Ownership Submission
FORM 4
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UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES

Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, Section 17(a) of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940
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(Print or Type Responses)
1. Name and Address of Reporting Person *
PULTE WILLIAM J
  2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
PULTE HOMES INC/MI/ [PHM]
5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
(Check all applicable)
__X__ Director __X__ 10% Owner
__X__ Officer (give title below) _____ Other (specify below)
Chairman of the Board
(Last)
(First)
(Middle)
100 BLOOMFIELD HILLS PKY., SUITE 300
3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year)
12/08/2008
(Street)

BLOOMFIELD HILLS, MI 48304
4. If Amendment, Date Original Filed(Month/Day/Year)
6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing(Check Applicable Line)
_X_ Form filed by One Reporting Person
___ Form filed by More than One Reporting Person
(City)
(State)
(Zip)
Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
1.Title of Security
(Instr. 3)
2. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year) 2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year) 3. Transaction Code
(Instr. 8)
4. Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D)
(Instr. 3, 4 and 5)
5. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s)
(Instr. 3 and 4)
6. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I)
(Instr. 4)
7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership
(Instr. 4)
Code V Amount (A) or (D) Price

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Table II - Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
(e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
1. Title of Derivative Security
(Instr. 3)
2. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security 3. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year) 3A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year) 4. Transaction Code
(Instr. 8)
5. Number of Derivative Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D)
(Instr. 3, 4, and 5)
6. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date
(Month/Day/Year)
7. Title and Amount of Underlying Securities
(Instr. 3 and 4)
8. Price of Derivative Security
(Instr. 5)
9. Number of Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s)
(Instr. 4)
10. Ownership Form of Derivative Security: Direct (D) or Indirect (I)
(Instr. 4)
11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership
(Instr. 4)
Code V (A) (D) Date Exercisable Expiration Date Title Amount or Number of Shares
Forward Sale Contract (obligation To Sell) (1) 12/08/2008   J(1)   5,000,000   12/22/2010 12/22/2010 Common Stock 5,000,000 (1) 5,000,000 D  

Reporting Owners

Reporting Owner Name / Address Relationships
 Director  10% Owner  Officer  Other
PULTE WILLIAM J
100 BLOOMFIELD HILLS PKY.
SUITE 300
BLOOMFIELD HILLS, MI 48304
  X   X   Chairman of the Board  

Signatures

 /s/ Jan M. Klym, attorney-in-fact for Mr. Pulte   12/09/2008
**Signature of Reporting Person Date

Explanation of Responses:

* If the form is filed by more than one reporting person, see Instruction 4(b)(v).
** Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal Criminal Violations. See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a).
(1) On December 8, 2008, the reporting person priced a prepaid variable forward sale contract with an unaffiliated third party buyer. The contract obligates the reporting person to deliver to the buyer up to 5,000,000 shares of Pulte Homes, Inc. ("PHM") common stock (or, at the reporting person's election, an equivalent amount of cash based on the market price of PHM common stock at that time) on the maturity date of the contract (December 22, 2010). In exchange for assuming this obligation, the reporting person has received a cash payment of $43,292,127. The reporting person pledged 5,000,000 shares of PHM common stock (the "Pledged Shares") to secure his obligations under the contract, and retained voting and certain dividend rights in the Pledged Shares during the term of the pledge. The number of shares of PHM common stock to be delivered to the buyer on the maturity date is to be determined as follows: (a) if the average of the volume-weighted average price per share of PHM common stock on each of the ten (10) NYSE trading days ending on and including December 22, 2010 (the "Settlement Price") is less than or equal to $9.1854 (the "Floor Price"), the reporting person will deliver to the buyer all of the Pledged Shares; (b) if the Settlement Price is between the Floor Price and $13.7208 (the "Cap Price"), the reporting person will deliver to the buyer a number of shares of PHM common stock equal to 5,000,000 shares multiplied by a fraction, the numerator of which is the Floor Price and the denominator of which is the Settlement Price; and (c) if the Settlement Price is equal to or greater than the Cap Price, the reporting person will deliver to the buyer the number of shares of PHM common stock equal to 5,000,000 shares multiplied by a fraction, the numerator of which is the Floor Price plus the excess of the Settlement Price over the Cap Price, and the denominator of which is the Settlement Price.

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