Thornton's MJH Group has been named in the country's top six largest home builders and was the number one detached house builder in NSW, according to a recently released report.
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MJH Group, which trades predominantly as McDonald Jones Homes and Mojo Homes, retained its sixth place position on the HIA-COLORBOND steel Housing 100 Report 2018/19.
The company had 2378 building starts last financial year, up from 2352 in the previous 12 months.
MJH also retained its established mantle as the top detached house builder in NSW and was again listed fourth nationally with 1569 detached starts in NSW during 2018/19, and 2303 nationally.
"The MJH Group remained the sixth largest home builder in Australia ... which is impressive considering they don't operate in the apartment market, unlike a number of those ranked above them," Housing Industry Australia executive director - Hunter, Craig Jennion said.
The Mavid Group of Rutherford also made the Housing 100 Report, finishing 77th with 201 starts for the financial year.
Mavid Group was also ranked the 15th largest semi-detached dwelling builder and 18th largest multi unit builder nationally.
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The company had 25 detached house starts, 86 semi-detached and 90 units.
In a reflection of the downturn in the housing market last financial year, the Housing 100 Report for 2018/19 showed the largest 100 residential builders had a 16.1 per cent decrease in revenue from home construction, 6871 less new starts than the year before and a 5.8 per cent decline in the number of detached house starts.
But it's not all doom and gloom on a local level.
"More broadly the findings of this years HOUSING 100 Report dovetails with the positive journey that the Hunter new home building sector has been on in recent years," Mr Jennion said.
"Despite a decline in the NSW market, where new dwelling starts fell by an estimated 15 per cent to 61,376, Hunter based builders in the Housing 100 Report market share has increased."
