A Central Florida Builder Grew 374% in Year Two. Here's What That Signals for Sellers

Trinity Family Builders, a family-owned homebuilder in Central Florida, posted 373.7% sales volume growth in its second year of operations, closing just over 200 homes in 2025 to earn the title of fastest-growing homebuilder in the country, according to HousingWire's inaugural Homebuilder Rankings. That number is striking on its own. What matters more for anyone trying to sell a home in Central Florida — or in markets like it — is the structural logic behind it.

A Land-First Model Built to Outlast Soft Markets

Trinity Family Builders is led by three brothers: Steve, Andrew, and Matt Orosz, who together have founded, scaled, and exited two prior homebuilding companies in the Greater Orlando area. Their current operation is not simply a construction business. It is the building arm of a broader land enterprise.

The brothers own a separate affiliated company, Hanover Capital Partners, which handles land acquisition and development. Over roughly 15 years, that entity has developed more than 25,000 residential lots. Today, Trinity Family Builders sits on approximately 8,000 lots in various stages of entitlement and development — about half reserved for its own builds, a quarter allocated to competing public builders, and a quarter held for future use.

This structure gives the company something most builders cannot claim: genuine patience. Because the land sits in a separately capitalized entity without the pressure of third-party takedown schedules or interest-clock urgency, the brothers can hold inventory through difficult conditions and activate it rapidly when demand shifts. They described the posture to HousingWire as operating like a coiled snake — fully ready, waiting for the right moment to move.

The strategy is not new for them. Their first venture, Royal Oak Homes, grew from 8 closings in year one to 273 in year three before selling to AV Homes — now part of Taylor Morrison — in 2014 for $65 million in cash. Their second company, Hanover Family Builders, was named Central Florida's fastest-growing company by the Orlando Business Journal in 2020 and grew from 98 closings in year one to 535 by year three before selling to Landsea Homes in 2022 for $179.3 million plus assumed obligations. Trinity is the third iteration of the same playbook, now refined over a decade and a half.

What 200 New Homes in a Soft Market Actually Means for Resale Sellers

Here is the part that directly affects anyone selling an existing home in Central Florida right now: Trinity Family Builders grew during a period the company itself describes as soft market conditions. They did not wait for the market to recover. They activated entitled lots, priced strategically, and closed over 200 sales while many resale sellers were sitting and hoping.

New construction is always a competitive threat to resale inventory, but what builders like Trinity represent is a more sophisticated version of that threat. Because their land costs are managed through a separately structured entity — and because they sold the first phase of many developments to large public builders to recoup capital quickly — they can price new homes with more flexibility than builders carrying heavy debt against each lot. That pricing flexibility compresses the premium that resale sellers often expect to command for location, lot size, or established neighborhood character.

In practical terms: if a buyer in a Central Florida suburb can get a new construction home with builder warranties, modern finishes, and competitive financing incentives at or near the price of a comparable resale listing, the resale seller is fighting uphill. The Orosz brothers are explicitly targeting that positioning — holding land, waiting for sunnier skies as they put it, and then releasing inventory in volume when conditions allow them to move efficiently.

Pricing Strategy and Timeline Adjustments Resale Sellers Should Be Making

None of this means resale sellers should panic or drop asking prices indiscriminately. But it does mean several things worth acting on before listing.

First, know exactly what new construction is available — and at what price — within a five-mile radius of your property. Builders like Trinity are selling to buyers who might otherwise shop resale. If you are not accounting for that competition in your pricing, your days on market will tell you eventually.

Second, reconsider your timeline assumptions. A builder sitting on 4,000 lots designated for its own use can release homes into a market faster than most sellers anticipate. What looks like thin competition in April can look very different by August if a builder activates a new phase. Listing earlier in a cycle — before a builder releases additional inventory — can meaningfully affect both your sale price and how long you wait for an offer.

Third, lean into what resale genuinely offers that new construction cannot: an established location, mature landscaping, known neighbors, immediate move-in without construction delays, and in many cases, larger lots. These are real differentiators. Lead with them explicitly in your listing positioning rather than assuming buyers will figure it out.

If you want a fast read on what your home is worth in the current competitive environment — including the new-construction pressure in your specific zip code — running a quick estimate through an instant-offer tool can at least give you a baseline before you engage an agent or decide on timing.

Trinity Family Builders is one company in one metro. But the model they represent — patient, land-rich, built to scale quickly when conditions shift — is not unique to Central Florida. Markets across the Sun Belt and beyond have builders operating with similar structural advantages. The sellers who understand that dynamic, and price and time their listings accordingly, are the ones who come out ahead.