Pulte Homes
Pulte Homes, Inc (NYSE: PHM) is a Bloomfield Hills, Michigan based company founded by Bill Pulte. Pulte is the third largest (by units) builder of homes and residential community developers in the United States according to Builder Magazine’s”Builder 100″, and is the nation’s largest builder of active adult communities for people 55 years of age and older. Pulte Mortgage LLC is the lending division of Pulte Homes.
Pulte’s company motto is “Homeowner for Life.” Signifying that their business goals are to provide first time homeowners with their first homes and work them up through their signature communities up to an estate size home and even to their retirement homes. Because of their hard working customer service managers, their customer devotion ranks high and records show that compared to other public homebuilders, their repeat buyer business is the highest.
On the building side of the company the company typical hires a Construction Management major, often starting in the Customer Service department. The Customer Service representative then has an option of staying in Customer service or moving into the construction division as a back end superintendent, supervising construction of a home or condo from drywall to completion, then onto front end superintendent, working from beginning of the process until drywall, then onto a project manager, who is in charge of the entire process.
Pulte Homes Operations
Homebuilding
The Homebuilding segment engages in the acquisition and development of land principally for residential purposes within the continental United States, as well as the construction of housing on such land targeted for the first-time, first and second move-up, and active adult home buyers. Pulte has subsidiaries that include Del Webb, which builds retirement communities, and Palm Beach Gardens-based Divosta Homes, a pioneer in the mass-market construction of cast concrete houses.
Financial Services
Financial Services segment provides mortgage banking and title operations services. The company serves its customers through its sales team and brokers.
Pulte Homes Fact Highlights
- Pulte operates in 51 markets and 26 states.
- Pulte has built nearly 500,000 homes during its 57-year history.
- In 2006, the company delivered 41,487 homes in the U.S.
- Pulte’s product mix includes single family detached and attached homes, condominiums and townhomes with an average sales price of $337,000 in 2006.
- Pulte Mortgage Corporation provides lending services.
- Founder William Pulte owns about 16% of the company.
FORTUNE 500 Pulte Homes Rank 147 (2006)
$ millions % change from 2004 Revenues 14,895.5 26.9 Profits 1,491.9 51.2 Assets 13,048.2 - Stockholders' Equity 5,957.3 - Market Value 3/17/2006 10,231.2 -
Pulte Homes Headquarters
Pulte Homes, Inc.
100 Bloomfield Hills Parkway
Bloomfield Hills, Michigan 48304
1-866-PULTE-25 (785-8325)