exposure to land development and land risks while pursuing favorable returns on our investments. We seek to minimize our exposure to land risk through disciplined management of entitlements, the use of land and lot options, and other flexible land acquisition arrangements. We are actively involved in every step of the land entitlement, home design, and construction processes with our builders.

Our land teams focus on acquiring well located land that will position us to deliver future earnings growth in 2024 and beyond. As of December 31, 2023, we had 28,681 lots owned and controlled. When excluding land held for future development, as of December 31, 2023, we had 20,315 lots owned and controlled.

We sell our homes primarily from models we have designed and constructed. We employ community sales managers who are paid primarily via commissions to conduct on-site sales of our homes. Our in-house sales force typically works from sales offices located in model homes in or near each community. Community sales managers assist potential buyers by providing them with floor plans, price information, development and construction timetables, virtual and in-person tours of model homes, and upgrade options. Community sales managers are trained by us and generally have had prior experience selling new homes in the local market. Our personnel, along with subcontracted marketing and design consultants, carefully design the exterior and interior of each home to appeal to the lifestyles of targeted homebuyers. We also sell homes through independent realtors.

We offer a preferred lender referral program, including through our mortgage joint venture, to provide lending options to homebuyers in need of financing. We also offer homeowners a comprehensive warranty on each home. Homes are generally covered by a six to ten-year warranty for structural concerns, one year for workmanship issues and products used, and two years for electrical, plumbing, heating, ventilation, and air conditioning systems.

Our marketing strategies utilize traditional and digital channels, which include third-party real estate listing sites, billboards, USPS mailers, ads in publications, paid search ads, remarketing, display ads, social media posts, and e-mail and text campaigns, all of which drive traffic to our builders’ websites. This has allowed us to attract more qualified and knowledgeable homebuyers and has helped us reduce our selling, general and administrative expenses as a percentage of home sales revenues.We also advertise through more traditional media on a limited basis, including newspapers, radio, other local and regional publications, and billboards where appropriate. We tailor our marketing strategy and message based on the community being advertised and the customers being targeted.

In addition to independently branded subsidiary homebuilders, Green Brick Partners retains 100% ownership in Green Brick Title and 49% ownership in BHome Mortgage. Our financial service platforms help our customers bring their homebuying dreams into reality by providing mortgage and title services, allowing for a one-stop-shop solution. Through BHome Mortgage, we endeavor to have our buyers receive personal attention from their first meeting through the closing of their new home regarding their financing options. As part of the Green Brick Partners family, Green Brick Title’s access to resources beyond those of a traditional title company enables us to stay one step ahead of our competition and bring buyers unmatched customer service.

Typically, all the raw materials and most of the components used in our business are readily available in the United States. Most are standard items carried by major suppliers. However, a rapid increase in the number of homes started could cause shortages in the availability of such materials or in the price of services, thereby leading to delays in the delivery of homes. We continue to monitor the supply markets to achieve the best prices available. See “Risk Factors - Labor and raw material shortages and price fluctuations could delay or increase the cost of land development and home construction, which could materially and adversely affect our business.”

The homebuilding industry experiences seasonal fluctuations in quarterly operating results and capital requirements. We typically experience the highest new home order activity in spring and summer, although this activity is also highly dependent on the number of active selling communities, timing of new community openings, and other market factors. Since it typically has taken four to nine months to construct a new home, we have historically delivered more homes in the second half of the year as spring and summer home orders are delivered. Because of this seasonality, home starts, construction costs and related cash outflows have historically been highest in the second and third quarters, and the majority of cash receipts from home deliveries occur during the third and fourth quarters. We expect this seasonal pattern to continue over the long-term, although it may be affected by volatility in the homebuilding industry. Due to the significant increase in home demand and the more limited supply of both existing homes and speculative home inventory from all builders in recent years, such seasonal patterns have been less pronounced in our business operations.

Competition in the homebuilding industry is intense and there are relatively low barriers to entry. Homebuilders compete for, among other things, homebuyers, desirable land parcels, financing, raw materials, and skilled labor. Increased competition could hurt our business, as it could prevent us from acquiring attractive land parcels on which to build homes or make such acquisitions more expensive, hinder our market share expansion, and lead to pricing pressures on our homes that may adversely impact our revenues and margins. Our competitors may independently develop land and construct housing units that are superior or substantially similar to our products. Furthermore, a number of our primary competitors are significantly larger, have a longer operating history, and may have greater resources or lower cost of capital; accordingly, they may be able to compete more effectively in one or more of the markets in which we operate. Many of these competitors also have longstanding relationships with subcontractors, suppliers, and developers in the markets in which we operate. We also compete for sales with existing home resales and with available rental housing.

Attracting, retaining, and building talent is critical in our business. We continue to recruit talented team members that exhibit superior emotional intelligence. This focus on a staff that places a strong emphasis on communication and navigating a fast-paced environment empathetically, strategically, and judiciously enables us to operate effectively and efficiently each day. We seek to establish a supportive culture that fosters a strong sense of ownership and a continuous drive to excel. Our goal is to not just empower our team members with the tools needed to succeed but to create a community that focuses on taking ownership of one’s work. Our culture celebrates individual success, primes our employees for growth, and is critical in maintaining our competitive edge over our peers.

At December 31, 2023, we had approximately 600 full-time employees, including approximately 550 who were involved in our homebuilding operations, with locations in Dallas-Ft. Worth and Austin, Texas, Atlanta, Georgia, and Treasure Coast, Florida, and approximately 50 in management and administration. Our operations are carried out through both local and centralized management. Our centralized management sets our strategy and leads decisions related to our land acquisition, national purchasing, marketing analytics, risk management, finance, cash management, capital allocation, human resources management, and IT support for our builders. Our homebuilder operations consist of our division employees, led by management with significant homebuilding experience and who possess a depth of knowledge in their particular markets, and include employees responsible for the design, construction oversight, marketing, and sales of our homes. We act solely as a general contractor, and all construction operations are coordinated by our project managers and field superintendents who schedule and monitor the progress of third-party independent subcontractors. Our ability to deliver our homes is dependent on the availability and quality of the subcontractors, such as electricians, plumbers, drywall installers, and bricklayers with whom we partner to build our homes. We do not have collective bargaining agreements relating to any of our employees. We offer our employees a compensation package with a broad range of company-paid benefits, including medical, dental, life insurance, a 401(k) plan, and other health and welfare plans we believe are competitive.

We believe having a diverse and inclusive work environment, where everyone has a sense of belonging, not only drives engagement but fosters innovation, which is critical to driving growth. Our management teams are expected to exhibit and promote honest, ethical and respectful conduct in the workplace. All of our employees must adhere to a code of conduct that sets standards for appropriate behavior and includes required internal training on preventing, identifying, reporting and stopping any type of discrimination. Furthermore, our management team supports a culture of developing future leaders from our existing workforce, enabling us to promote from within for many leadership positions. We believe this provides long-term focus and continuity to our operations while also providing opportunities for the growth and advancement of our employees.

Homebuilding Related Regulations. We are subject to various local, state, and federal statutes, ordinances, rules, and regulations concerning zoning, building design, construction, and similar matters, including local regulations that impose restrictive zoning and density requirements. In addition, local and state governments have broad discretion regarding the imposition of development fees for projects under their jurisdictions. Governing agencies may also require concessions or may require the developer to commit to providing roads and other offsite infrastructure, the costs of which can be substantial, and may require them to be in place prior to the commencement of new home construction. In addition, governing agencies may impose construction moratoriums that could subject us to delays or may preclude us entirely from developing communities due to building moratoriums, “no growth” or “slow growth” initiatives or building permit allocation ordinances, which could be implemented in the future. In addition, we are subject to various licensing, registration, and filing requirements in connection with the construction, advertisement, and sale of homes in our communities. Also, some states are attempting to make homebuilders responsible for violations of wage and other labor laws by their subcontractors.

Environmental Regulations. We are subject to a variety of local, state, and federal statutes, ordinances, rules and regulations concerning the protection of the environment. The particular environmental laws that apply to any given homebuilding site vary according to multiple factors, including the site’s location, its environmental conditions, and the present and former uses of the site and adjoining properties. In some markets, we are subject to environmentally-focused land ordinances that mandate open space areas with public elements in housing developments, and prevent development on hillsides, wetlands and other protected areas. We must also comply with open space restrictions, flood plain restrictions, desert wash area restrictions, native plant regulations, endangered species acts, and view restrictions. In those cases where an endangered or threatened species is involved, environmental rules and regulations can result in the restriction or elimination of development in identified environmentally sensitive areas. From time to time, the United States Environmental Protection Agency and similar federal or state agencies review homebuilders’ compliance with environmental laws and may levy fines and penalties for failure to comply strictly with applicable environmental laws or impose additional requirements for future compliance as a result of past failures. Any such actions taken may increase our costs. Further, we expect that increasingly stringent requirements will be imposed on homebuilders and land developers in the future.

Energy and Climate Change Related Regulations. There is constantly a variety of new legislation being enacted, or considered for enactment at the federal, state and local levels relating to energy and climate change. Some of this legislation relates to items such as carbon dioxide emissions and building codes that impose energy efficiency standards. New building code requirements that impose stricter energy efficiency standards could significantly increase the cost to construct homes, although our energy-efficiency technologies and offerings meet, and in many instances exceed, current energy efficiency thresholds. As climate change concerns continue to grow, legislation and regulations of this nature are expected to continue and may result in increased costs and longer approval and development timelines. Similarly, energy and environment-related initiatives affect a wide variety of companies throughout the United States and the world, and because our operations are heavily dependent on significant amounts of raw materials, such as lumber, steel, and concrete, such initiatives could have an indirect adverse impact on our operations and profitability to the extent the manufacturers and suppliers of our materials are burdened with expensive carbon dioxide emissions controls and reporting requirements and other environmental and energy-related regulations.

Our website address is www.greenbrickpartners.com. Our Annual Reports on Form 10-K, Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q, Current Reports on Form 8-K and amendments to those reports filed or furnished pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act are available free of charge through our website as soon as reasonably practicable after they are electronically filed with, or furnished to, the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”). Our website and the information contained or incorporated therein are not intended to be incorporated into this Annual Report on Form 10-K.

The residential homebuilding industry is cyclical and is highly sensitive to changes in general economic conditions such as levels of employment, consumer confidence and income, availability of financing for acquisitions, construction and permanent mortgages, interest rate levels, inflation and demand for housing. The U.S. housing market could be negatively impacted by declining consumer confidence, restrictive mortgage standards and large supplies of foreclosures, resales and new homes, among other factors. These conditions, combined with a prolonged economic downturn, high unemployment levels, increases in the rate of inflation and uncertainty in the U.S. economy, could contribute to higher cancellation rates, decreased demand for housing, increased market inventory of new homes, reduced sales prices and increased pricing pressure. Lower demand for our homes, combined with lower sales prices or the offering of other incentives or concessions would also have an adverse impact on our margins. If demand for housing stalls or declines, we could experience declines in the market value of our inventory and demand for our lots, homes, and construction loans, which could have a material adverse effect on our business, liquidity, financial condition and results of operations.

Real estate investments are susceptible to various risks, fluctuations and cycles in value and demand, many of which are beyond our control. Certain events may decrease cash available for operations and the value of our real estate assets. These events include, but are not limited to:

•adverse changes in international, national or local economic and demographic conditions;

•adverse changes in financial conditions of buyers and sellers of properties, particularly residential homes and land suitable for development of residential homes;

•competition from other real estate investors with significant capital, including other real estate operating companies and developers and institutional investment funds;

•fluctuations in interest rates, which could adversely affect the ability of homebuyers to obtain financing on favorable terms or their willingness to obtain financing at all;

•unanticipated increases in expenses, including, without limitation, insurance costs, development costs, real estate assessments and other taxes and costs of compliance with laws, regulations and governmental policies; and

•changes in enforcement of laws, regulations and governmental policies, including, without limitation, health, safety, environmental, zoning and tax laws.

Adverse changes in economic conditions in markets where we conduct our operations and where prospective purchasers of our homes live have had and may in the future have a negative impact on our business. Adverse changes in employment and median income levels, job growth, consumer confidence, interest rates, perceptions regarding the strength of the housing market, and population growth, or an oversupply of homes for sale may reduce demand or depress prices for our homes and cause home buyers to cancel their agreements to purchase our homes. This, in turn, could adversely affect our results of operations and financial condition.

In addition, periods of economic slowdown or recession, rising or high interest rates or declining demand for real estate, or the public perception that any of these events may occur, could result in a general decline in the purchases of homes or an increased incidence of home order cancellations. If we cannot successfully implement our business strategy, our business, liquidity, financial condition and results of operations will be adversely affected.

Inflation can adversely affect our homebuilding operations by increasing costs of land, financing, materials, labor and construction. While we attempt to pass on cost increases to homebuyers by increasing prices, we may not be able to offset cost increases with higher selling prices in a weak housing market. In addition, significant inflation is often accompanied by higher interest rates, which have a negative impact on housing demand. In a highly inflationary environment, depending on industry and other economic conditions, we may be precluded from raising home prices enough to keep up with the rate of inflation or may have to discount prices that could reduce our profit margins. Moreover, with inflation, the costs of capital increase and the purchasing power of our cash resources could decline. The current and continued economic conditions of high inflation

and high interest rates, especially increased mortgage rates, could lead to a decrease in demand for new homes. Current or future efforts by the government to stimulate the economy may increase the risk of significant inflation and its adverse impact on our business or financial results.

Alternatively, a significant period of deflation could cause a decrease in overall spending and borrowing levels. This could lead to a deterioration in economic conditions, including an increase in the rate of unemployment. Deflation could cause the value of our inventory to decline or reduce the value of existing homes below the related mortgage loan balance, which could potentially increase the supply of existing homes and have a negative impact on our results of operations.

We conduct our land development and homebuilding operations primarily as a general contractor. Our unaffiliated third-party subcontractors perform virtually all of our land development and constructions. Consequently, the timing and quality of the development of our land and the construction of our homes depends on the availability and skill of our subcontractors. There may not be sufficient availability of and satisfactory performance by these unaffiliated third-party subcontractors in the markets in which we operate. If there are inadequate subcontractor resources, our ability to meet customer demands, both timing and quality, could be adversely affected, which could have a material adverse effect on our reputation, our future growth and our profitability.

The residential construction industry experiences labor and raw material shortages from time to time, including shortages in qualified tradespeople and in supplies such as insulation, drywall, cement, steel and lumber. These labor and raw material shortages can be more severe during periods of strong demand for housing or when a region in which we operate experiences a natural disaster that has a significant impact on existing residential and commercial structures. Significant increases in the demand for new homes result in extended lead times, supply shortages and price increases because of the heightened demand for raw materials, products and appliances. For example, we have previously, and may in the future experience price increases, shortages and extensions to our lead time for the delivery of materials such as lumber, appliances and windows. This has and may continue to result in longer construction periods, delays in home closings and margin compression if we are unable to increase our sales prices accordingly.

The cost of labor and raw materials may also be adversely affected during periods of shortage or high inflation. Shortages and price increases could cause delays in, and increase our costs of, land development and home construction, which we may not be able to offset by raising home prices due to market demand and because the price for each home is typically set prior to its delivery pursuant to the agreement of sale with the homebuyer. In addition, the federal government has at various times in recent years imposed tariffs on a variety of imports from foreign countries and may impose additional tariffs in the future. Significant tariffs or other restrictions that are placed on raw materials that we use in our homebuilding operation, such as lumber or steel, could cause the cost of home construction to increase, which we may not be able to offset by raising home prices or which could slow our absorption due to constraints on market demand. As a result, shortages or increased costs of labor and raw materials could have a material adverse effect on our business, prospects, financial condition and results of operations.

Our success depends on the continued performance of key employees, including management team members at both the corporate and homebuilder subsidiary levels. Our results of operations could suffer if any of the management team members decided to terminate their employment with us. Our ability to retain our management team or to attract suitable replacements should any members of our management team leave is dependent on the competitive nature of the employment market. The loss of services from key management team members or a limitation in their availability could materially and adversely impact our business, liquidity, financial condition and results of operations.

Such a loss could also be negatively perceived in the capital markets. We do not maintain key person insurance with respect to any member of our named executive officers.

Furthermore, key employees working in the land development, homebuilding and construction industries are highly sought after. Experienced employees in the homebuilding, land acquisition, and construction industries are fundamental to our ability to generate, obtain and manage opportunities. In particular, local knowledge and relationships are critical to our ability to source attractive land acquisition opportunities. Failure to attract and retain such personnel or to ensure that their experience and knowledge is retained by the company when they leave the business through retirement, redundancy or otherwise may adversely affect the standards of our service and may have an adverse impact on our business, financial conditions and results of operations.

Our business objectives include expanding into new markets and becoming a more capital and operationally efficient home builder. We cannot guarantee that our strategies to meet these objectives will be successful or that they will result in growth and increased earnings or returns within our desired time frame. We cannot guarantee that we will achieve positive operational or financial results in the future or results that are equal to or better than those attained in the past. We also cannot provide any assurance that we will be able to maintain our strategies in the future. Due to unexpectedly favorable or unfavorable market conditions or other factors, we may determine that we need to adjust, refine or abandon all or portions of our strategies, and any related initiatives or actions. We cannot guarantee that any such adjustments will be successful. The failure of any one or more of our present strategies, or any related initiatives or actions, or the failure of any adjustments that we may pursue or implement, could have an adverse effect on our ability to increase the value and profitability of our business, our ability to operate our business in the ordinary course, our overall liquidity, and our consolidated financial statements. The effect in each case could be material.

The homebuilding industry is highly competitive for suitable land and the risk inherent in purchasing and developing land is directly impacted by changes in consumer demand for housing. The availability of finished and partially finished developed lots and undeveloped land for purchase that meet our investment criteria depends on a number of factors outside our control, including land availability, competition with other homebuilders and land buyers, inflation in land prices, zoning, allowable housing density, the ability to obtain building permits and other regulatory requirements. Should suitable land or lots become more difficult to locate or obtain, the number of lots we may be able to develop and sell could decrease, the number of homes we may be able to build and sell could decrease and the cost of land could increase substantially, which could adversely impact our results of operations.

As competition for suitable land increases, the cost of acquiring both finished and undeveloped lots and the cost of developing owned land could rise and the availability of suitable land at acceptable prices may decline, which could adversely impact our financial results. The availability of suitable land assets could also affect the success of our land acquisition strategy, which may impact our ability to maintain or increase the number of active selling communities, grow our revenues and margins, and to achieve or maintain profitability.

Before a community generates any revenue, time and material expenditures are required to acquire and develop land, entitle and finish lots, obtain development approvals, pay taxes and construct significant portions of project infrastructure, amenities, model homes and sales facilities. It can take several years from the time that we acquire control of a property to the time that we make our first home sale on the site. Delays in the development of communities expose us to the risk of changes in market conditions for homes. A decline in our ability to develop and market our communities successfully and to generate positive cash flow from these operations in a timely manner could have a material adverse effect on our business and results of operations and on our ability to service our debt and meet our working capital requirements.

Real estate investments are relatively illiquid. As a result, our ability to promptly sell one or more properties in response to changing economic, financial and investment conditions may be limited, and we may be forced to hold non-income producing assets for an extended period of time. We cannot predict whether we will be able to sell any property for the price or on the terms that we set or whether any price or other terms offered by a prospective purchaser would be acceptable to us. We also cannot predict the length of time needed to find a willing purchaser and to close the sale of a property.

Our investments in our homebuilding subsidiaries have contributed to our historical growth and similar investments may be a component of our growth strategy in the future. We may make additional strategic investments, enter into new joint ventures or partnership arrangements or acquire businesses, or initiate new, related business opportunities, some of which may be significant. These endeavors may involve significant risks and uncertainties, including distraction of management from current operations, significant start-up costs, insufficient revenues to offset expenses associated with these new investments and inadequate return on capital in these investments, any of which may adversely affect our financial condition and results of operations. Our failure to successfully identify and manage future investments, joint ventures, partnerships or acquisitions could harm our results of operations.

In the DFW metropolitan area, we primarily operate in the counties of Dallas, Collin, Denton, Ellis, Rockwall, Tarrant, Kaufman, Hunt, and Johnson. In Austin, we primarily operate in the counties of Bastrop and Travis. In Atlanta, we primarily operate in the counties of Fulton, Gwinnett, Forsyth, and Cherokee. In Florida, we primarily operate in the counties of Indian River and St. Lucie. We may not realize our favorable growth outlook if housing demand and population growth stagnate or decrease in our core markets. Furthermore, we may be unable to compete effectively with the resale home market in our core markets. Because our operations are concentrated in these areas, a prolonged economic downturn in one or more of these areas could have a material adverse effect on our business, liquidity, financial condition and results of operations, and a disproportionately greater impact on us than other homebuilders with more diversified operations. Further, slower rates of population growth or population declines in the DFW, Austin, Atlanta or Treasure Coast markets, especially as compared to the high population growth rates in prior years, could affect the demand for housing, causing home prices in these markets to decline and adversely affect our business, financial condition and results of operations.

Our developments are subject to numerous local, state, federal and other statutes, ordinances, rules and regulations concerning zoning, development, building design, construction and similar matters that impose restrictive zoning and density requirements, which impose limitations on the number and type of homes that can be built within the boundaries of a particular area. Projects that are not yet entitled may be subjected to periodic delays, changes in use, less robust development or elimination of development in certain specific areas due to government regulations. We may also be subject to periodic delays or may be precluded entirely from developing in certain communities due to building moratoriums or “slow-growth” or “no-growth” initiatives that could be implemented in the future. Local governments also have broad discretion regarding the imposition of development and service fees for projects in their jurisdiction. Projects for which we have received land use and development entitlements or approvals may still require a variety of other governmental approvals and permits during the development process and can also be impacted adversely by unforeseen health, safety and welfare issues, which can further delay these projects or prevent their development. As a result, lot and home sales could decline and costs could increase, which could have a material adverse effect on our current results of operations and our long-term growth prospects.

There is growing concern from many members of the scientific community and the general public that an increase in global average temperatures due to emissions of greenhouse gases and other human activities have caused, or will cause, significant changes in weather patterns and increase the frequency and severity of natural disasters. Government mandates, standards or regulations intended to reduce greenhouse gas emissions or projected climate change impacts have resulted, and are likely to continue to result, in restrictions on land development in certain areas and increased energy, transportation and raw material costs. Governmental requirements directed at reducing effects on climate could cause us to incur expenses that we cannot recover or that will require us to increase the price of homes we sell to the point that it affects demand for those homes.

We continuously acquire land for replacement of land inventory and expansion within our current markets and may in the future acquire land for expansion into new markets. However, the market value of land, building lots and housing inventories can fluctuate significantly due to changing market conditions. The measures we employ to manage inventory risk may not be adequate to insulate our operations from a severe drop in inventory values.

If housing demand decreases below what we anticipated when we acquired our inventory, we may not be able to generate profits consistent with those we have generated in the past and we may not be able to recover our costs when we sell lots and homes. When market conditions are such that land values are not appreciating, option arrangements previously entered into may become less desirable, at which time we may elect to forgo deposits and pre-acquisition costs and terminate such arrangements. During adverse market conditions, we may have substantially higher inventory carrying costs, may have to write down our inventory as a result of impairment and/or may have to sell land or homes at a loss. Any material write-downs of assets, or sales at a loss, could have a material adverse effect on our financial condition and results of operations.

Our business depends on the ability of our homebuyers, as well as the ability of those who buy homes from the third-party homebuilding entities to which we sell lots (our “homebuilding customers”), to obtain financing for the purchase of their homes. Many of these homebuyers must sell their existing homes in order to buy a home from us or our homebuilding customers. Increased interest rates, decreased availability of mortgage financing or of certain mortgage programs, higher down payment requirements or increased monthly mortgage costs may lead to reduced demand for our homes and lots. Higher interest rates can also hinder our ability to realize our backlog because certain of our home purchase contracts provide homebuyers with a financing contingency. Financing contingencies allow homebuyers to cancel their home purchase contracts in the event that they cannot arrange for adequate financing within a certain time period after the execution of the home purchase contracts. As a result, higher interest rates can decrease our home sales and mortgage originations. Any of these factors could have a material adverse effect on our business, liquidity, financial condition and results of operations.

In addition, the federal government has a significant role in supporting mortgage lending through its conservatorship of Federal National Mortgage Association (“Fannie Mae”) and Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation (“Freddie Mac”), both of which purchase home mortgages and mortgage-backed securities originated by mortgage lenders, and its insurance of mortgages originated by lenders through the Federal Housing Administration (the “FHA”) and the Veterans Administration (“VA”). The availability and affordability of mortgage loans, including consumer interest rates for such loans, could be adversely affected by a curtailment or cessation of the federal government’s mortgage-related programs or policies. The FHA may continue to impose stricter loan qualification standards, raise minimum down payment requirements, impose higher mortgage insurance premiums and other costs and/or limit the number of mortgages it insures. Due to growing federal budget deficits, the U.S. Treasury may not be able to continue supporting the mortgage-related activities of Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac, the FHA and the VA at present levels, or it may significantly revise the federal government’s participation in and support of the residential mortgage market. Because the availability of Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac, FHA- and VA-backed mortgage financing is an important factor in marketing and selling many of our homes, any limitations, restrictions or changes in the availability of such government-backed financing could reduce our home sales, which could have a material adverse effect on our business, liquidity, financial condition and results of operations.

Our backlog reflects the number and value of homes for which we have entered into sales contracts with homebuyers but not yet delivered. Although these sales contracts require a cash deposit, a homebuyer may in certain circumstances cancel the contract and receive a complete or partial refund of the deposit in certain circumstances, including due to state or local laws and our contract provisions. If home prices decline, the national or local homebuilding environment or general economy weakens, our neighboring competitors reduce their sales prices (or increase their sales incentives), interest rates increase or the availability of mortgage financing tightens, homebuyers may have an incentive to cancel their contracts with us, even where they might be entitled to no refund or only a partial refund. Significant cancellations could have a material adverse effect on our business as a result of lost sales revenue and the accumulation of unsold housing inventory.

People who are unemployed, underemployed, who have left the labor force or are concerned about the loss of their jobs are less likely to purchase new homes. They may also be forced to sell their homes as they face difficulties in making required mortgage payments. Therefore, any increase in unemployment or underemployment may lead to an increase in the number of loan delinquencies and property repossessions. Such a condition could have an adverse impact on our business both by reducing demand for our homes, lots and construction loans and by increasing the supply of homes for sale.

We participate in the homebuilding business, in part, through non-wholly owned subsidiaries, which we refer to as our “controlled builders.” We exercise control over the operations of each controlled builder. We have entered into arrangements with these controlled builders in order to take advantage of their local knowledge and relationships, acquire attractive land positions and brand images, manage our risk profile and leverage our capital base. Even though the co-investors in our controlled builders are subject to certain non-competition provisions, the viability of our participation in the homebuilding business depends on our ability to maintain good relationships with our controlled builders.

The effectiveness of our management, the value of our expertise and the rapport we maintain with our controlled builders are important factors for prospective new builders that may be considering doing business with us and may affect our ability to attract homebuyers, subcontractors, employees or others upon whom our business and results of operations ultimately depend. Further, our relationships with our controlled builders generate additional business opportunities that support our growth. If we are unable to maintain good relationships with our controlled builders, we may be unable to fully take advantage of existing agreements, expand our relationships with these controlled builders or capitalize on future opportunities with additional builders.

In Atlanta, we sell lots to one of our controlled builders for its homebuilding operations and provide it loans to finance home construction. If our controlled builder fails to successfully execute its business strategies for any reason, it may be unable to purchase lots from us, repay outstanding construction finance loans made by us or borrow from us in the future, any of which could negatively impact our business, financial condition and results of operations.

On December 22, 2017, the U.S. government enacted comprehensive tax legislation commonly referred to as the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (the “Tax Act”). The Tax Act made major changes to the Internal Revenue Code that, in part, affect the after-tax cost of owning a home. Specifically, the Tax Act limited the ability of homebuyers to deduct (i) property taxes, (ii) mortgage interest, and (iii) state and local income taxes. The annual deduction for real estate taxes and state and local income taxes (or sales taxes in lieu of income taxes) is now generally limited to $10,000. These changes increased the after-tax cost of owning a new home for many of our potential homebuyers and the potential homebuyers of our homebuilding customers.

If the federal government or a state government further changes its income tax laws to further eliminate or substantially limit these income tax deductions, the after-tax cost of owning a new home would further increase for many of our potential customers. At the same time, favorable tax law changes will not necessarily increase demand or allow for higher selling prices.

The loss or reduction of homeowner tax deductions that have historically been available has reduced and could further reduce the perceived affordability of homeownership, and therefore the demand for and sales price of new homes, including ours. In addition, increases in property tax rates or fees on developers by local governmental authorities, as experienced in response to reduced federal and state funding or to fund local initiatives, such as funding schools or road improvements, or increases in insurance premiums can adversely affect the ability of potential customers to obtain financing or their desire to purchase new homes, and can have an adverse impact on our business and financial results.

The climates and geology of the states in which we operate present increased risks of severe weather conditions and natural disasters. The occurrence of severe weather conditions or natural disasters can delay new home deliveries and lot development, reduce the availability of materials and/or negatively impact the demand for new homes in affected areas.

Additionally, to the extent that hurricanes, severe storms, earthquakes, tornadoes, droughts, floods, hail, wildfires or other natural disasters or similar events occur, our homes under construction or our lots under development could be damaged or destroyed, which may result in losses exceeding our insurance coverage. Any of these events could increase our operating expenses, impair our cash flows and reduce our revenues. To the extent that climate change increases the frequency and severity of weather-related disasters, we may experience increasing negative weather-related impacts to our operations in the future.

Further, acts of war, any outbreak or escalation of hostilities between the United States and any foreign power or acts of terrorism may cause disruptions to the U.S. economy or the local economies of the markets in which we operate, cause shortages of building materials, increase costs associated with obtaining building materials, affect job growth and consumer confidence or cause economic changes that we cannot anticipate, all of which could reduce demand for our lots, homes and construction loans and adversely impact our business and results of operations.

Competition in the land development and homebuilding industries in our markets is intense, and there are relatively low barriers to entry. Land developers and homebuilders compete for, among other things, homebuyers, desirable land parcels, financing, raw materials and skilled labor. Increased competition could hurt our business, as it could prevent us from acquiring attractive land parcels for development and resale or homebuilding (or make such acquisitions more expensive), hinder our market share expansion and lead to pricing pressures that adversely impact our margins and revenues. Our business, liquidity, financial condition and results of operations could be materially and adversely affected if we are unable to compete successfully. Our competitors may independently develop land and construct housing units that are superior or substantially similar to our products. Furthermore, a number of our primary competitors are significantly larger, have a longer operating history and may have greater resources or lower cost of capital than us. Accordingly, competitors may be able to compete more effectively in one or more of the markets in which we operate. Many of these competitors also have longstanding relationships with subcontractors, suppliers, and developers in the markets in which we operate. Our homebuilding business also competes for sales with resales of existing homes and with available rental housing.

The operating agreements governing our partially owned controlled builders contain buy-sell provisions that may be triggered in certain circumstances. In the event that a buy-sell event occurs, our builder will have the right to initiate a buy-sell process, which may happen at an inconvenient time for us. In the event the buy-sell provisions are exercised at a time when we lack sufficient capital to purchase the remaining equity interest, we may elect to sell our equity interest in the entity. If a buy-sell provision is exercised and we elect to purchase the interest in an entity that we do not already own, we may be obligated to expend significant capital in order to complete and integrate such an acquisition, which may result in our being unable to pursue other investments or opportunities. If either of these events occurs, our revenue and net income could decline or we may not have sufficient capital necessary to implement our growth strategy.

We are subject to several local, state, federal and other statutes, ordinances, rules and regulations concerning the environment. The particular environmental laws that apply to any given homebuilding or development site vary according to multiple factors, including the site location, environmental conditions and the present and former uses of the site and adjoining properties. Environmental laws and conditions may result in delays, may cause us to incur substantial compliance and other costs and can prohibit or severely restrict homebuilding and land development activity in environmentally sensitive regions or areas. In addition, when an endangered or threatened species is involved, environmental rules and regulations can result in the restriction or elimination of development in identified environmentally sensitive areas. From time to time, the United States Environmental Protection Agency and similar federal or state agencies review homebuilders’ compliance with environmental laws and may levy fines and penalties for failure to comply strictly with applicable environmental laws or impose additional requirements for future compliance because of past failures. Any such actions taken with respect to our business may increase our costs. Environmental regulations can also have an adverse impact on the availability and price of certain raw materials, such as lumber. Further, we expect that increasingly stringent requirements will be imposed on homebuilders and land developers in the future.

Under various environmental laws, current or former owners of real estate may be required to investigate and clean up hazardous or toxic substances and may be held liable to a governmental entity or to third parties for related damages, including for bodily injury, and for investigation and clean-up costs incurred by such parties in connection with the contamination.

Residents of communities we develop rely on us to resolve issues or disputes that may arise in connection with the operation or development of their communities. Efforts made by us to resolve these issues or disputes could be deemed unsatisfactory by the affected residents and subsequent actions by these residents could adversely affect sales or our reputation. In addition, we could be required to make material expenditures related to the settlement of such issues or disputes or to modify community development plans, which could adversely affect our results of operations.

Most of our potential homebuyers engage local real estate agents who are unaffiliated with us in connection with their search for a new home. If we do not maintain good relations with, and a good reputation among, these real estate agents, the agents may not encourage potential homebuyers to consider, or may actively discourage homebuyers from considering, our communities, which could adversely affect our results of operations.

We rely on information technology systems and other computer resources to carry out operational and marketing activities, as well as to maintain our business records. As part of our normal business activities, we may collect and store certain confidential information, including information about employees, homebuyers, customers, vendors and suppliers and may share information with vendors who assist us with certain aspects of our business. Many of these resources are provided to us and/or maintained on our behalf by third-party service providers pursuant to agreements that specify certain security and service level standards. Our ability to conduct our business may be impaired if these resources are compromised, degraded, damaged or fail, whether due to a virus or other harmful circumstance, intentional penetration or disruption of our information technology resources by a third-party, social engineering attempts, natural disaster, hardware or software corruption or failure or error (including a failure of security controls incorporated into or applied to such hardware or software), telecommunications system failure, service provider error or failure, intentional or unintentional personnel actions (including the failure to follow our security protocols) or lost connectivity to networked resources.

There has been an increase in cyber-attacks in recent years. Breaches of our data security systems, including by cyber-attacks, could result in the unintended public disclosure or the misappropriation of our proprietary information or personal and confidential information, about our employees, consumers who view our homes, homebuyers or our business partners, which could require us to incur significant expense to address and resolve such issues. The release of confidential information may also lead to identity theft and related fraud, litigation or other proceedings against us by affected individuals, business partners and/or regulators, and the outcome of such proceedings, which could include penalties or fines, and any significant disruption of our business could have a material and adverse effect on our reputation resulting in the loss of customers, sales and revenue.

Data protection and privacy laws continue to evolve and become more complex in various U.S. federal and state jurisdictions. Such regulatory changes, variations in requirements across jurisdictions and ongoing discussions about a national privacy laws could present compliance challenges. The costs of complying with such changes could adversely affect our business.

We maintain insurance coverage for potential breaches but the costs to remedy a breach may not be fully covered by our insurance. We provide employee awareness training of cybersecurity threats and utilize information technology security experts to assist us in our evaluations of the effectiveness of the security of our information technology systems, and we regularly enhance our security measures to protect our systems and data. We use various encryption, tokenization and authentication technologies to mitigate cybersecurity risks and have increased our monitoring capabilities to enhance early detection and rapid response to potential cyber threats. While we have not had a significant cybersecurity breach or attack that had a material impact on our business or operations, there can be no assurance that our efforts to maintain the security and integrity of our information technology systems will be effective or that attempted breaches would not be successful in the future.

As a homebuilder, we are subject to construction defect and home warranty claims arising in the ordinary course of business. These claims are common in the homebuilding industry and can be costly and once claims are asserted, it can be difficult to determine the extent to which the assertion will expand in number or geographically. In addition, the costs of insuring against construction defect and product liability claims are high. This coverage may be restricted and become more costly in the future. If the limits or coverages of our current and former insurance programs prove inadequate, or we are not able to obtain adequate or reasonably priced insurance against these types of claims in the future, or the amounts currently provided for future warranty or insurance claims are inadequate, we may experience losses that could negatively impact our financial results.

We self-insure some of our risks through a wholly-owned insurance subsidiary. We record expenses and liabilities based on the estimated costs required to cover our self-insured liability. These estimated costs are based on an analysis of our historical claims and industry data and include an estimate of claims incurred but not yet reported. The projection of losses related to these liabilities requires actuarial assumptions that are subject to variability due to uncertainties regarding construction defect claims relative to our markets and the types of products we build, insurance industry practices, and legal or regulatory actions and/or interpretations, among other factors.

The homebuilding industry experiences seasonal fluctuations in quarterly results of operations and capital requirements. We typically experience the highest new home order activity in spring and summer, although this activity is also highly dependent on the number of active selling communities, timing of new community openings and other market factors. Since it typically takes four to nine months to construct a new home, we deliver more homes in the second half of the year as spring and summer home orders convert to home deliveries. Because of this seasonality, home starts, construction costs and related cash outflows have historically been highest in the second and third quarters, and the majority of cash receipts from home deliveries occurs during the second half of the year. We expect this seasonal pattern to continue over the long-term, although we may also be affected by volatility in the homebuilding industry.

Additionally, weather-related problems may occur, delaying starts or closings or increasing costs and reducing profitability. Delays in opening new communities or new sections of existing communities could have an adverse impact on home sales and revenues. Expenses are not incurred and recognized evenly throughout the year. Because of these factors, our quarterly results of operations may be uneven and may be marked by lower revenues and earnings in some quarters compared with others.

The markets in which we operate may in the future be subject to utility or other resource shortages, including significant changes to the availability of electricity and water. Shortages of natural resources in our markets, particularly shortages of water, may make it more difficult for us to obtain regulatory approval for new developments. We may experience material fluctuations in utility and resource costs across our markets, and we may incur additional costs and may not be able to complete construction on a timely basis if such fluctuations arise. Furthermore, these shortages and interest rate fluctuations may adversely affect the regional economies in which we operate, which may reduce demand for our homes, lots and construction loans, and negatively affect our business and results of operations.

We could suffer physical damage to property or incur liabilities resulting in losses that may not be fully recoverable by insurance. In addition, certain types of risks, such as personal injury claims, may be, or may become in the future, either uninsurable or not economically insurable, or may not be currently or in the future covered by our insurance policies or otherwise be subject to significant deductibles or limits. Should an uninsured loss or a loss in excess of insured limits occur or be subject to deductibles, we could sustain financial loss or lose capital invested in the affected property as well as anticipated future income from that property. In addition, we could be liable to repair damage or address liabilities caused by risks that are uninsured or subject to deductibles. We may be liable for any debt or other financial obligations related to an affected property. Material losses or liabilities in excess of insurance proceeds may occur in the future.

Our success also depends on our reputation and our brand image. Any unfavorable media coverage related to our industry, brand, personnel or operations may adversely affect our stock price and the performance of our business, regardless of its accuracy or inaccuracy. Negative publicity spreads quickly through the use of electronic communications, including social media outlets, websites, “tweets”, blogs and other digital platforms. Our success in maintaining and expanding our brand image depends on our ability to adapt to this rapidly changing media environment. Negative publicity or negative commentary from any media outlets could damage our reputation and reduce the demand for our homes, which would adversely affect our business.

Building sites are inherently dangerous and operating in the land development and homebuilding industries poses certain inherent health and safety risks. Our health and safety performance is critical to the success of our business. Any failure in health and safety performance may result in penalties for non-compliance with relevant regulatory requirements, and a failure that results in a major or significant health and safety incident is likely to be costly in terms of potential liabilities incurred as a result. Such a failure could generate significant negative publicity and have a corresponding impact on our reputation, our relationships with relevant regulatory agencies or governmental authorities and our ability to attract employees, subcontractors and homebuyers, which in turn could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition and results of operations. Additionally, we are subject to laws and regulations related to workers’ health and safety, and there are efforts to subject homebuilders to other labor related laws or rules, some of which may make us responsible for things done by our subcontractors over which we have little or no control.

Although we expect all of our employees, officers and directors to comply at all times with all applicable laws, rules and regulations, there may be instances in which subcontractors or others through whom we do business engage in practices that do not comply with applicable regulations or guidelines. Should we learn of practices that do not comply with applicable regulations or guidelines relating to homes we build, lots we develop or financing we provide, we would move actively to stop the non-complying practices as soon as possible and would take disciplinary action with regard to employees who were aware of the practices and did not take steps to address them, including terminating their employment when necessary. However, regardless of the steps we take after we learn of practices that do not comply with applicable regulations or guidelines, we can in some instances be subject to fines or other governmental penalties, and our reputation can be injured due to the occurrence of such practices.

We rely on subcontractors to perform the actual construction of our homes, and, in some cases, to select and obtain building materials. Despite our detailed specifications and quality control procedures, subcontractors may use improper construction processes or defective materials in some cases. Defective products widely used by the homebuilding industry can require extensive repairs to large numbers of homes. The cost of complying with our warranty obligations may be significant if we are unable to recover the cost of repairs from subcontractors, materials suppliers and insurers.

In 2020, we established a joint venture, BHome Mortgage, to provide mortgage related services to homebuyers. The residential mortgage lending industry remains under intense scrutiny and is heavily regulated at the federal, state and local levels. Although we do not originate mortgages, we are directly or indirectly subject to certain of these regulations. Changes to existing laws or regulations or adoption of new laws or regulations could require our joint venture to incur significant compliance costs. A material failure to comply with any of these laws or regulations could result in the loss or suspension of required licenses or other approvals, the imposition of monetary penalties, and restitution awards or other relief. Any of these outcomes could have an adverse effect on our results of operations.

We are periodically required to provide bonds to governmental authorities and others to ensure the completion of our projects and these bonds are generally not released until all development and construction activities to which they relate are completed. Depending on market conditions, surety providers may be reluctant to issue new bonds and may request credit enhancements (such as cash deposits or letters of credit) in order to maintain existing bonds or to issue new bonds. If we are unable to obtain required bonds for our future projects, or if we are required to provide credit enhancements with respect to our current or future bonds, our business, liquidity, financial condition and results of operations could be materially and adversely affected.

Our business requires access to capital on favorable terms to service our indebtedness, cover our operating expenses and fund other liquidity needs. Negative rating actions by credit agencies such as downgrades increase the cost to access capital and can make it difficult for us to meet our liquidity needs. Any downgrade of our credit rating by any of the principal credit agencies may exacerbate these difficulties. There are no assurances that we will not experience downgrades in our credit ratings in the future, whether due to worsening macroeconomic conditions, a downturn in the housing industry, failure to successfully execute our business strategy, or the adverse impact on our results of operations or liquidity position of any of the above or otherwise.

The homebuilding industry is capital-intensive and requires significant up-front expenditures to acquire land parcels and begin development. Land acquisition, development and construction activities may be adversely affected by any shortage or increased cost of financing or the unwillingness of third parties to engage in partnerships, joint ventures or other alternative arrangements.

In addition to the financing provided by the senior unsecured notes, we currently have access to a senior secured revolving credit facility and a senior unsecured revolving credit facility. We cannot ensure that we will be able to extend the maturity of these credit facilities or arrange another facility on acceptable terms or at all.

Furthermore, in the future, we may seek additional capital in the form of equity or debt financing from a variety of potential sources, including additional bank financings and/or securities offerings. The availability of borrowed funds, especially for land acquisition and construction financing, may be greatly reduced nationally, and the lending community may require increased amounts of equity to be invested in a project by borrowers in connection with both new loans and the extension of existing loans. The credit and capital markets are subject to volatility. If we are required to seek additional financing to fund our operations, volatility in these markets may restrict our flexibility to access such financing. If we are not successful in obtaining sufficient capital to fund our planned capital and other expenditures, we may be unable to acquire land for our housing developments and/or to develop the housing. Any difficulty in obtaining sufficient capital for planned development expenditures could also cause project delays and any such delay could result in cost increases. Any one or more of the foregoing events could have a material adverse effect on our business, liquidity, financial condition and results of operations.

Our revolving credit facilities and the terms of our senior unsecured notes impose certain restrictions on our and certain of our subsidiaries’ operations and activities and require us to maintain certain financial covenants. The most significant restrictions relate to debt incurrence (including non-recourse indebtedness), creation of liens, repayment of certain indebtedness prior to its respective stated maturity, sales of assets, cash distributions (including paying dividends), capital stock repurchases, and investments by us and certain of our subsidiaries. These restrictions may prevent us from capitalizing on business opportunities and could adversely affect our growth.

The restrictions in our debt instruments could prohibit or restrict our and certain of our subsidiaries’ activities, such as undertaking capital raising or restructuring activities or entering into other transactions. In addition, if we fail to comply with these restrictions, an event of default could occur and our debt under these debt instruments could become due and payable prior to maturity. Any such event of default could lead to cross defaults under certain of our other debt or negatively impact other covenants. In any of these situations, we may be unable to amend the applicable instrument or obtain a waiver without significant additional cost, or at all. Any such situation could have a material adverse effect on our liquidity and financial condition.

We are not restricted from issuing additional shares of our authorized common stock or Series A preferred stock, including securities that could be converted into or exchanged for, or that represent the right to receive, shares of our common or preferred stock. For example, in December 2021, we offered 2,000,000 depositary shares each representing a 1/1000th interest in our 5.75% cumulative perpetual preferred stock. If we issue a substantial number of shares of common or Series A preferred stock, or depositary shares representing interests in our preferred stock, or if the expectation of such issuances is broadly disseminated in the market, including in connection with any acquisitions, the market price for our common, preferred or depositary shares could be adversely affected, and our stockholders’ interest could be diluted. Our decision to issue equity securities will depend on market conditions and other factors, and we cannot predict or estimate with certainty the amount, timing or nature of potential future issuances. Accordingly, our stockholders bear the risk that such future equity issuances could reduce market price and dilute their stock holding with us. As of December 31, 2023, we had 45,005,175 shares of common stock and 2,000 shares of Series A preferred stock outstanding.

Shares of our common stock and preferred stock are equity interests and do not constitute indebtedness. Accordingly, shares of our common stock and depositary shares, which represent a fractional interest in our Series A preferred stock, will rank junior to all of our existing and future indebtedness (including indebtedness convertible into our common stock or preferred stock), to the indebtedness and other liabilities of our existing or future subsidiaries, and to other non-equity claims against us and our assets available to satisfy claims against us, including in the event of liquidation. Moreover, holders of our depositary shares and outstanding preferred stock have preferential dividend and liquidation rights compared to holders of our common stock.

We are permitted to incur additional debt. In the event of a bankruptcy, liquidation, dissolution or winding-up of our affairs, lenders and holders of our debt securities would receive distributions of our available assets prior to holders of our common stock, depositary shares and other outstanding preferred stock. Additionally, our right to participate in a distribution of assets upon any of our subsidiaries’ liquidation or reorganization is subject to prior claims of that subsidiary’s creditors, including holders of any preferred stock of that subsidiary.

Greenlight Capital, Inc. and its affiliates (“Greenlight”) and James R. Brickman own approximately 25.2% and 3.6%, respectively, of our voting power. These large stockholders, acting together, could determine substantially all matters requiring stockholder approval, including the election of directors and approval of significant corporate transactions, such as a sale or other change of control transaction. In addition, this concentration of ownership may delay or prevent a change in control within us and make some transactions more difficult or impossible without the support of these stockholders. The interests of these stockholders may not always coincide with our interests or the interests of other stockholders. Accordingly, these stockholders could cause us to enter into transactions or agreements that you would not approve or make decisions with which you may disagree.

We believe that a significant portion of our common stock beneficially owned by Greenlight and Mr. Brickman are “restricted securities” within the meaning of the federal securities laws. We entered into registration rights agreements with each of these parties in 2014 which provide these parties the right to require us to register the resale of their shares under certain circumstances. In accordance with the registration rights agreement, the shares of common stock beneficially owned by Greenlight may be resold under the Company’s shelf registration statement on Form S-3, which became effective automatically upon filing on September 6, 2023. These shares may be sold in the market at any time, subject to compliance with securities laws. If these holders sell substantial amounts of these shares, the price of our common stock could decline. In addition, the sale of these shares could impair our ability to raise capital through the sale of additional equity securities. As of January 2, 2024, 11,336,493 shares were held by Greenlight.

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The Audit Committee (“Audit Committee”) of the Company’s Board of Directors (the “Board”) is actively involved in oversight of the Company’s risk management program, and cybersecurity represents an integral component of the Company’s overall approach to enterprise risk management (“ERM”). A cybersecurity threat is any potential unauthorized occurrence, on or conducted through, the Company’s information systems that may result in adverse effects on the confidentiality, integrity or availability of the Company’s information systems or any information residing therein. The Company’s cybersecurity policies, standards, processes and practices are fully integrated into the Company’s ERM program and are based on recognized frameworks established by the Center for Internet Security Cybersecurity Framework. In general, the Company seeks to address cybersecurity risks through a comprehensive, cross-functional approach that is focused on preserving the confidentiality, security and availability of the information that the Company collects and stores by identifying, preventing and mitigating cybersecurity threats and effectively responding to cybersecurity incidents when they occur.

As one of the critical elements of the Company’s overall ERM approach, the Company’s cybersecurity program is focused on the following key areas:

•Collaborative Approach: The Company has implemented a comprehensive, cross-functional approach to identifying, preventing and mitigating cybersecurity threats and incidents, while also implementing controls and procedures that provide for the prompt escalation of certain cybersecurity incidents so that decisions regarding the disclosure and reporting of such material incidents may be made by management in a timely manner.

•Technical Safeguards: The Company deploys technical safeguards that are designed to protect the Company’s information systems from cybersecurity threats, including firewalls, intrusion prevention and detection systems, anti-malware functionality and access controls, which are evaluated and improved through vulnerability assessments and cybersecurity threat intelligence.

•Incident Response and Recovery Planning: The Company has established and maintains incident response and recovery plans that address the Company’s response to a cybersecurity incident, and such plans are tested and evaluated on a regular basis.

•Third-Party Risk Management: The Company maintains a comprehensive, risk-based approach to identifying and overseeing cybersecurity risks presented by third parties, including vendors, service providers and other external users of the Company’s systems, as well as the systems of third parties that could adversely impact the Company’s business in the event of a cybersecurity incident affecting those third-party systems.

•Outside Consultants: The Company engages various outside consultants, including contractors, auditors, and other third parties, to among other things:

◦monitor Company networks, servers and endpoints to identify vulnerabilities;

◦conduct bi-weekly email phishing campaigns for Company employees to evaluate employee responses to such campaigns, identify vulnerabilities and advise on possible attack preparedness and responses;

◦obtain information of a cybersecurity incident and isolate compromised systems and electronic data from further exposure; and

◦determine and execute mitigation and remediation options and plans.

•Education and Awareness: The Company provides annual, mandatory training for personnel regarding cybersecurity threats as a means to equip the Company’s personnel with effective tools to address cybersecurity threats, and to communicate the Company’s evolving information security policies, standards, processes and practices. If an employee fails a bi-weekly phishing campaign they are re-enrolled in the Company’s cybersecurity awareness training.

The Company conducts periodic assessment and testing of the Company’s policies, standards, processes and practices that are designed to address cybersecurity threats and incidents. These efforts include a wide range of activities, including annual penetration testing, adoption of an incident response plan, employee email phishing campaigns, email security monitoring, real-time vulnerability scanning and intrusion detection, employee cyber security awareness program, real-time (offsite) backups of production systems, regular audits and progress reports, and continuous improvement of the information security management system. The Company engages third parties, which it believes is the top of the market, to perform assessments on the Company’s cybersecurity measures, including audits and independent reviews of the Company’s information security control environment and operating effectiveness. The results of such assessments, audits and reviews are reported to the Audit Committee, and the Company adjusts its cybersecurity policies, standards, processes and practices as necessary based on the information provided by these assessments, audits and reviews.

As discussed above, the Board has delegated to the Audit Committee the responsibility for monitoring and overseeing the Company’s cybersecurity and other information technology risks, controls, strategies and procedures. The Audit Committee periodically evaluates the Company’s information security strategies to ensure its effectiveness and, if appropriate, may also include a review from third-party experts. The Company’s Vice President of IT reports to the Audit Committee as part of every regularly scheduled quarterly meeting of the Audit Committee (or more frequently, as needed) regarding technological risk exposure and cybersecurity risk management strategy. In addition, the full Board may review and assess cybersecurity risks as part of its responsibilities for oversight of the Company’s broad ERM program.

The Company’s Vice President of IT, Randall Anderson, in coordination with the Company’s Chief Executive Officer (“CEO”), Chief Financial Officer (“CFO”), and General Counsel (“GC”), works collaboratively across the Company to implement a program designed to protect the Company’s information systems from cybersecurity threats and to promptly respond to any cybersecurity incidents in accordance with the Company’s incident response and recovery plans. The Company maintains a cyber incident response plan to timely, consistently, and compliantly address cybersecurity threats that may occur despite the Company’s safeguards. The response plan covers preparation, detection and analysis, containment and investigation, notification (which may include timely notice to the Board if deemed material or appropriate), eradication and recovery, and incident closure and post-incident analysis. The Company retains a third-party cyber security firm to leverage in the event of a cyber security incident. The Company’s response planning is reviewed annually and kept up to date with industry developments. The scope of this plan is enterprise-wide and includes the Company’s business units and subsidiaries. Through ongoing communications with management, the Company’s Vice President of IT monitors the prevention, detection, mitigation and remediation of cybersecurity threats and incidents in real time and reports such threats and incidents to the Audit Committee when appropriate.

Mr. Anderson holds a bachelor’s degree in business administration with a focus on supply chain management and operations engineering from the University of Texas at Austin. He has served in various roles in information technology and information security for over 10 years, including as an IT business analyst with another publicly traded homebuilder where he was responsible for maintaining production data structures and system trainings. Mr. Anderson currently serves as a CyberUSA advisory board member where he regularly attends seminars given by cyber industry experts, including certain governmental agencies. Mr. Anderson is continually informed about the latest developments in cybersecurity, including potential threats and innovative risk management techniques. Staying informed on developments in the cyber industry is crucial to the Company’s effective prevention, detection, mitigation and remediation of any cybersecurity incidents. In addition, the Company’s CEO, CFO and GC each hold undergraduate and graduate degrees in their respective fields, and each have over 20 years of experience managing risks at the Company or at similar companies, including risks arising from cybersecurity threats.

Cybersecurity threats, including as a result of any previous cybersecurity incidents, have not materially affected or are reasonably likely to affect the Company, including its business strategy, results of operations or financial condition.

We lease our principal executive office located at 5501 Headquarters Drive, Suite 300W, Plano, Texas, 75024. Our homebuilding and title division offices are located in leased space in the markets where we conduct business. We believe that such properties are suitable and adequate to meet the needs of our businesses. Because of the nature of our homebuilding operations, we and our builders hold significant amounts of property as inventory in connection with our homebuilding business. We discuss these properties in the discussion of our homebuilding operations in Part I, Item 1 and Part II, Item 7 of this Annual Report on Form 10-K.

We are involved in various claims and litigation arising in the ordinary course of business. We do not believe that any such claims and litigation will have a material adverse effect upon our results of operations or financial position.

Not Applicable.

Our common stock trades on The New York Stock Exchange under the ticker symbol “GRBK”.

On February 23, 2024, there were 67 stockholders of record of our common stock. We believe the number of beneficial owners of our common stock is substantially greater than the number of record holders because a large portion of our outstanding common stock is held of record in broker “street names” for the benefit of individual investors. As of February 23, 2024, there were 44,971,005 common shares outstanding.

We have not paid any dividends on our common stock since our inception and do not anticipate declaring or paying any cash dividends on our common stock in the foreseeable future. Payment of future dividends, if any, will be at the discretion of our Board of Directors (the “Board”) and will depend on many factors, including general economic and business conditions, our strategic plans, our financial results and condition, legal requirements and other factors as our Board deems relevant.

The following graph compares the yearly dollar change in the cumulative total shareholder return on the Company’s common stock against the cumulative total shareholder return of the Russell 3000 Index and the S&P Homebuilders Select Industry Index for the five-year period that commenced December 31, 2018 and ended December 31, 2023.

The following table provides information about repurchases of our common stock during the three months ended December 31, 2023:

Period						Total number of shares purchased						Average price paid per share						Total number of shares purchased as part of publicly announced plans or programs						Approximate dollar value of shares that may yet be purchased under the plans or programs (1)
October 1 - October 31, 2023						—						$	—					—						$	121,000,000
November 1 - November 30, 2023						299,174						46.50						299,174						107,097,000
December 1 - December 31, 2023						74,797						49.44						74,797						103,401,000
Total						373,971						47.09						373,971

(1)    On April 27, 2022, the Board authorized a $100.0 million stock repurchase program (the “2022 Repurchase Plan”). Repurchases through December 31, 2023 were executed pursuant to the 2022 Repurchase Plan. On April 27, 2023, the Board approved a new stock repurchase program (the “2023 Repurchase Plan”) that authorizes the Company to purchase, from time to time, up to an additional $100.0 million of our outstanding common stock, upon completion of our 2022 Repurchase Plan. The 2023 Repurchase Plan has no time deadline and will continue until otherwise modified or terminated by the Board at any time in its sole discretion. As of December 31, 2023, the remaining dollar value of shares that may yet be purchased was approximately $3.4 million under the 2022 Repurchase Plan and $100.0 million under the 2023 Repurchase Plan.

This Annual Report on Form 10-K contains “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of the securities laws. These forward-looking statements are subject to a number of risks and uncertainties, many of which are beyond our control. All statements other than statements of historical facts included or incorporated by reference in this Annual Report on Form 10-K, including the statements regarding our strategy, future operations, financial position, estimated revenues, projected costs, prospects, plans, and objectives, are forward-looking statements. When used in this Annual Report, the words “will,” “believe,” “anticipate,” “plan,” “intend,” “estimate,” “expect,” “project,” and similar expressions are intended to identify forward-looking statements, although not all forward-looking statements contain these identifying words. Although we believe that our plans, intentions, and expectations reflected in or suggested by the forward-looking statements we make in this Annual Report on Form 10-K are reasonable, we cannot assure you that these plans, intentions, or expectations will be achieved. Forward-looking statements included or incorporated by reference in this Annual Report on Form 10-K include statements concerning (1) our balance sheet strategy and belief that we have ample liquidity; (2) our goals and strategies and their anticipated benefits, including expansion into new markets or new related businesses; (3) our intentions and the expected benefits and advantages of our product and land positioning strategies; (4) our expectations regarding future finished lots, the quality of those lots and the timing of backlog fulfillment; (5) expectations regarding our industry and our business in 2024 and beyond; (6) the contribution of certain market factors to our growth; (7) our land and lot acquisition strategy; (8) the sufficiency of our capital resources to support our business strategy and to service our debt; (9) the impact of new accounting standards and changes in accounting estimates; (10) trends and expectations regarding sales prices, sales orders, sales pace, cancellations, construction costs, gross margins, land costs and profitability and future home inventories; (11) our future cash needs; (12) our strategy to utilize leverage to invest in our business; (13) seasonal factors and the impact of seasonality in future quarters; (14) our expectations regarding access to additional growth capital; (15) our expectations regarding future land revenue recognition; (16) our ability to adapt to changing market conditions; and (17) our expectations regarding the sale of our ownership in Challenger; and (18) the disposition of legal claims and related contingencies.

These forward-looking statements reflect our current views about future events and are subject to risks, uncertainties and assumptions. We wish to caution readers that certain important factors may have affected and could in the future affect our actual results and could cause actual results to differ significantly from what is anticipated by our forward-looking statements. These risks include, but are not limited to: (1) general economic conditions in our markets, seasonality, cyclicality and competition in the homebuilding industry; (2) changes in macroeconomic conditions, including interest and unemployment rates, that could adversely impact demand for new homes or the ability of our buyers to qualify; (3) shortages, delays or increased costs or performance issues of raw materials, or increases in other operating costs, including costs related to labor, real estate taxes and insurance, which in each case exceed our ability to increase prices; (4) significant periods of inflation or deflation; (5) a shortage of labor, (6) an inability to acquire land in our markets at anticipated prices or difficulty in obtaining land-use entitlements; (7) our inability to successfully execute our strategies, including the successful development of our communities within expected timeframes and the growth and expansion of our Trophy brand; (8) a failure to recruit, retain or develop highly skilled and competent employees; (9) the geographic concentration of our operations; (10) government regulation risks; (11) adverse changes in the availability or volatility of mortgage financing; (12) severe weather events or natural disasters; (13) difficulty in obtaining sufficient capital to fund our growth; (14) our ability to meet our debt service obligations; (15) a decline in the value of our inventories and resulting write-downs of the carrying value of our real estate assets; (16) our ability to adequately self-insure; and (17) changes in accounting standards that adversely affect our reported earnings or financial condition.

Please see “Risk Factors” located in Part I, Item 1A in this Annual Report on Form 10-K for a further discussion of these and other risks and uncertainties which could affect our future results. We undertake no obligation to revise any forward-looking statements to reflect events or circumstances after the date of those statements or to reflect the occurrence of anticipated or unanticipated events, except to the extent we are legally required to disclose certain matters in SEC filings or otherwise.

For business overview and developments during the year ended December 31, 2023, refer to Part I, Item 1 of this Annual Report on Form 10-K.

Our key financial and operating metrics are home deliveries, home closings revenue, average sales price of homes delivered, and net new home orders, which refers to the number of sales contracts executed reduced by the number of sales contracts canceled during the relevant period. Our results for each key financial and operating metric, as compared to the year ended December 31, 2022, are provided below:

						Year Ended
						December 31, 2023
Home deliveries						Increased by 7.1%
Home closings revenue						Increased by 4.2%
Average sales price of homes delivered						Decreased by 2.7%
Net new home orders						Increased by 70.1%

The strong performance on most of our key metrics year over year is attributable to our superior infill and infill-adjacent locations in high-growth markets, our reduced cycle times, the continued low supply of existing and new home inventory in our markets, and increased revenue by our Texas builders. The decrease in the average sales price of homes delivered is attributable to an increase in the percentage of home deliveries by Trophy Signature Homes, Centre Living Homes, and CB JENI Homes over last year. These homebuilders had an average sales price below the Company average.

2023 Developments

Among the 12 largest metropolitan areas in the country, the Dallas and Atlanta areas ranked first and seventh, respectively, in annual rate of job growth from November 2022 to November 2023 (Source: US Bureau of Labor Statistics, November 2023). We believe we operate in two of the most desirable housing markets in the nation and that increasing demand and supply levels in our target markets create favorable conditions for our future growth.

The table below represents residential units revenue and new homes delivered for the years ended December 31, 2023 and December 31, 2022 (dollars in thousands):

						Years Ended December 31,
						2023						2022						Change						%
Home closings revenue						$	1,767,788					$	1,696,911					$	70,877					4.2		%
Mechanic’s lien contracts revenue						1,467						7,040						(5,573)						(79.2)		%
Residential units revenue						$	1,769,255					$	1,703,951					$	65,304					3.8		%
New homes delivered						3,123						2,916						207						7.1		%
Average sales price of homes delivered						$	566.1					$	581.9					$	(15.8)					(2.7)		%

The $65.3 million increase in residential units revenue was driven by the 7.1% increase in the number of homes delivered partially offset by a 2.7% decrease in average sales price of new homes delivered. The increase in new homes delivered is attributable to the limited competition in our infill and infill-adjacent community sites, our reduced cycle times, and the continued low supply of existing and new home inventory in our markets. The decrease in the average sales price of homes delivered is attributable to an increase in the percentage of home deliveries by Trophy Signature Homes, Centre Living Homes, and CB JENI Homes over last year. These homebuilders had an average sales price below the Company average due to a mix of product type and selling more inventory in perimeter locations.

The table below represents new home orders and backlog related to our builder operations segments, excluding mechanic’s liens contracts (dollars in thousands):

						Years Ended December 31,
						2023						2022						Change						%
Net new home orders						3,356						1,973						1,383						70.1		%
Revenue from net new home orders						$	1,953,903					$	1,210,315					$	743,588					61.4		%
Average selling price of net new home orders						$	582.2					$	613.4					$	(31.2)					(5.1)		%
Cancellation rate						6.6		%				13.8		%				(7.2)		%				(52.2)		%
Absorption rate per average active selling community per quarter						9.9						6.5						3.4						52.3		%
Average active selling communities						85						76						9						11.8		%
Active selling communities at end of period						91						80						11						13.8		%
Backlog						$	555,200					$	369,095					$	186,105					50.4		%
Backlog units						770						537						233						43.4		%
Average sales price of backlog						$	721.0					$	687.3					$	33.7					4.9		%

Net new home orders increased by 70.1% over the prior year, and our absorption rate per average active selling community increased 52.3% year over year. The increase in net new home orders is attributable to the increase in our active selling communities, the limited competition in our infill and infill-adjacent community sites, improved homebuyer sentiment, and the continued low supply of existing and new home inventory in our markets.

Backlog refers to homes under sales contracts that have not yet closed at the end of the relevant period, and absorption rate refers to the rate at which net new home orders are contracted per average active selling community during the relevant period. There are instances in which sales contracts are canceled after execution, such as when the homebuyer cancels because of the inability to obtain suitable mortgage financing within a contractually specified time period. Accordingly, backlog may not be indicative of our future revenue.

Backlog increased by 50.4% with a 43.4% increase in backlog units and a 4.9% increase in the average sales price of backlog units. As a result, our spec units under construction as a percentage of total units under construction declined from 73.4% as of December 31, 2022 to 69.8% as of December 31, 2023.

Our cancellation rate, which refers to sales contracts canceled divided by sales contracts executed during the relevant period, was 6.6% for the year ended December 31, 2023, compared to 13.8% for the year ended December 31, 2022.

The table below represents the components of residential units gross margin (dollars in thousands):

						Years Ended December 31,
						2023												2022
Home closings revenue						$	1,767,788					100.0		%				$	1,696,911					100.0		%
Cost of homebuilding units						1,222,134						69.1		%				1,190,782						70.2		%
Homebuilding gross margin						$	545,654					30.9		%				$	506,129					29.8		%
Mechanic’s lien contracts revenue						$	1,467					100.0		%				$	7,040					100.0		%
Cost of mechanic’s lien contracts						945						64.4		%				6,132						87.1		%
Mechanic’s lien contracts gross margin						$	522					35.6		%				$	908					12.9		%
Residential units revenue						$	1,769,255					100.0		%				$	1,703,951					100.0		%
Cost of residential units						1,223,079						69.1		%				1,196,914						70.2		%
Residential units gross margin						$	546,176					30.9		%				$	507,037					29.8		%

Residential units revenue increased by $65.3 million or 3.8% during the year ended December 31, 2023 due to the increase in home deliveries partially offset by a reduction in average sales price. Cost of residential units for the year ended December 31, 2023 increased by $26.2 million, or 2.2%, compared to the year ended December 31, 2022 due to the increase in units delivered.

The residential units gross margin percentage for the year ended December 31, 2023 increased to 30.9%, compared to 29.8% for the year ended December 31, 2022. The increase in residential units gross margin is primarily due to strong sales, lower construction costs, and limited competition in our infill and infill-adjacent community sites.

The table below represents lots closed and land and lots revenue (dollars in thousands):

						Years Ended December 31,
						2023						2022						Change						%
Lots revenue						$	7,426					$	19,090					$	(11,664)					(61.1)		%
Land revenue						1,029						34,752						(33,723)						(97.0)		%
Land and lots revenue						$	8,455					$	53,842					$	(45,387)					(84.3)		%
Lots closed						73						288						(215)						(74.7)		%
Average sales price of lots closed						$	101.7					$	66.3					$	35.4					53.4		%

From time to time, we will opportunistically sell finished lots to other homebuilders when we determine that we have excess capacity in specific neighborhoods or submarkets. Lots revenue decreased by 61.1% during the year ended December 31, 2023, driven by a 74.7% decrease in the number of lots closed partially offset by a 53.4% increase in the average lot price. Land revenue represents sales of tracts of land during the year ended December 31, 2022 and 2023.

The table below represents the components of selling, general and administrative expense (dollars in thousands):

						Years Ended December 31,												As Percentage of Segment Revenue
						2023						2022						2023						2022
Builder operations						$	192,827					$	166,816
Corporate, other and unallocated (income) expense						(254)						(3,494)
Net builder operations						192,573						163,322						10.9		%				9.5		%
Land development						404						621						5.1		%				1.3		%
Total selling, general and administrative expenses						$	192,977					$	163,943					10.9		%				9.3		%

Selling, general and administrative expense as a percentage of revenue increased by 1.6% for the year ended December 31, 2023 compared to the year ended December 31, 2022, primarily due to an increase in brokerage commissions.

Selling, general and administrative expenses as a percentage of revenue for builder operations increased from 9.5% to 10.9% due to an increase in brokerage commissions. Builder operations expenditures include salaries, sales commissions, and community costs such as advertising and marketing expenses, rent, professional fees, and non-capitalized property taxes.

Selling, general and administrative expense for the corporate, other and unallocated non-operating segment for the year ended December 31, 2023 was income of $0.3 million, compared to income of $3.5 million for the year ended December 31, 2022. The change was driven primarily by an increase in capitalized overhead adjustments that are not allocated to our builder operations and land development segments.

Equity in income of unconsolidated entities decreased to $16.7 million, or 34.7%, for the year ended December 31, 2023, compared to $25.6 million for the year ended December 31, 2022, primarily due to a decrease in earnings from GB Challenger. See Note 5 to our consolidated financial statements included in Part II, Item 8 of this Annual Report on Form 10-K for a summary of Green Brick’s share in net earnings by unconsolidated entity.

Other income, net, increased to $19.4 million for the year ended December 31, 2023, compared to $11.8 million for the year ended December 31, 2022. The change was primarily due to an increase in interest income.

Income tax expense increased to $84.6 million for the year ended December 31, 2023 from $82.5 million for the year ended December 31, 2022. The increase was primarily due to a reduction in Section 45L tax credits and increased state tax expense. See Note 13 to our consolidated financial statements included in Part II, Item 8 of this Annual Report on Form 10-K for a discussion on the Company’s income tax expense for the year ended December 31, 2023.

For discussion and analysis of our results of operations for the year ended December 31, 2022 as well as for comparison to our results of operations for the year ended December 31, 2021, refer to Item 7 of Part II of our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2022. 

The following table presents the lots we owned or controlled, including lot option contracts, as of December 31, 2023 and December 31, 2022. Owned lots are those for which we hold title, while controlled lots are lots past feasibility studies for which we do not hold title, but have the contractual right to acquire title.

			December 31, 2023																		December 31, 2022
			Central						Southeast						Total						Central						Southeast						Total
Lots owned
Finished lots			4,014						964						4,978						1,901						998						2,899
Lots in communities under development			9,122						1,335						10,457						10,309						1,698						12,007
Land held for future development(1)			8,366						—						8,366						6,575						—						6,575
Total lots owned			21,502						2,299						23,801						18,785						2,696						21,481
Lots controlled
Lots under option contracts			1,169						—						1,169						2,212						6						2,218
Land under option for future development			1,710						460						2,170						110						18						128
Lots under option through unconsolidated development joint ventures			1,210						331						1,541						1,289						411						1,700
Total lots controlled			4,089						791						4,880						3,611						435						4,046
Total lots owned and controlled (2)			25,591						3,090						28,681						22,396						3,131						25,527
Percentage of lots owned			84.0		%				74.4		%				83.0		%				83.9		%				86.1		%				84.2		%

(1) Land held for future development consist of raw land parcels where development activities have been postponed due to market conditions or other factors.

(2) Total lots excludes lots with homes under construction.

The following table presents additional information on the lots we owned as of December 31, 2023 and December 31, 2022.

			December 31, 2023						December 31, 2022
Total lots owned(1)			23,801						21,481
Land under option for future acquisition and development			2,170						128
Lots under option through unconsolidated development joint ventures			1,541						1,700
Total lots self-developed			27,512						23,309
Self-developed lots as a percentage of total lots owned and controlled(1)			95.9		%				91.3		%

(1) Total lots owned includes finished lot purchases, which were less than 3.2% of total lots self-developed as of December 31, 2023.

As of December 31, 2023 and December 31, 2022, we had $179.8 million and $76.6 million of unrestricted cash, respectively. Our historical cash management strategy includes redeploying net cash from the sale of home inventory to acquire and develop land and lots that represent opportunities to generate desired margins and returns, and using cash to make additional investments in business acquisitions, joint ventures, or other strategic activities.

Our principal uses of capital for the year ended December 31, 2023 were home construction, land purchases, land development, repayments of lines of credit, operating expenses, payment of routine liabilities and stock repurchases. Historically, we have used funds generated by operations and available borrowings to meet our short-term working capital requirements. We remain focused on generating positive margins in our homebuilding operations and acquiring desirable land positions in order to maintain a strong balance sheet and remain poised for continued growth.

Cash flows for each of our communities depend on the community’s stage in the development cycle. Early stages of development or expansion require significant cash outlays for land acquisitions, entitlements and other approvals, roads, utilities, general landscaping and other amenities, and home construction. These costs are a component of our inventory and are not recognized in our statement of income until a home closes. In the later stages of community life cycle, cash inflows may significantly exceed earnings reported for financial statement purposes, as the cash outflows associated with home construction and land development previously occurred.

Our debt to total capitalization ratio, which is calculated as the sum of borrowings on lines of credit, the senior unsecured notes, and notes payable, net of debt issuance costs (“total debt”), divided by the total capitalization, which equals the sum of Green Brick Partners, Inc. stockholders’ equity and total debt, was approximately 21.1% as of December 31, 2023.

Additionally, as of December 31, 2023, our net debt to total capitalization ratio, which is a non-GAAP financial measure, remained low at 11.4%. It is our intent to prudently employ leverage to continue to invest in our land acquisition, development and homebuilding activities. We target a debt to total capitalization ratio of approximately 30%, which we expect will provide us with significant additional growth capital.

In this Annual Report on Form 10-K, we utilize a financial measure of net debt to total capitalization ratio that is a non-GAAP financial measure as defined by the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”). Net debt to total capitalization is calculated as total debt less cash and cash equivalents, divided by the sum of total Green Brick Partners, Inc. stockholders’ equity and total debt less cash and cash equivalents. We present this measure because we believe it is useful to management and investors in evaluating the Company’s financing structure. We also believe this measure facilitates the comparison of our financing structure with other companies in our industry. Because this measure is not calculated in accordance with U.S. Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (“GAAP”), it may not be comparable to other similarly titled measures of other companies and should not be considered in isolation, as a substitute for, or superior to, financial measures prepared in accordance with GAAP.

The closest GAAP financial measure to the net debt to total capitalization ratio is the debt to total capitalization ratio. The following table represents a reconciliation of the net debt to total capitalization ratio as of December 31, 2023 (dollars in thousands):

			Gross						Cash and cash equivalents						Net
Total debt, net of debt issuance costs			$	346,860					$	(179,756)					$	167,104
Total Green Brick Partners, Inc. stockholders’ equity			1,300,704						—						1,300,704
Total capitalization			$	1,647,564					$	(179,756)					$	1,467,808
Debt to total capitalization ratio			21.1		%				—						—
Net debt to total capitalization ratio			—						—						11.4		%

Our key sources of liquidity were funds generated by operations and provided by borrowings during the year ended December 31, 2023.

The following summarizes our primary sources and uses of cash for the year ended December 31, 2023 as compared to the year ended December 31, 2022:

•Operating activities. Net cash provided by operating activities for the year ended December 31, 2023 was $213.3 million, compared to $90.7 million during the year ended December 31, 2022. The net cash inflows for the year ended December 31, 2023 were primarily generated from business operations of $306.7 million, partially offset by an increase in inventory of $109.2 million.

•Investing activities. Net cash used in investing activities for the year ended December 31, 2023 increased to $13.3 million compared to $6.5 million for the year ended December 31, 2022. The increase in cash outflows was primarily due to the purchase of property and equipment, net of disposals of $7.8 million during the year ended December 31, 2023.

•Financing activities. Net cash used in financing activities for the year ended December 31, 2023 was $93.8 million, compared to a $84.5 million during the year ended December 31, 2022. The cash outflows for the year ended December 31, 2023 were primarily for share repurchases of $45.8 million, net repayments on our lines of credit of $20.0 million and distributions to noncontrolling interests of $19.1 million.

For discussion and analysis our cash flows for the year ended December 31, 2022 as well as for comparison to our cash flows for the year ended December 31, 2021, refer to Item 7 of Part II of our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2022. 

Borrowings on lines of credit outstanding, net of debt issuance costs, as of December 31, 2023 and December 31, 2022 consisted of the following (in thousands):

			December 31, 2023						December 31, 2022
Secured Revolving Credit Facility			$	—					$	—
Unsecured Revolving Credit Facility			—						20,000
Debt issuance costs, net of amortization			(2,328)						(2,605)
Total borrowings on lines of credit, net			$	(2,328)					$	17,395

Secured Revolving Credit Facility – As of December 31, 2023 and 2022, we had no outstanding amounts under our Secured Revolving Credit Facility. Borrowings under the Secured Revolving Credit Facility bear interest at a floating rate per annum equal to the rate announced by Bank of America, N.A. as its “Prime Rate” less 0.25%, subject to a minimum rate. On February 9, 2022, the Company entered into the Eighth Amendment to this credit agreement to extend its maturity date to May 1, 2025 and to reduce the minimum interest rate from 4.00% to 3.15%. All other material terms of the credit agreement, as amended, remained unchanged.

Unsecured Revolving Credit Facility – As of December 31, 2023, we had no amounts outstanding under our Unsecured Revolving Credit facility compared to $20 million as of December 31, 2022. On December 8, 2023, the Company entered into the Eleventh Amendment to this credit agreement which revised certain financial covenants in order to appropriately reflect the Company’s size and growth. The Eleventh Amendment also extends the maturity of $300.0 million of the commitments under the credit facility through December 14, 2026, with the remaining $25.0 million commitment expiring December 14, 2025.

Senior Unsecured Notes - As of December 31, 2023, we had four series of senior unsecured notes outstanding which were each issued pursuant to a note purchase agreement. The aggregate amount of senior unsecured notes outstanding was $336.2 million as of December 31, 2023, compared to $335.8 million as of December 31, 2022, respectively, net of issuance costs.

•In August 2019, we issued $75.0 million of senior unsecured notes (the “2026 Notes”). Interest accrues at an annual rate of 4.0% and is payable quarterly. Principal on the 2026 Notes is required to be paid in increments of $12.5 million on each of August 8, 2024 and August 8, 2025 with a final principal payment of $50.0 million on August 8, 2026.

•In August 2020, we issued $37.5 million of senior unsecured notes (the “2027 Notes”). Interest accrues at an annual rate of 3.35% and is payable quarterly. Principal on the 2027 Notes is due on August 26, 2027.

•In February 2021, we issued $125.0 million of senior unsecured notes (the “2028 Notes”). Interest accrues at an annual rate of 3.25% and is payable quarterly. Principal on the 2028 Notes is due in increments of $25.0 million annually on February 25 in each of 2024, 2025, 2026, 2027, and 2028.

•In December 2021, we issued $100.0 million of senior unsecured notes (the “2029 Notes”). Interest accrues at an annual rate of 3.25% and is payable quarterly. A required principal prepayment of $30.0 million is due on December 28, 2028. The remaining unpaid principal balance is due on December 28, 2029.

Optional prepayment is allowed with payment of a “make-whole” premium that fluctuates depending on market interest rates. Interest is payable quarterly in arrears.

Our debt instruments require us to maintain specific financial covenants, each of which we were in compliance with as of December 31, 2023. Specifically, under the most restrictive covenants, we are required to maintain the following:

•a minimum interest coverage (consolidated EBITDA to interest incurred) of no less than 2.0 to 1.0. As of December 31, 2023, our interest coverage on a last 12 months’ basis was 26.4 to 1.0;

•a Consolidated Tangible Net Worth of no less than approximately $820.8 million. As of December 31, 2023, our Consolidated Tangible Net Worth was $1,298.9 million; and

•a maximum debt to total capitalization rolling average ratio of no more than 40.0%. As of December 31, 2023, we had a rolling average ratio of 21.9%.

As of December 31, 2023, we believe that our cash on hand, capacity available under our lines of credit and cash flows from operations for the next twelve months will be sufficient to service our outstanding debt during the next twelve months and fund our operations. For more detailed information on our lines of credit, refer to Note 8 to the Consolidated Financial Statements located in Part II, Item 8 of this Annual Report on Form 10-K.

As of December 31, 2023 and December 31, 2022 we had 2,000,000 Depositary Shares issued and outstanding, each representing 1/1000 of a share of our 5.75% Series A Cumulative Perpetual Preferred Stock (the “Series A Preferred Stock”). We pay cumulative cash dividends on the Series A Preferred Stock, when and as declared by the Board, at the rate of 5.75% of the $25,000 liquidation preference per share. Dividends are payable quarterly in arrears. During the year ended December 31, 2023 and December 31, 2022, we paid dividends of $2.9 million and $2.8 million, respectively, on the Series A Preferred Stock. As the series A Preferred Stock was issued in December 2021, no dividend payments were made during the year ended December 31, 2021. On February 15, 2024, the Board declared a quarterly cash dividend of $0.359 per depositary share on the Series A Preferred Stock. The dividend is payable on March 15, 2024 to stockholders of record as of March 1, 2024.

In September 2023, we filed with the SEC an automatic shelf registration statement on Form S-3 which enables us to issue shares of common stock, preferred stock or debt securities either separately or represented by warrants, or depositary shares as well as units that include any of these securities. Under the rules governing shelf registration statements, we will file a prospectus supplement and advise the SEC of the amount and type of securities each time we issue securities under this registration statement.

The Company has not issued any securities under this registration statement through the date of this filing.

In the ordinary course of business, we enter into land purchase contracts in order to procure lots for the construction of our homes in the future. We are subject to customary obligations associated with such contracts. These purchase contracts typically require an earnest money deposit, and the purchase of properties under these contracts is generally contingent upon satisfaction of certain requirements, including obtaining applicable property and development entitlements.

We also utilize option contracts with lot sellers as a method of acquiring lots in staged takedowns, which are the schedules that dictate when lots must be purchased to help manage the financial and market risk associated with land holdings, and to reduce the use of funds from our corporate financing sources. Lot option contracts generally require us to pay a non-refundable deposit for the right to acquire lots over a specified period of time at pre-determined prices that typically include escalations in lot prices over time.

Our utilization of lot option contracts is dependent on, among other things, the availability of land sellers willing to enter into these arrangements, the availability of capital to finance the development of optioned lots, general housing market conditions and local market dynamics. Options may be more difficult to procure from land sellers in strong housing markets and are more prevalent in certain geographic regions.

We generally have the right, at our discretion, to terminate our obligations under both purchase contracts and option contracts by forfeiting the earnest money deposit with no further financial responsibility to the seller.

As of December 31, 2023, we had earnest money deposits of $13.4 million at risk associated with contracts to purchase 3,757 lots past feasibility studies with an aggregate purchase price of approximately $177.0 million.

Refer to Note 18 in the accompanying Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements included in this Annual Report on Form 10-K for details of letters of credit and performance bonds outstanding.

The preparation of financial statements in accordance with GAAP requires management to use judgment and make estimates that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements and the reported amounts of revenues, costs and expenses during the reporting period. Management bases estimates and judgments on historical experience and on various other factors that we believe to be reasonable under the circumstances. Actual results may differ from estimates under different assumptions or conditions. Management believes that the following accounting area is most critical to the portrayal of our financial condition and results of operations and requires the most subjective or complex judgments.

We value inventory at cost unless the carrying value is determined to be not recoverable in which case the affected inventory is written down to fair value. In accordance with Accounting Standards Codification 360, Property, Plant, and Equipment (“ASC 360”), we evaluate our inventory for indicators of impairment by individual community and development during each reporting period.

For our builder operations segments, during each reporting period, contribution margins on closed homes, average margins of homes under construction, and forecasted margins for future starts are reviewed at a community level by management. In the event that this review suggests higher potential for losses at a specific community, the Company monitors such communities by adding them to our “watchlist” communities, and, when an impairment indicator is present, further analysis is performed.

For our land development segment, we perform a quarterly review for indicators of impairment for each project which involves comparing anticipated lot sale revenues to projected costs (i.e. lot gross margins). For lots designated for our builders, we review land for indicators of impairment on a consolidated level, looking at overall projected home contribution margins. In determining the allocation of costs to a particular land parcel, we rely on project budgets which are based on a variety of assumptions, including assumptions about development schedules and future costs to be incurred.

It is common that actual results differ from budgeted amounts for various reasons, including delays, changes in costs that have not been committed, unforeseen issues encountered during project development that fall outside the scope of existing contracts, or items that ultimately cost more or less than the budgeted amount. We apply procedures to maintain best estimates in our budgets, including assessing and revising project budgets on a periodic basis, obtaining commitments from subcontractors and vendors for future costs to be incurred and utilizing the most recent information available to estimate costs.

Each reporting period, management reviews each real estate asset with an indicator of impairment to determine whether the estimated remaining undiscounted future cash flows are more or less than the asset’s carrying value. The estimated cash flows are determined by projecting the remaining revenue from closings based on the contractual lot takedowns remaining, future projected lot takedowns, or historical and projected home sales or delivery absorptions for homebuilding operations and then comparing such projections to the remaining projected expenditures for development or home construction. Remaining projected expenditures are based on the most current pricing/bids received from subcontractors for current phases or homes under development. For future phases of land development, management uses its judgment to project potential cost increases. In determining the estimated cash flows for land held for sale, management considers recent comparisons to market comparable transactions, bona fide letters of intent from outside parties, executed sales contracts, broker quotes, and similar information. When projecting revenue, management does not assume improvement in market conditions.

If the estimated undiscounted cash flows are more than the asset’s carrying value, no impairment adjustment is required. However, if the estimated undiscounted cash flows are less than the asset’s carrying value, the asset is deemed impaired and will be written down to fair value. These impairment evaluations require us to make estimates and assumptions regarding future conditions, including the timing and amounts of development costs and sales prices of real estate assets, to determine if expected future cash flows will be sufficient to recover the asset’s carrying value.

Many assumptions are interdependent and a change in one may require a corresponding change to other assumptions. For example, increasing or decreasing sales absorption rates has a direct impact on the estimated per unit sales price of a home, the level of time-sensitive costs (such as indirect construction, overhead and carrying costs), and selling and marketing costs (such as model home maintenance costs and advertising costs). Due to uncertainties in the estimation process, the volatility in demand for new housing and the long life cycle of many communities, actual results could differ significantly from such estimates.

Refer to Note 1 to our consolidated financial statements included in Part II, Item 8 of this Annual Report on Form 10-K for further description of our significant accounting policies.

See Note 1 to our consolidated financial statements included in Part II, Item 8 of this Annual Report on Form 10-K for recent accounting pronouncements.

Our operations are interest rate sensitive. Because overall housing demand is adversely affected by increases in interest rates, a significant increase in mortgage interest rates may negatively affect the ability of homebuyers to secure adequate financing. Higher interest rates could adversely affect our revenues, gross margins and net income.

Our lines of credit have variable interest rates which are subject to minimum interest rates. An increase in interest rates could cause the cost of those lines to increase. As of December 31, 2023, we had no amounts outstanding under our revolving credit facilities.

For fixed rate debt, such as our senior unsecured notes, changes in interest rates have an impact on the fair value of the debt instrument, not on our earnings or cash flows.

The following table provides information about our significant fixed rate instruments that are sensitive to changes in interest rates. Our debt obligations, annual maturity amounts, weighted average interest rates, and estimated fair market value of our senior unsecured notes for the year ended December 31, 2023 are summarized below (amounts in thousands):

			Years ended December 31,
			2024						2025						2026						2027						2028						2029						Total						Fair Value at December 31, 2023
Liabilities:
Senior unsecured notes
Principal repayments			37,500						37,500						75,000						62,500						55,000						70,000						337,500						$	322,481
Weighted Average interest rate			3.43		%				3.42		%				3.37		%				3.27		%				3.25		%				3.25		%				3.37		%

We do not enter into, or intend to enter into, swaps, forward or option contracts on interest rates or commodities or other types of derivative financial instruments for trading, hedging or speculative purposes.

Many of the statements contained in this section are forward-looking and should be read in conjunction with the disclosures under the heading “Forward-Looking Statements.”

To the Stockholders and the Board of Directors

We have audited the accompanying consolidated balance sheets of Green Brick Partners, Inc. and Subsidiaries (the Company) as of December 31, 2023 and 2022, the related consolidated statements of income, changes in stockholders’ equity and cash flows for each of the three years in the period ended December 31, 2023, and the related notes to the consolidated financial statements (collectively, the financial statements). In our opinion, the financial statements present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of the Company as of December 31, 2023 and 2022, and the results of its operations and its cash flows for each of the three years in the period ended December 31, 2023, in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America.

We have also audited, in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States) (PCAOB), the Company’s internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2023, based on criteria established in Internal Control—Integrated Framework issued by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission in 2013, and our report dated February 29, 2024, expressed an unqualified opinion on the effectiveness of the Company’s internal control over financial reporting.

These financial statements are the responsibility of the Company’s management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on the Company’s financial statements based on our audits. We are a public accounting firm registered with the PCAOB and are required to be independent with respect to the Company in accordance with U.S. federal securities laws and the applicable rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission and the PCAOB.

We conducted our audits in accordance with the standards of the PCAOB. Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free of material misstatement, whether due to error or fraud. Our audits included performing procedures to assess the risks of material misstatement of the financial statements, whether due to error or fraud, and performing procedures that respond to those risks. Such procedures included examining, on a test basis, evidence regarding the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements. Our audits also included evaluating the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall presentation of the financial statements. We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.

The critical audit matters communicated below are matters arising from the current period audit of the financial statements that were communicated or required to be communicated to the audit committee and that: (1) relate to accounts or disclosures that are material to the financial statements and (2) involved our especially challenging, subjective or complex judgments. The communication of critical audit matters does not alter in any way our opinion on the financial statements, taken as a whole, and we are not, by communicating the critical audit matters below, providing separate opinions on the critical audit matters or on the accounts or disclosures to which they relate.

As described in Notes 1 and 4 to the financial statements, the Company’s inventory, including homes completed or under construction and land and lots inventory was $1,533 million as of December 31, 2023. The Company performs impairment testing quarterly to determine whether events or changes in circumstances indicate the carrying amount of its inventory may not be recoverable.

If future results are not consistent with the Company’s assumptions and estimates, including future events, such as deterioration of market conditions or significant changes in the absorption rates, changes in the assumptions could have a significant impact on the determination of indicators of potential impairment.

We identified the evaluation of potential indicators of impairment for inventory as a critical audit matter. This is due to a high degree of auditor judgment that was involved in evaluating management’s assumptions and judgments regarding whether changes in market conditions at a location in which the Company operates would indicate a significant decrease in the fair value of the inventory.

Our audit procedures related to the Company’s evaluation of potential indicators of impairment for inventory include the following primary procedures, among others, to address this critical audit matter:

a.We obtained an understanding of the relevant controls related to the evaluation of inventory for impairment and tested such controls for design and operating effectiveness, including controls related to the Company’s process to evaluate potential indicators of impairment.

b.We evaluated the completeness and appropriateness of management’s assessment of qualitative and quantitative impairment indicators by community.

c.We tested management’s process of identifying potential indicators of impairment by comparing actual contribution margins on closed homes to management’s target contribution margin to identify communities averaging below the target and identifying communities with significantly declining margins and/or increasing costs.

We have served as the Company’s auditor since 2016.

The accompanying consolidated financial statements have been prepared in accordance with United States generally accepted accounting principles (“GAAP”) as set forth in the Financial Accounting Standards Board’s (“FASB”) Accounting Standards Codification (“ASC”) and applicable regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”).

The accompanying consolidated financial statements include the accounts of Green Brick Partners, Inc., its controlled subsidiaries, and variable interest entities in which Green Brick Partners, Inc. or one of its controlled subsidiaries is deemed to be the primary beneficiary (together, the “Company”, “we”, or “Green Brick”).

The Company evaluated its wholly-owned subsidiaries and controlled builder under ASC 810, Consolidation (“ASC 810”) and concluded that its controlled builder is a variable interest entity (“VIE”). The Company owns a 50% equity interest and a 51% voting interest in its controlled builder. In addition, the Company appoints two of the three board managers of its controlled builder and is able to exercise control over its operations. The Company accounts for its controlled builder under the variable interest model and is the primary beneficiary of its controlled builder in accordance with ASC 810.

All intercompany balances and transactions have been eliminated in consolidation.

The Company uses the equity method of accounting for its investments in unconsolidated entities over which it exercises significant influence but does not have a controlling interest. Under the equity method, the Company’s share of the unconsolidated entities’ earnings or losses is included in the consolidated statements of income.

The preparation of the consolidated financial statements in conformity with GAAP requires management of the Company to make estimates and assumptions that affect the amounts reported in the consolidated financial statements and accompanying notes, including the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the consolidated financial statements and the reported amounts of revenue and expenses during the reporting periods. Actual results could differ from those estimates.

The Company considers all highly liquid investments with original maturities of three months or less at the time of purchase to be cash equivalents. The cash balances of the Company are held with multiple financial institutions. At times, cash balances at certain banks and financial institutions may exceed insurable amounts. The Company believes it mitigates this risk by monitoring the financial stability of institutions holding material cash balances. The Company has not experienced any losses in such accounts and believes that the risk of loss is minimal.

Restricted cash primarily relates to cash held in escrow for land development and title activities.

Receivables consist of amounts collectible from manufacturing rebates earned by our homebuilders during the normal course of business, receivables related to land development joint ventures, amounts collectible from third-party escrow agents related to closings on land, lots and homes, and amounts collectible related to mechanic’s lien contracts. As of December 31, 2023 all amounts are considered fully collectible and no allowance for credit losses was recorded. Any allowance for credit losses is estimated based on our historical losses, the existing economic conditions, and the financial stability of our customers. Receivables are written off in the period that they are deemed uncollectible.

Inventory consists of undeveloped land, raw land scheduled for development, land held for future development, land in the process of development, land held for sale, developed lots, homes completed and under construction, and model homes. Inventory is valued at cost unless the carrying value is determined to be not recoverable in which case the affected inventory is written down to fair value. Cost includes any related pre-acquisition costs that are directly identifiable with a specific property so long as those pre-acquisition costs are anticipated to be recoverable at the sale of the property.

Residential lots held for sale and lots held for development include the initial cost of acquiring the land as well as certain costs capitalized related to developing the land into individual residential lots such as direct overhead, interest and real estate taxes.

Land development and other project costs, including direct overhead, interest and property taxes incurred during development and home construction, are capitalized. Land development and other common costs that benefit an entire community are allocated to individual lots or homes based on relative sales value. The costs of completed lots are transferred to work in process when home construction begins. Home construction costs and related carrying charges (principally interest and real estate taxes) are allocated to the cost of individual homes.

Inventory costs for completed homes are expensed upon closing and delivery of the homes. Changes to estimated total land development costs subsequent to initial home closings in a community are generally allocated to the unclosed homes and lots in the community on a pro-rata basis. The life cycle of a community generally ranges from 24 to 72 months, commencing with the acquisition of land, continuing through the land development phase, construction, and concluding with the sale and delivery of homes. We recognize costs as incurred on our mechanic’s lien contracts.

In accordance with ASC 360, Property, Plant, and Equipment (“ASC 360”), we evaluate our inventory for indicators of impairment by individual community and development during each reporting period.

For our builder operations segments, during each reporting period, contribution margins on closed homes, average margins of homes under construction, and forecasted margins for future starts are reviewed at a community level. In the event that this review suggests higher potential for losses at a specific community, the Company monitors such communities by adding them to our “watchlist” communities, and, when an impairment indicator is present, further analysis is performed.

For our land development segment, we perform a quarterly review for indicators of impairment for each project which involves comparing anticipated lot sale revenues to projected costs (i.e. lot gross margins). For lots designated for our builders, we review land for indicators of impairment on a consolidated level for each community, looking at overall projected home contribution margins. In determining the allocation of costs to a particular land parcel, we rely on project budgets which are based on a variety of assumptions, including assumptions about development schedules and future costs to be incurred. It is common that actual results differ from budgeted amounts for various reasons, including delays, changes in costs that have not been committed, unforeseen issues encountered during project development that fall outside the scope of existing contracts, or items that ultimately cost more or less than the budgeted amount. We apply procedures to maintain best estimates in our budgets, including assessing and revising project budgets on a periodic basis, obtaining commitments from subcontractors and vendors for future costs to be incurred and utilizing the most recent information available to estimate costs.

For each real estate asset that has an indicator of impairment, we analyze whether the estimated remaining undiscounted future cash flows are more or less than the asset’s carrying value. The estimated cash flows are determined by projecting the remaining revenue from closings based on the contractual lot takedowns remaining, future projected lot takedowns, or historical and projected home sales or delivery absorptions for homebuilding operations and then comparing such projections to the remaining projected expenditures for development or home construction. Remaining projected expenditures are based on the most current pricing/bids received from subcontractors for current phases or homes under development. For future phases of land development, management uses its judgment to project potential cost increases. In determining the estimated cash flows for land held for sale, management considers recent comparisons to market comparable transactions, bona fide letters of intent from outside parties, executed sales contracts, broker quotes, and similar information. When projecting revenue, management does not assume improvement in market conditions.

If the estimated undiscounted cash flows are less than the asset’s carrying value, the asset is deemed impaired and written down to fair value. These impairment evaluations require us to make estimates and assumptions regarding future conditions, including the timing and amounts of development costs and sales prices of real estate assets, to determine if expected future cash flows will be sufficient to recover the asset’s carrying value.

Many assumptions are interdependent and a change in one may require a corresponding change in other assumptions. For example, increasing or decreasing sales absorption rates have a direct impact on the estimated per unit sales price of a home, the level of time-sensitive costs (such as indirect construction, overhead and carrying costs), and selling and marketing costs (such as model home maintenance costs and advertising costs). Due to uncertainties in the estimation process, the volatility in demand for new housing and the long life cycle of many communities, actual results could differ significantly from such estimates.

The Company capitalizes interest costs incurred to inventory during land development, home construction, and other qualifying activities. Interest capitalized as cost of inventory is charged to cost of revenues as related homes and finished lots are closed. Interest incurred on undeveloped land is directly expensed and included in interest expense in our consolidated statements of income.

In accordance with ASC 323, Investments - Equity Method and Joint Ventures (“ASC 323”), the Company uses the equity method of accounting for its investments in unconsolidated entities over which it exercises significant influence but does not have a controlling interest. The equity method of accounting requires the investment to be initially recorded at cost and subsequently adjusted for the Company’s share of equity in the unconsolidated entity’s earnings or losses. The Company evaluates the carrying amount of the investments in unconsolidated entities for impairment in accordance with ASC 323. If the Company determines that a loss in the value of the investment is other than temporary, the Company writes down the investment to its estimated fair value. Any such losses are recorded to equity in income of unconsolidated entities in the Company’s consolidated statements of income. Due to uncertainties in the estimation process and the volatility in demand for new housing, actual results could differ significantly from such estimates.

The Company has made an election to classify distributions received from unconsolidated entities using the nature of the distribution approach. Distributions received are classified as cash inflows from operating activities based on the nature of the activities of the investee that generated the distribution.

The Company accounts for variable interest entities (“VIEs”) in accordance with ASC 810. In accordance with ASC 810, an entity is a VIE when: (a) the equity investment at risk in the entity is not sufficient to permit the entity to finance its activities without additional subordinated financial support provided by other parties, including the equity holders; (b) the entity’s equity holders as a group either (i) lack the direct or indirect ability to make decisions about the entity, (ii) are not obligated to absorb expected losses of the entity or (iii) do not have the right to receive expected residual returns of the entity; or (c) the entity’s equity holders have voting rights that are not proportionate to their economic interests, and the activities of the entity involve or are conducted on behalf of the equity holder with disproportionately few voting rights.

If an entity is deemed to be a VIE pursuant to ASC 810, the enterprise that has both (i) the power to direct the activities of the VIE that most significantly impacts the entity’s economic performance and (ii) the obligation to absorb the expected losses of the entity or right to receive benefits from the entity that could be potentially significant to the VIE is considered the primary beneficiary and must consolidate the VIE. In accordance with ASC 810, the Company performs ongoing reassessments of whether it is the primary beneficiary of a VIE. The financial statements of the VIEs for which the Company is considered to be the primary beneficiary, if any, are consolidated in the Company’s consolidated financial statements. The noncontrolling interests attributable to other beneficiaries of the VIEs are included as noncontrolling interests in the Company’s consolidated financial statements.

Property and equipment, net are stated at cost less accumulated depreciation. Depreciation is computed over the estimated useful lives of the assets using the straight-line method. The estimated useful lives of assets range from 1 to 15 years. Repairs and maintenance are expensed as incurred.

In the ordinary course of business, the Company enters into land and lot option contracts to procure land for the construction of homes in the future. Pursuant to these option contracts, the Company generally provides a deposit to the seller as consideration for the right to purchase land at different times in the future, usually at predetermined prices. Such contracts enable the Company to defer acquiring portions of properties owned by third parties or unconsolidated entities until the Company has determined whether and when to exercise its option, which reduces the Company’s financial risk associated with long-term land holdings. Option deposits and pre-acquisition costs (such as environmental testing, surveys, engineering, and entitlement costs) are capitalized if the costs are directly identifiable with the land under option and acquisition of the property is probable. These costs are reclassified to inventory upon taking title to the land. The Company writes off deposits and pre-acquisition costs if it becomes probable that the Company will not proceed with the project or recover the capitalized costs. Such decisions take into consideration changes in local market conditions, the timing of required land takedowns, the availability and best use of necessary incremental capital, and other factors.

Under ASC 810, a non-refundable deposit paid to an entity is deemed to be a variable interest that will absorb some or all of the entity’s expected losses if they occur and, as such, the Company’s land and lot option contracts are considered variable interests. The Company’s option contract deposits along with any related pre-acquisition costs represent the Company’s maximum exposure to the land seller if the Company elects not to purchase the optioned property. Therefore, whenever the Company enters into an option or purchase contract with an entity and makes a non-refundable deposit, a VIE assessment is performed. However, the Company generally has little control or power to direct the activities that most significantly impact the VIE’s economic performance due to the Company’s lack of an equity interest in them. Additionally, creditors of the VIE typically have no material recourse against the Company, and the Company does not provide financial or other support to these VIEs other than as stipulated in the option contracts. In accordance with ASC 810, the Company performs ongoing reassessments of whether the Company is the primary beneficiary of a VIE.

Intangible assets, net consists of the estimated fair value of the acquired trade name, net of amortization. The trade name has a definite life and is amortized over ten years.

Intangible assets are tested for impairment whenever events or circumstances indicate that the carrying amount of an asset may not be recoverable. An impairment loss would be recognized if the carrying amount of the asset exceeds the estimated undiscounted future cash flows expected to result from the use of the asset and its eventual disposition. The impairment loss recorded would be the excess of the asset’s carrying value over its fair value. Fair value would be determined using a discounted cash flow analysis or other valuation technique.

The excess of the purchase price of a business acquisition over the net fair value of assets acquired and liabilities assumed is capitalized as goodwill in accordance with ASC 805, Business Combinations (“ASC 805”). The allocation to goodwill represents the excess of the purchase price, including contingent consideration, over the estimated fair value of assets acquired and liabilities assumed.

Goodwill results primarily from operational synergies expected from the business combination.

Goodwill is assessed for impairment at least annually in the fourth quarter, or more frequently if certain impairment indicators are present. A goodwill impairment loss is recognized for the amount by which the carrying amount of the reporting unit, including goodwill, exceeds its fair value.

The Company reviews goodwill for impairment at the reporting unit level. The Company generally elects to first assess qualitative factors to determine whether it is more likely than not that fair value of the reporting level is less than its carrying amount. Qualitative factors include adverse macroeconomic conditions, industry and market conditions, overall financial performance, reporting unit specific events and entity specific events. If, after completing a qualitative assessment, the Company concludes that it is more likely than not that the fair value of the reporting unit is less than its carrying amount, the Company must perform a quantitative test to evaluate goodwill for impairment.

To perform a quantitative test, the Company calculates the fair value of the reporting unit and compares that amount to the reporting unit’s carrying value. The fair value of the reporting unit is determined by using generally accepted valuation techniques, including discounted cash flow models and market multiple analysis. The Company’s valuation methodology for assessing impairment would require management to make judgments and assumptions based on historical experience and projections of future operating performance. The Company recognizes goodwill impairment, if any, as the excess of the reporting unit’s carrying value over its fair value, not to exceed the total amount of goodwill allocated to the reporting unit.

The Company offers homeowners a comprehensive third-party warranty on each home. Homes are generally covered by a six-to-ten-year warranty for qualified and defined structural defects, one year for defects and products used, and two years for electrical, plumbing, heating, ventilation, and air conditioning parts and labor. The Company accrues an estimate of its exposure to warranty claims based on both current and historical home closings data and warranty costs incurred. A warranty accrual is made with the closing of a home and it is included within accrued expenses on the consolidated balance sheets. Any legal costs associated with loss contingencies related to warranties are expensed as incurred.