Builders continue to grapple with ongoing supply chain disruptions and labor shortages that are delaying completion times and putting upward pressure on building material and home prices.

"Be your authentic self. Life is too long to do something you do not enjoy. Pick the occupation which you would do even if you were paid nothing," says Pui Wong, principal at Cypress Capital Group.

It surpassed the $7.6 billion raised for its predecessor vehicle.