** Shares of homebuilders DR Horton DHI.N and Lennar
LEN.N rise ~2% premarket as Warren Buffet-run Berkshire
Hathaway BRKa.N discloses stake
** As of June 30, Berkshire owns about 5.97 million DR
Horton shares worth $726.4 million and about 153,000 Lennar
shares worth $17.2 million
** Berkshire also invested in 11,112 shares of NVR NVR.N ,
worth $70.6 million
** The investments were disclosed in a regulatory filing
that detailed Berkshire's U.S.-listed stock holdings after
markets closed on Monday
** YTD, DHI shares up 38.30% and LEN up 36.87% compared to
a 40.82% rise in PHLX Housing Index .HGX
(Reporting by Aishwarya Jain)
((Aishwarya.Jain@thomsonreuters.com))