WLH William Lyon Homes

As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on February 6, 2020

Registration Statement on Form S-8 (No. 333-190571)

Registration Statement on Form S-8 (No. 333-219413)

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 to Registration Statement on Form S-8 (No. 333-190571)

Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 to Registration Statement on Form S-8 (No. 333-219413)

Under

The Securities Act of 1933

4695 MacArthur Court, 8^th Floor

Newport Beach, California 92660

(949) 833-3600

(Address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of Registrant’s principal executive offices)

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DEREGISTRATION OF SECURITIES

This Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 relates to the following Registration Statements on Form S-8 (collectively, the “Registration Statements”) of William Lyon Homes, a Delaware corporation (the “Registrant” or the “Company”) filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) and is being filed to deregister any and all securities that remain unsold or otherwise unissued under such Registration Statements:

On February 6, 2020, pursuant to an Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of November 5, 2019, by and among Taylor Morrison Home Corporation, a Delaware corporation (“Taylor Morrison”), Tower Merger Sub, Inc., a Delaware corporation and a wholly owned, direct subsidiary of Taylor Morrison (“Merger Sub”), and the Company, Merger Sub merged with and into the Company, with the Company continuing as the surviving corporation and a wholly owned subsidiary of Taylor Morrison (the “Merger”).

As a result of the Merger, the Registrant has terminated all offerings of the Registrant’s securities pursuant to its existing registration statements under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, including the Registration Statements. In accordance with undertakings made by the Registrant in the Registration Statements to remove from registration, by means of a post-effective amendment, any of the securities that had been registered for issuance that remain unsold at the termination of the offering, the Registrant hereby removes from registration all of such securities of the Registrant registered but not sold or otherwise issued under the Registration Statements, if any, as of the date hereof. Each Registration Statement is hereby amended, as appropriate, to reflect the deregistration of such securities, and the Registrant hereby terminates the effectiveness of each Registration Statement.