Last year’s inaugural list of the 50 fastest-growing companies in the housing economy stunned us with an average revenue growth of nearly 234%. This year’s winners posted a much more sustainable but sedate rate of 39% growth year over year. So should the hand-wringing and nay-saying commence? Is the future full of doom and gloom for housing? Not at all.
Battling regulatory restrictions and a still-lagging economy, the companies on this list represent the resurgence of the housing economy amid significant roadblocks.
The darlings of 2014, the single-family housing investment and rental businesses, didn’t dominate like last year, but they still had a strong showing. After snagging four of the top five spots on the 2014 HW Fast50, two SFRs placed in the top five in 2015 and three made the top 50.