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August 17, 2012
Aimee Copeland’s Wing revealed

Pulte Homes has announced the completion of the new 1,956-sq.-ft. home addition to Aimee Copeland’s home, called Aimee's Wing, which took 25 days to complete. Copeland is the young woman who developed a rare bacterial infection called necrotizing fasciitis. She suffered from multiple amputations and is now facing a number of health issues. 

July 17, 2012
Building industry pulls together for Aimee Copeland home

Pulte Homes has signed on as the builder of a new 1,956-sq.-ft. home addition for Aimee Copeland, the young woman who developed a rare bacterial infection called necrotizing fasciitis. She suffered from multiple amputations and is now facing a number of health issues. 

The home builder expects the addition to be completed within 40 days, when Copeland returns home from rehabilitation. 

July 28, 2011
Pulte reports $55 million loss

Pulte Group, one of the nation’s largest home builders, reported a net loss of $55 million for its second fiscal quarter, which ended on June 30. This compares with a net income of $76 million in the same quarter a year ago. 

Pulte’s second-quarter results included $41 million of land, mortgage, organizational restructuring and debt repurchase charges. Prior-year results included $48 million of the same costs, offset by a net benefit from income taxes of $82 million.

February 4, 2011
Pulte Q4 loss widens

Bloomfield Hills, Mich.-based home builder PulteGroup reported a fourth-quarter net loss of $165 million, compared with a net loss of $117 million in the prior-year quarter. The loss for the quarter ended Dec. 31, 2010, includes $196 million in land-related charges and costs associated with organizational restructuring, debt pay-down and other financing amendments.

Consolidated revenue for the fourth quarter totaled $1.2 billion, down 29% from prior-year revenue of $1.7 billion.

September 13, 2010
Pulte names Whirlpool as national appliance supplier

Bloomfield Hills, Mich.-based home builder Pulte Group announced it has selected Whirlpool as its exclusive...

October 20, 2008
Pulte Homes reports third-quarter net loss

The home builder saw a net loss of $280.4 million for the third quarter, compared...

September 21, 2008
Despite downturn, customer satisfaction in home builders up

They may be struggling through the housing downturn, but home builders still must please their...

September 21, 2008
S&P issues forecast for home-building crisis

Despite its ominous title—“ No Shelter from the Perfect Storm for U.S. Hom ebuilders and...

September 10, 2008
Despite downturn, customer satisfaction in home builders up

Overall, customer satisfaction averaged 779 on a 1,000-point scale in 2008, up 38 points from...

July 13, 2008
Riding out the downturn at PCBC

The chief executives from two of the nation’s largest home builders, Pulte Homes and Shea...

June 25, 2008
Riding out the downturn at PCBC

Attendance is noticeably down at PCBC in the wake of employee layoffs among home builders...

April 24, 2008
Pulte reports a heavy loss in the first quarter

Bloomfield Hills, Mich.-based Pulte Homes reported a net loss of $696.1 million for the first...

February 11, 2008
Pulte chairman files a Form 144

The plan is to sell 3.8 million shares of Pulte stock with the chance to...

February 3, 2008
Pulte Homes loss widens in fourth quarter

The home builder posted a loss of $874.7 million for the fourth quarter, compared to...

January 16, 2008
Home builder group voices goal of ‘50 percent energy reduction’

Member builders will be required to achieve the reduction compared with 1990 energy consumption levels...

November 26, 2007
Pulte reaffirms outlook for fourth quarter

The home builder was one presenting company at the JPMorgan Homebuilding and Building Products Conference...

October 31, 2007
Six builders will pay $1.4 million in HUD settlement

The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development said the home builders were illegally using...

October 7, 2007
Industry Execs Converge at LBM Conference

Lumber and building material operators received some no-nonsense advice from several home-building executives at the...

August 12, 2007
Pulte executive to speak at ProDealer Conference

The national director for supply chain management at Pulte Homes will deliver the keynote luncheon...

July 17, 2007
Pulte will take big charges in second quarter

Bloomfield Hills, Mich.-based home builder Pulte Homes said it will take charges of between...