NEW YORK — Pulte Homes Inc. is buying Centex Corp. for $1.3 billion in stock in a deal that will create the nation”s largest homebuilder that caters to everyone from first-time homebuyers to ...

BOSTON (MarketWatch) -- Pulte Homes Inc. on Wednesday said it is buying Centex Corp. in an all-stock transaction that will create the largest U.S. home builder as the beleaguered industry tries to ...

Pulte Homes' purchase of Centex Homes will help the homebuilder strengthen its local market share and reach a new segment of homebuyers, industry officials said Wednesday. Pulte on Wednesday agreed to ...

Centex Homes, the home-building unit of Dallas-based Centex Corp., has completed the purchase of the St. Louis and Indianapolis-area home-building operations of The Jones Co. The purchase price and ...

Pulte Homes’ purchase of Centex Homes will help the homebuilder strengthen its local market share and reach a new segment of homebuyers, industry officials said Wednesday. Pulte officials agreed ...

Giant home builder Pulte Homes Inc. agreed Wednesday to buy rival Centex Corp. for $1.3 billion in a move that could spur more mergers in an industry decimated by the housing slump and the reeling ...

Pulte Homes Inc. succeeded in its quest to become the largest home builder in the U.S. by acquiring Centex Corp., but it already faces a challenge: Can it use brand marketing to win over home buyers?

Centex Corp., one of the Charleston region's biggest residential developers, is being sold to the parent of the Del Webb senior community in Berkeley County. Pulte Homes Inc. and Centex have agreed to ...

A Greensboro developer has bought the remaining lots in the unfinished Barrington Estates neighborhood in north High Point, but says he doesn't have immediate plans for the property. Dwight Stone, ...