** Shares of U.S. homebuilders Lennar LEN.N , D.R. Horton
DHI.N , KB Home KBH.N and NVR NVR.N up between 1% and 2.6%
** Berkshire Hathaway BRKa.N discloses new investments in
DHI, LEN and NVR
** Berkshire owns about 5.97 mln DR Horton shares worth
about $726.4 mln; 153,000 Lennar shares worth $17.2 mln, and
11,112 NVR shares worth $70.6 mln
** Monday's filing, however, does not say which investments
are Warren Buffett's and which are from his portfolio managers
Todd Combs and Ted Weschler
** YTD, S&P Composite 1500 Homebuilding Sub Index
.SPCOMHOME up 49.69%
(Reporting by Ananta Agarwal in Bengaluru)
((Ananta.Agarwal@thomsonreuters.com))