KnoxNews informs MHProNews Warren Buffett, chairman of Berkshire Hathaway, which is the parent company to Clayton Homes, says the company produced 25,872 homes in 2012, an increase of 13.5 percent over 2011. “That output accounted for about 4.8 percent of all single-family residences built in the country, a share that makes Clayton America’s number one homebuilder,” Buffett wrote in his annual shareholder letter. Clayton’s pre-tax earnings rose to $255 million on the year, an increase from $154 million in 2011.

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