http://www.orchidforlabor.com/sites/buildingjustice.org Building Justice Sat, 11 Feb 2012 03:30:53 CST en-us http://www.azcentral.com/news/articles/2008/04/15/20080415gl-nwvlawsuit0416cover-ON.html http://www.azcentral.com/news/articles/2008/04/15/20080415gl-nwvlawsuit0416cover-ON.html Tue, 15 Apr 2008 00:00:00 CDT The Arizona Repubic Owners of about 1,000 homes in Sun City Grand, one of Surprise's most affluent retirement communities, are seeking legal action against developer Pulte Homes to correct alleged construction defects. http://www.phoenixnewtimes.com/2008-03-13/news/a-shocking-court-decision-frees-home-builders-from-responsibility-for-home-defects http://www.phoenixnewtimes.com/2008-03-13/news/a-shocking-court-decision-frees-home-builders-from-responsibility-for-home-defects Thu, 13 Mar 2008 00:00:00 CDT Phoenix New Times A shocking court decision might free builders from responsibility for home defects http://www.reuters.com/article/governmentFilingsNews/idUSN0732420520080307?pageNumber=1&virtualBrandChannel=0 http://www.reuters.com/article/governmentFilingsNews/idUSN0732420520080307?pageNumber=1&virtualBrandChannel=0 Fri, 07 Mar 2008 00:00:00 CST Reuters Pulte Homes Inc has been denied a request to exclude a shareholder proposal seeking to establish a way to enforce "prudent lending practices" at the No. 3 U.S. home builder, advisory firm RiskMetrics Group said on Friday. http://www.maricopa.gov/pr_detail.aspx?releaseID=761 http://www.maricopa.gov/pr_detail.aspx?releaseID=761 Mon, 03 Mar 2008 00:00:00 CST Maricopa County The alleged violations include: failure to obtain an earthmoving permit; failure to install, maintain and use a suitable trackout control device; failure to immediately clean up trackout, carryout, spillage and/or erosion; failure to cover haul trucks; failure to load all haul trucks such that the freeboard is not less than three inches; failure to implement control measures before, after and while conducting operations; failure to operate a water application system while conducting... http://www.orchidforlabor.com/sites/buildingjustice.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/68174 http://www.orchidforlabor.com/sites/buildingjustice.org/ht/d/ArticleDetails/i/68174 Wed, 20 Feb 2008 00:00:00 CST Builder Online UNDER NORMAL CIRCUMSTANCES, Pulte Homes' annual shareholders' meeting in Birmingham, Mich., on May 10 would have been uneventful: The builder declared a 4-cent quarterly dividend, and its CEO, Richard Dugas, lamented sodden market conditions. http://www.forbes.com/markets/feeds/afx/2007/08/22/afx4046369.html http://www.forbes.com/markets/feeds/afx/2007/08/22/afx4046369.html Thu, 23 Aug 2007 00:00:00 CDT MUMBAI (Thomson Financial) - Moody's Investors Service placed all of the ratings of Centex Corp, Lennar Corp, and Pulte Homes Inc under review for downgrade. http://money.cnn.com/news/newsfeeds/articles/newstex/AFX-0013-18907671.htm http://money.cnn.com/news/newsfeeds/articles/newstex/AFX-0013-18907671.htm Wed, 15 Aug 2007 00:00:00 CDT NEW YORK (AP) - Fitch Ratings said Wednesday it downgraded the issuer default rating of Pulte Homes (NYSE:PHA) Inc. to 'BBB' from 'BBB+' due to the continued U.S. housing slowdown and eroding credit quality. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/07/26/AR2007072600894.html http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/07/26/AR2007072600894.html Thu, 26 Jul 2007 00:00:00 CDT By Ilaina Jonas NEW YORK (Reuters) - The slaughterhouse that has been the U.S. housing market for the past few months got bloodier on Thursday as several industry leaders reported worse results, June home sales fell more than expected and stocks throughout the sector hit multiyear lows. http://www.forbes.com/markets/2007/07/26/homebuilders-new-home-markets-equity-cx_af_0726markets17.html http://www.forbes.com/markets/2007/07/26/homebuilders-new-home-markets-equity-cx_af_0726markets17.html Thu, 26 Jul 2007 00:00:00 CDT Pulte Homes Announces Second Quarter Loss of $508 million http://www.forbes.com/feeds/ap/2007/07/03/ap3882531.html http://www.forbes.com/feeds/ap/2007/07/03/ap3882531.html Tue, 03 Jul 2007 00:00:00 CDT Pulte Homes Inc. amended its unsecured revolving credit facility, lowering its borrowing availability to $1.86 billion from $2.01 billion and extending the maturity date by nearly two years, the homebuilder said in a regulatory filing Tuesday. http://www.tradingmarkets.com/.site/news/STOCK%20ALERT/568095/ http://www.tradingmarkets.com/.site/news/STOCK%20ALERT/568095/ Mon, 02 Jul 2007 00:00:00 CDT Homebuilders were hit with downgrades by Citigroup on Monday morning. Leading U.S. homebuilder Pulte Homes' (PHM) company rating was lowered to Hold from Buy. Pulte Homes has a market capitalization of $5.75 billion and its shares are down 32% year-to-date. http://regulus2.azstarnet.com/blogs/clockingin/4662/pulte-protesters-got-hosed http://regulus2.azstarnet.com/blogs/clockingin/4662/pulte-protesters-got-hosed Thu, 28 Jun 2007 00:00:00 CDT Protesters at a Pulte Homes work site in Florence were sprayed repeatedly with high-pressure water coming from a work truck. The union got it all on tape. http://www.azcentral.com/12news/news/articles/pulteprotesters0621.html http://www.azcentral.com/12news/news/articles/pulteprotesters0621.html Thu, 21 Jun 2007 00:00:00 CDT The men say they were disrespected and insulted while only trying to improve their work conditions. The builder says they are the victims of an all-out assault by the union. The video is on-line on for everyone to judge for themselves. http://milwaukee.bizjournals.com/eastbay/stories/2007/05/28/daily17.html http://milwaukee.bizjournals.com/eastbay/stories/2007/05/28/daily17.html Wed, 30 May 2007 00:00:00 CDT EAST BAY BUSINESS TIMES - 11:11 AM PDT WEDNESDAY, MAY 30, 2007 Pulte Homes Inc. Tuesday announced plans to cut $90 million to $100 million in pre-tax spending along with 16 percent of its work force. http://www.builderonline.com/industry-news.asp?sectionID=26&articleID=510181 http://www.builderonline.com/industry-news.asp?sectionID=26&articleID=510181 Wed, 30 May 2007 00:00:00 CDT BUILDER Online News Service Publication date: May 30, 2007 By Robb Crocker Pulte Homes announced Wednesday that a 16 percent slashing of its workforce is part of a companywide restructuring plan designed to reduce costs and improve operating efficiencies. Pulte's impending layoffs comes on the heels of a small contingent of union workers staging a brief protest outside of the Four Seasons Aviara hotel in Carlsbad, Calif., last week, as part of a larger effort to pressure Pulte... http://www.reuters.com/article/bondsNews/idUSN2932898420070529 http://www.reuters.com/article/bondsNews/idUSN2932898420070529 Tue, 29 May 2007 00:00:00 CDT (Corrects headline, first and third paragraphs to show that the companies are vulnerable to breaking covenants on credit facilities, not bonds) By Al Yoon NEW YORK, May 29 (Reuters) - At least three major U.S. home builders suffering from the housing slump may violate contracts that govern bank credit facilities, Standard & Poor's analysts said on Tuesday. Centex Corp. (CTX.N: Quote, Profile, Research , D.R. Horton Inc. (DHI.N: Quote, Profile, Research and Pulte Homes Inc.... http://crainsdetroit.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070528/SUB/70525079/-1/toc http://crainsdetroit.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070528/SUB/70525079/-1/toc Mon, 28 May 2007 00:00:00 CDT http://www.dailynewstribune.com/homepage/x2001387348 http://www.dailynewstribune.com/homepage/x2001387348 Thu, 24 May 2007 00:00:00 CDT By Nicole Haley/Daily News staff Waltham - The developers of a 268-unit condominium complex will pay $600,000 into the Waltham Affordable Housing Trust Fund, lower prices on some of their units, and upgrade affordable apartments, as part of a legal agreement reached with the city. The deal, announced this week, ends a four-month standoff between the city and Minnesota-based Pulte Homes on special permit conditions for the Trapelo Road development known as Wellington Crossings. http://www.orlandosentinel.com/orl-homes1107may11,0,2043793.story http://www.orlandosentinel.com/orl-homes1107may11,0,2043793.story Fri, 11 May 2007 00:00:00 CDT The last bit of good news vanished from Orlando's gloomy home market last month, when the median price of the houses and condos sold by local Realtors fell from a year earlier for the first time in more than five years. http://www.businessweek.com/bwdaily/dnflash/content/may2007/db20070509_977735.htm http://www.businessweek.com/bwdaily/dnflash/content/may2007/db20070509_977735.htm Thu, 10 May 2007 00:00:00 CDT Battered by the bust, they're filing for Chapter 11 and begging hedge funds for help http://www.freep.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070510/BUSINESS06/70510015/1002/BUSINESS http://www.freep.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070510/BUSINESS06/70510015/1002/BUSINESS Thu, 10 May 2007 00:00:00 CDT Pulte president sees long road to housing recovery http://www.phillyburbs.com/pb-dyn/news/25-05102007-1344234.html http://www.phillyburbs.com/pb-dyn/news/25-05102007-1344234.html Thu, 10 May 2007 00:00:00 CDT Developer to fix heating problems http://www.thejournalnews.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070430/NEWS04/704300346/1020 http://www.thejournalnews.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070430/NEWS04/704300346/1020 Mon, 30 Apr 2007 00:00:00 CDT By BARBARA LIVINGSTON NACKMAN THE JOURNAL NEWS (Original publication: April 30, 2007) CARMEL - A national builder who has torn up a very visible hillside off Stoneleigh Avenue to construct 315 units of senior housing must include special features for elderly residents, such as buzzers and extra-wide doors, even if they might make the housing more expensive to build and less appealing to an affluent active buyer. Pulte Homes, which paid developer Paul Camarda $30 million for the 96-acre... http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601087&sid=azlbZSOMfYgc&refer=home http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601087&sid=azlbZSOMfYgc&refer=home Thu, 26 Apr 2007 00:00:00 CDT The outlook for Pulte's credit rating was lowered to ``negative'' from ``stable'' today (4/26) http://www.inbusinesslasvegas.com/2007/04/20/feature1.html http://www.inbusinesslasvegas.com/2007/04/20/feature1.html Thu, 26 Apr 2007 00:00:00 CDT New home prices in Las Vegas fall by nearly 10%. http://www.forbes.com/feeds/ap/2007/04/25/ap3653514.html http://www.forbes.com/feeds/ap/2007/04/25/ap3653514.html Wed, 25 Apr 2007 00:00:00 CDT Pulte Homes Inc., reported it lost $85.7 million during the first quarter of 2007 amid slumping closings on new homes and a massive inventory. http://money.cnn.com/2007/04/18/news/companies/pulte/ http://money.cnn.com/2007/04/18/news/companies/pulte/ Wed, 18 Apr 2007 00:00:00 CDT In a sign of continuing problems in the housing market, builder Pulte Homes announced Wednesday that it was dramatically lowering its first-quarter results forecast. http://www.thestreet.com/_googlen/funds/realmoneyradiowrap/10349378.html?cm_ven=GOOGLEN&cm_cat=FREE&cm_ite=NA http://www.thestreet.com/_googlen/funds/realmoneyradiowrap/10349378.html?cm_ven=GOOGLEN&cm_cat=FREE&cm_ite=NA Tue, 10 Apr 2007 00:00:00 CDT Credit Suisse's Ivy Zelman downgrades Pulte.