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      <amendmentNo>10</amendmentNo>
      <securitiesClassTitle>Dream Finders Homes Ord Shs Class A</securitiesClassTitle>
      <eventDateRequiresFilingThisStatement>12/31/2025</eventDateRequiresFilingThisStatement>
      <issuerInfo>
        <issuerCik>0001825088</issuerCik>
        <issuerName>Dream Finders Homes Inc</issuerName>
        <issuerCusip>26154D100</issuerCusip>
        <issuerPrincipalExecutiveOfficeAddress>
          <com:street1>14701 PHILIPS HIGHWAY</com:street1>
          <com:street2>SUITE 300</com:street2>
          <com:city>JACKSONVILLE</com:city>
          <com:stateOrCountry>FL</com:stateOrCountry>
          <com:zipCode>32256</com:zipCode>
        </issuerPrincipalExecutiveOfficeAddress>
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      <designateRulesPursuantThisScheduleFiled>
        <designateRulePursuantThisScheduleFiled>Rule 13d-1(b)</designateRulePursuantThisScheduleFiled>
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      <reportingPersonName>Kayne Anderson Rudnick Investment Management, LLC</reportingPersonName>
      <citizenshipOrOrganization>CA</citizenshipOrOrganization>
      <reportingPersonBeneficiallyOwnedNumberOfShares>
        <soleVotingPower>1985640.00</soleVotingPower>
        <sharedVotingPower>2309192.00</sharedVotingPower>
        <soleDispositivePower>2118057.00</soleDispositivePower>
        <sharedDispositivePower>2309192.00</sharedDispositivePower>
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      <reportingPersonBeneficiallyOwnedAggregateNumberOfShares>4427249.00</reportingPersonBeneficiallyOwnedAggregateNumberOfShares>
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      <classPercent>12.6</classPercent>
      <typeOfReportingPerson>IA</typeOfReportingPerson>
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      <reportingPersonName>Virtus Investment Advisers, LLC</reportingPersonName>
      <citizenshipOrOrganization>MA</citizenshipOrOrganization>
      <reportingPersonBeneficiallyOwnedNumberOfShares>
        <soleVotingPower>0.00</soleVotingPower>
        <sharedVotingPower>2307754.00</sharedVotingPower>
        <soleDispositivePower>0.00</soleDispositivePower>
        <sharedDispositivePower>2307754.00</sharedDispositivePower>
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      <reportingPersonBeneficiallyOwnedAggregateNumberOfShares>2307754.00</reportingPersonBeneficiallyOwnedAggregateNumberOfShares>
      <aggregateAmountExcludesCertainSharesFlag>N</aggregateAmountExcludesCertainSharesFlag>
      <classPercent>6.6</classPercent>
      <typeOfReportingPerson>IA</typeOfReportingPerson>
      <comments>The amounts reported on this page are also included in the amounts reported by Kayne Anderson Rudnick Investment Management, LLC on this Schedule 13G</comments>
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      <reportingPersonName>Virtus Equity Trust on behalf of Virtus KAR Small-Cap Growth Fund</reportingPersonName>
      <citizenshipOrOrganization>DE</citizenshipOrOrganization>
      <reportingPersonBeneficiallyOwnedNumberOfShares>
        <soleVotingPower>0.00</soleVotingPower>
        <sharedVotingPower>2203104.00</sharedVotingPower>
        <soleDispositivePower>0.00</soleDispositivePower>
        <sharedDispositivePower>2203104.00</sharedDispositivePower>
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      <reportingPersonBeneficiallyOwnedAggregateNumberOfShares>2203104.00</reportingPersonBeneficiallyOwnedAggregateNumberOfShares>
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      <classPercent>6.3</classPercent>
      <typeOfReportingPerson>IV</typeOfReportingPerson>
      <comments>The amounts reported on this page are also included in the amounts reported by Virtus Investment Advisers, LLC on this Schedule 13G.</comments>
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      <item1>
        <issuerName>Dream Finders Homes Inc</issuerName>
        <issuerPrincipalExecutiveOfficeAddress>14701 PHILIPS HIGHWAY, SUITE 300, JACKSONVILLE, FL, 32256</issuerPrincipalExecutiveOfficeAddress>
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        <filingPersonName>(1) Kayne Anderson Rudnick Investment Management, LLC (2) Virtus Investment Advisers, LLC (3) Virtus Equity Trust on behalf of Virtus KAR Small-Cap Growth Fund</filingPersonName>
        <principalBusinessOfficeOrResidenceAddress>(1) Kayne Anderson Rudnick Investment Management, LLC - 2000 Avenue of the Stars, Suite 1110, Los Angeles, 90067, CA, United States (2) Virtus Investment Advisers, LLC - One Financial Plaza, Hartford, 06103, CT, United States (3) Virtus Equity Trust on behalf of Virtus KAR Small-Cap Growth Fund - 101 Munson Street, Greenfield, 01301, MA, United States</principalBusinessOfficeOrResidenceAddress>
        <citizenship>(1) Kayne Anderson Rudnick Investment Management, LLC - CALIFORNIA (2) Virtus Investment Advisers, LLC - MASSACHUSETTS (3) Virtus Equity Trust on behalf of Virtus KAR Small-Cap Growth Fund- DELAWARE</citizenship>
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      <item3>
        <notApplicableFlag>N</notApplicableFlag>
        <typeOfPersonFiling>IV</typeOfPersonFiling>
        <typeOfPersonFiling>IA</typeOfPersonFiling>
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        <amountBeneficiallyOwned>(1) Kayne Anderson Rudnick Investment Management, LLC:  4,427,249 (2) Virtus Investment Advisers, LLC: 2,307,754 (3) Virtus Equity Trust on behalf of Virtus KAR Small-Cap Growth Fund: 2,203,104</amountBeneficiallyOwned>
        <classPercent>(1) Kayne Anderson Rudnick Investment Management, LLC: 12.6% (2) Virtus Investment Advisers, LLC: 6.6% (3) Virtus Equity Trust on behalf of Virtus KAR Small-Cap Growth Fund: 6.3%</classPercent>
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          <solePowerOrDirectToVote>(1) Kayne Anderson Rudnick Investment Management, LLC:  1,985,640 (2) Virtus Investment Advisers, LLC: 0 (3) Virtus Equity Trust on behalf of Virtus KAR Small-Cap Growth Fund: 0</solePowerOrDirectToVote>
          <sharedPowerOrDirectToVote>(1) Kayne Anderson Rudnick Investment Management, LLC:  2,309,192 (2) Virtus Investment Advisers, LLC: 2,307,754 (3) Virtus Equity Trust on behalf of Virtus KAR Small-Cap Growth Fund: 2,203,104</sharedPowerOrDirectToVote>
          <solePowerOrDirectToDispose>(1) Kayne Anderson Rudnick Investment Management, LLC:  2,118,057 (2) Virtus Investment Advisers, LLC: 0 (3) Virtus Equity Trust on behalf of Virtus KAR Small-Cap Growth Fund: 0</solePowerOrDirectToDispose>
          <sharedPowerOrDirectToDispose>(1) Kayne Anderson Rudnick Investment Management, LLC:  2,309,192 (2) Virtus Investment Advisers, LLC: 2,307,754 (3) Virtus Equity Trust on behalf of Virtus KAR Small-Cap Growth Fund: 2,203,104</sharedPowerOrDirectToDispose>
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        <notApplicableFlag>Y</notApplicableFlag>
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      <item6>
        <notApplicableFlag>N</notApplicableFlag>
        <ownershipMoreThan5PercentOnBehalfOfAnotherPerson>With respect to securities owned by a registered investment company included in this filing, only the custodian for such investment company, has the right to receive dividends paid with respect to, and proceeds from the sale of, such securities. No other person is known to have such right, except that the shareholders of such investment company participate proportionately in any dividends and distributions so paid.</ownershipMoreThan5PercentOnBehalfOfAnotherPerson>
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        <notApplicableFlag>Y</notApplicableFlag>
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      <item8>
        <notApplicableFlag>Y</notApplicableFlag>
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      <item9>
        <notApplicableFlag>Y</notApplicableFlag>
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        <notApplicableFlag>N</notApplicableFlag>
        <certifications>By signing below I certify that, to the best of my knowledge and belief, the securities referred to above were acquired and are held in the ordinary course of business and were not acquired and are not held for the purpose of or with the effect of changing or influencing the control of the issuer of the securities and were not acquired and are not held in connection with or as a participant in any transaction having that purpose or effect, other than activities solely in connection with a nomination under ?? 240.14a-11.</certifications>
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    <signatureInformation>
      <reportingPersonName>Kayne Anderson Rudnick Investment Management, LLC</reportingPersonName>
      <signatureDetails>
        <signature>/s/Michael Shoemaker</signature>
        <title>Chief Compliance Officer</title>
        <date>02/13/2026</date>
      </signatureDetails>
    </signatureInformation>
    <signatureInformation>
      <reportingPersonName>Virtus Investment Advisers, LLC</reportingPersonName>
      <signatureDetails>
        <signature>/s/Chetram Persaud</signature>
        <title>Chief Compliance Officer</title>
        <date>02/13/2026</date>
      </signatureDetails>
    </signatureInformation>
    <signatureInformation>
      <reportingPersonName>Virtus Equity Trust on behalf of Virtus KAR Small-Cap Growth Fund</reportingPersonName>
      <signatureDetails>
        <signature>/s/Daphne Chisolm</signature>
        <title>Vice President, Counsel and Assistant Secretary</title>
        <date>02/13/2026</date>
      </signatureDetails>
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