Century Communities buys HistoryMaker Homes, a DFW builder since 1949
The buyer says the deal triples its Dallas-Fort Worth communities. It did not disclose a price, a lot count or a community count.
Century Communities (NYSE: CCS) said Oct. 8, 2026 that it has acquired substantially all of the assets of HistoryMaker Homes, and that the deal triples its community count in Dallas-Fort Worth. For land sellers, trade contractors and competing builders in the metro, one of the region’s oldest production brands now sits inside a national public builder.
Why it matters
HistoryMaker was founded in Fort Worth in 1949 and is headquartered in Grapevine, according to Century’s release. Century’s existing Dallas-Fort Worth operations will merge with it into one division based in Grapevine. For trades and lot sellers, that likely means one buyer where there were two, so pricing and takedown schedules may be renegotiated.
Century CEO Rob Francescon said HistoryMaker “gives us the scale, land position, and local talent to accelerate our growth in Dallas-Fort Worth.”
The numbers
Century did not disclose the purchase price, the number of communities or the number of lots. The release says only that the community count triples and the lot pipeline grows. We have not estimated any of them.
The seller entity is HMH Lifestyles, L.P. Its Texas Comptroller franchise record shows an active Texas partnership that registered with the Secretary of State on Dec. 1, 2003, with a Grapevine mailing address and BNMJR, Inc. listed as its general partner. The latest franchise report year on file is 2024. Texas deeds carry no sale price, so county records will not reveal the price either.
Two sister companies stay independently owned, per the release: Jabez Development, a land developer, and ONM Living, a build-to-rent company. Jabez will complete land development on select communities for Century.
What’s next
Construction, sales and closings continue on schedule, and buyers under contract keep working with their HistoryMaker team. Watch Century’s next quarterly filing, which would be the first place a purchase price or lot count could appear.
Related coverage is on the Dallas-Fort Worth market page. Earlier reporting came from Dallas Express and Hoodline.
On the record
What we checked ourselves, and where you can check it too.
- Public recordThe Texas Comptroller franchise record for HMH Lifestyles, L.P., the entity Century bought the assets of, shows an active Texas partnership registered Dec. 1, 2003, with a Grapevine mailing address, BNMJR, Inc. as general partner, and a most recent report year of 2024.View the record on comptroller.texas.gov
On the record
- Primary recordTexas Comptroller franchise tax record, HMH Lifestyles, L.P. (taxpayer 32035685240)comptroller.texas.gov/data-search/franchise-tax/32035685240
- Also reported by
- Century Communities press release via PR Newswire, Oct. 8, 2026prnewswire.com/news-releases/century-communities-triples-dallas-fort-worth-footprint-with-acquisition-of-historymaker-homes-302901878.html
- Dallas Express: Texas' oldest private homebuilder HistoryMaker acquired by Century Communitiesdallasexpress.com/business-markets/texas-oldest-private-homebuilder-historymaker-acquired-by-century-communities
- Hoodline: Century Communities buys 75-year-old HistoryMaker Homeshoodline.com/2026/10/century-communities-buys-75-year-old-historymaker-homes-triples-dfw-community-count