Lennar Corporation (NYSE: LEN) announced today that in anticipation of speaking at an investor conference this week and in advance of its third quarter 2017 conference call, it is providing new orders and deliveries, as well as information on the impact from the recent storms.

In an unprecedented occurrence, two back-to-back major hurricanes affected Lennar's communities in Texas, Florida, Georgia and South Carolina, which markets in total represent approximately 40% of the Company's annual homebuilding revenues.

For the three months ended August 31, 2017, Lennar had 7,610 new orders and 7,598 deliveries including unconsolidated entities, which increased 8% and 12%, respectively, compared to the three months ended August 31, 2016.

The first storm, Hurricane Harvey, impacted the Houston, San Antonio and Austin markets. Despite the record-setting rainfall and flooding, Lennar incurred no flood damage to its homes in any of its active communities. Today, all of its communities in the state of Texas are currently open for sale. However, Hurricane Harvey did impact approximately 120 new orders and deliveries in the third quarter. Hurricane Harvey is also expected to impact approximately 130 deliveries in the fourth quarter ending November 30, 2017.

The second storm, Hurricane Irma, impacted all of our Florida markets as well as our Atlanta and Coastal Carolina markets. In as much as this storm has only recently passed, and based on a very preliminary assessment, Lennar believes there to be only minor damage to its communities from the storm. Although it's still early in the assessment process, the short-term impact of Hurricane Irma will most likely delay approximately 700 deliveries from the fourth quarter of 2017 into fiscal 2018.

Stuart Miller, Chief Executive Officer of Lennar, said, "Our thoughts and prayers are with those who were impacted by the storms, and we appreciate the hard work of our associates and trade partners diligently working on the clean-up efforts. We have an extensive crisis protocol from preparation through recovery. Lennar associates and our trade partners safely secured our communities in advance of these storms and have been on the ground quickly assessing the damage and beginning the recovery process. I would like to express my appreciation to all of our associates for their diligent work in these difficult times, and we are happy to report that all of our associates are safe and most are now back and refocused on business. In addition, we believe we have adequate insurance coverage to cover any expected losses."

Mr. Miller continued, "The expected shift of deliveries this year not only takes into account damage from the storm but also short-term labor challenges, power outages, potential delays in new home utility connections and building department inspection and permitting delays. Although we believe the storm damage to be mild, we are in the early stages of assessment and will provide more information on our third quarter earnings call which we are tentatively scheduling for October 3rd, 2017."

Mr. Miller concluded, "We expect that the rebuilding effort will result in increased economic activity and an increased demand for new homes which will result in a broader spectrum of opportunity for us as we look towards 2018. Our company is well positioned with a strong land portfolio in these markets to fulfill the shortage of housing that has been exacerbated by these storms."