Posted By Ebay1 on 05/18/2008 10:50 AM
According to Big Builder Magazine, Hacienda Builders is in the first stages of due diligence and feasibility for a possible sale to Montage Holdings.
Still the question remains, why close up and stop building unless you have simply run out of money and credit. Hopefully Montage can buy Hacienda (and a few others) and start building again.
The first sentence answers the second:
If Hacienda is trying to sell itself, it would want to make itself look saleable. It would want to improve its balance sheet. It would be in the lines of a baseball franchise dumping high salaries ballplayers before a sale. They aren't so concerned with revenue as much as expenses. The other reason could high inventory. Any more new builds would only have Hacienda competing with itself. It would only lower the value of new homes. So what you said about running out of money/credit may not be far off. But instead of trying to sell more, they want to spend less by reducing overhead). |