higher sales at lennar corp helped boost the companys bottom line in the fiscal fourth quarter as strong demand for homeownership continues the homebuilder said profit was 119 billion for the quarter ended nov 30 up from 8828 million in the yearearlier period earnings were 391 a share up from 282 a share a year ago behind analysts expectations of 415 a share per a factset poll total revenue rose to 843 billion from 683 billion a year earlier missing analysts consensus target of 851 billion home deliveries increased 11 from a year ago to 17819 units while new orders rose 2 to 15539 homes compared with a year ago the dollar value of new orders increased 16 to 73 billion the company expects to reach around 12500 home deliveries in the first quarter and around 14800 to 15100 in new orders lennar projects it will deliver around 67000 homes next year compared with the 59825 homes it delivered in 2021 our record fourth quarter results reflect both continued strength in the housing market across the country and continued housing supply shortage driven by limited entitled land labor and supply chain constraints and 10 years of production shortfall said executive chairman stuart miller in prepared remarks homeprice growth slowed slightly in september according to the sp corelogic caseshiller national home price index as skyhigh prices deterred some buyers still the supply of homes for sale remains low and many homes continue to sell quickly after receiving multiple offers