Signature Homes Co-founder Dwight Sandlin Shares Insights on the Housing Market

President Jeff Stone and Rotarian Margi Ingram with Dwight Sandlin

This week, the Rotary Club of Birmingham (RCB) welcomed Dwight Sandlin, Chairman and Co-Founder of Signature Homes, which builds new construction homes in Louisianna, Alabama and Tennessee. He highlighted over 100 communities created by the company across the three states, with a goal to deliver beautifully crafted homes with an enduring sense of community that transforms a home into a lifestyle. Sandlin shared insights on the housing market and trends that have affected the sales of existing and new homes, explaining that low interest rates during the pandemic drove rapid home price increases, while higher mortgage rates have since made affordability a challenge for buyers resulting in limited housing inventory and homeowners who are reluctant to sell. He provided a favorable outlook for the Birmingham market, citing stable employment and long-term economic resilience despite ongoing affordability pressures.

Bio for Dwight Sandlin

Dwight Sandlin is the Chairman and Co-Founder of Signature Homes, and a graduate of the University of Alabama at Birmingham. Dwight spend 15 years in banking before founding Regency Homes in 1987. He later sold the company to D.R. Horton in 1995.

In 1999, Dwight partnered with Jonathan Belcher to create Signature Homes. Signature has grown into a leading homebuilder known for thoughtful design and vibrant, people-centered communities in both Birmingham and Nashville.

In addition to his role at Signature Homes, Dwight serves on the Jefferson County Economic Industrial Development Authority, and UAB Athletics Foundation Board of Directors. Past President of the Greater Birmingham of Home Builders, and past member of Labor Board of Atlanta Fed, and numerous other boards. 

Dwight currently resides in Birmingham with his wife, Sandy. Together, they founded the Dwight and Sandy Sandlin Foundation for Kids and Kindness, an organization devoted to meeting the needs of children in the Hoover area who cannot help themselves. Their mission focuses on supporting proven local programs, uplifting families, and building a stronger, kinder community.