Merging Pulte Homes with Centex possibly making for the largest housing disaster

Just two months ago, Pulte Homes CEO Richard Dugas told analysts that not only did the homebuilder have too much inventory, but that it also had more land than it could possibly need, considering the housing industry's current malaise. Now he's gone out and bought Centex, which is going to end up giving him an estimated eight years’ worth of land. On top of that, the deal is going to give the combined companies so much debt that it will result in one of the worst cash-debt ratios in the industry.

Merging Pulte Homes with Centex may make for the nation's largest homebuilder, but it's also quite possibly making for the largest housing disaster.