Senior Vice President, Chief Financial Officer & Treasurer, Beazer Homes Usa
Search every verified David Goldberg interview, podcast appearance, and on-the-record quote — each transcript cross-checked by AI and human review to confirm speaker identity. David Goldberg, Senior Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer at Beazer Homes USA, appeared on NYSE TV Live on December 17, 2024, to discuss the company's fourth-quarter results and outlook. He noted that October sales grew over 30% year-over-year, attributing the increase to buyers returning to the market despite high mortgage rates. Goldberg stated that he expects mortgage rates to remain "higher for longer" in the seven percent range, adding that the company had previously anticipated a decline in rates. He said Beazer is watching the job market and wages closely, but described it as "still early to tell" what impact potential policy changes from the incoming Trump administration, such as tariffs and mass deportations, could have on the business. Goldberg highlighted Beazer's commitment to building "Zero Energy ready" homes, stating the company plans for 100% of its homes to meet that standard by the end of calendar year 2025, a goal he said no other public builder has made. He also discussed the company's "mortgage Choice" program, which allows lenders to compete for buyers at the community level, and said Beazer is focused on growing its community count and driving double-digit returns on capital employed.
“October sales were up more than 30% year-over-year so we're seeing buyers come back into the market traffic's really good despite high rates right affordability remains an issue.”
“Beazer has a differentiated product right we sell Zero Energy ready homes and we've made a commitment that 100% of our homes are going to be Zero Energy ready by the end of calendar year 2025 we're the only public Builder to make that commitment.”
“I think rates are going to be higher we had a quarter ago really thought maybe we'd see some decline in rates maybe and we saw some of it in September right rates went down into the sixes and the low sixes before moving back up in October I think you're going to rates continue to be higher for longer in the sevens kind...”
“Certainly we're watching the job market pretty carefully we're watching wages especially for our employees and for our vendors and folks that we hire out into our business so I think it's still early to tell but we're watching it very closely.”
“We're going to see some improvement in our sales space and we gave guidance for higher sales space year-over-year just we achieved in October improved sales Spas you're going to see Community count and you're going to see see us continue to move towards our multi-year goals including our Zero Energy ready goals.”
“Generally the Market's performing Pretty consistently and it sounds like inflation is not a concern for you of course it could mean higher rates for longer but in terms of jobs and wage growth that seems to be a positive here in your thesis in terms of expecting growth ahead is that right certainly helps buyers and it...”
“We watch mortgage rates every single day we have a very differentiated program at Beazer called mortgage Choice most builders most public Builders have captive mortgage subsidiaries we don't we preet lenders to compete for our buyer business at the community level and so we're constantly watching what lenders are doing...”
“At Beazer we have a differentiated product we have a strong balance sheet we're growing the business and growing our community count and really focus on driving double digit Returns on Capital employed and we're really excited about that for investors.”
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