Centex Homes: Affordability Days Are Here

Striving to offer families more for their money, Centex Homes introduces Affordability Days, offering loan packages with interest rates as low as 0.875 percent to increase buying power and substantially lower monthly payments. Now families can get even more new home value from many Centex Homes communities in Southern California and the Central Coast. For a complete listing of participating communities and loan packages, v i s i t www.AffordabilityDays.com. Building beautiful new homes throughout the region, Centex offers affordable starter homes for young families and single professionals as well as move-up homes for families of all sizes and luxury residents for the most sophisticated buyer. So, stop dreaming. Start living. Centex Affordability Days can make it possible.

Buyers can take advantage of Affordability Days to purchase their ideal home. A variety of special loan programs-from zero down to low interest

rates-is available for a limited time only. We even have programs for buyers with less than perfect credit scores.

"We're excited to offer buyers so many financing options during Affordability Days" said Charlie Roter, vice president of sales for Centex Los Angeles/Central Coast Division. "With financing tailored to meet buyers' specific needs, we're making it easier than ever to purchase a new home. Act now before it's too late."

"We want to put as many families as possible in the new home of their dreams," said Roter. "Buyers can visit any of the Centex Homes sales office in Southern California or the Central Coast and tell us exactly what they want. Visit AffordabilityDays.com or see our ad for a complete listing of participating communities. We'll work hard to make it happen, but only if you visit during Affordability Days."

Centex buyers benefit not only from quality home design and construction but also from a two-year fit and finish limited warranty. Offering the industry standard in new home warranties, Centex provides coverage and protection for twice as long as most builders. Buyers will also appreciate working with highly skilled sales professionals at Centex Homes. Attentive and accommodating, Centex sales professionals always strive to provide buyers with a smooth, enjoyable purchasing process, culminating in the ideal new home.

"Our sales teams are ready to get things moving during Affordability Days," said Roter. "We're looking forward to making any buyer who visits one of our sales offices an offer that they won't want to refuse." Dallas-based Centex, founded in 1950, is one of the nation's leading home building companies. Centex operates in major U.S. markets in 25 states and delivered more than 33,000 homes in the U.S. in its most recent fiscal year ended March 31, 2005. Its leading brands include Centex Homes, Fox & Jacobs Homes, CityHomes and Centex Destination Properties.

In addition to its home building operations, Centex's related business lines include mortgage and financial services, home services and commercial construction. These businesses provide operational or financial support to home building operations and are leaders in their respective industries. Centex consistently ranks among the most admired companies in its industry, according to Fortune magazine. Centex Homes ranks among the top three home builders in customer satisfaction in the Los Angeles/Ventura market, according to the J.D. Power and Associates 2005 New-Home Builder Customer Satisfaction StudySM released earlier this fall.

The study measures the satisfaction levels of buyers of newly constructed singlefamily homes who provided feedback to J.D. Power and Associates after living in their homes from four to 18 months.

Centex's rating with J.D. Power and Associates is testament to the company's goal to deliver the highest level of satisfaction to its customers. From construction standards and practices to the home buying process, it's all part of the Los Angeles/Central Coast Division of Centex's "Power of 10" mission to create an experience for their customers that is worthy of a perfect score.

For more information on the homes at Centex, visit www.CentexHomes.com.

For more information on the new homes available from Centex Homes, visit

www.AffordabilityDays.com. Floor plans, elevations and more are available online.