Centex Corporation, a home building company, engages in purchasing and developing land or lots, and constructing and selling detached and attached single-family homes and land or lots in the United States. The company markets its homes to first-time buyers under the Fox & Jacobs brand, as well as to first-time and move-up buyers under the Centex Homes brand; sells multi-family homes in urban areas under the City Homes brand; and markets homes to rural lot owners under the Wayne Homes brand, and to second home/resort homebuyers under the Centex Destination Properties brand. As of March 31, 2007, it operated in 79 market areas located in 25 states and the District of Columbia; and delivered approximately 35,785 homes, including first-time, move-up, and custom homes. Centex also engages in mortgage lending, provision of title agency services, and the sale of title insurance and other insurance products. The company was founded in 1950 and is based in Dallas, Texas.