homebuilding founded 1975 1975 in tempe arizona founder ira a. fulton headquarters tempe arizona united states area served phoenix metropolitan area key people ira a. fulton founder douglas fulton ceo website fultonhomes.com fulton homes is a homebuilder headquartered in tempe arizona . it is named after its founder ira a. fulton . fulton homes primarily builds mid priced to high end homes in the phoenix area mainly competing with similarly priced builders such as shea homes and pulte homes . the company has built over 60 communities in the phoenix area most of which are located in the east valley . the largest community built by fulton is fulton ranch in chandler which is still being expanded today . the current ceo of fulton homes is ira fulton s son doug fulton . contents 1 2009 bankruptcy and return to profitability 2 energy star features 3 references 4 external links 2009 bankruptcy and return to profitability edit in 2009 after the 2008 housing market crash fulton homes filed for chapter 11 bankruptcy . the company has since emerged from bankruptcy in 2011 . since exiting bankruptcy fulton homes has returned to profitability and had the highest sales per subdivision of any builder in the phoenix metropolitan area in 2011 . 1 in september and october 2012 fulton homes was the leading builder in the east valley in terms of sales with freeman farms in gilbert and ironwood crossing in unincorporated pinal county near queen creek being its best selling communities . 2 on a national scale ironwood crossing and freeman farms were ranked the 23rd and 49th best selling master planned communities respectively in the united states . 3 from january 1 2012 to december 16 2012 fulton homes has sold a total of 692 homes a 46 % increase from the 463 homes sold in all of 2011 . 4 these sales include 284 homes at ironwood crossing in unincorporated pinal county near queen creek 217 homes at freeman farms in gilbert 109 homes at fulton ranch 25 homes at ashcreek in queen creek 23 homes at victoria estates also in queen creek and 34 homes in other communities . energy star features edit in october 2010 fulton homes became the first builder in arizona to build all of its homes to energy star version 3.0 standards with inspection done on every home by a third party . 5 some energy efficient features that fulton has incorporated in homes since 2010 include a louisiana pacific techshield radiant barrier to deflect heat from the attic tinted low e vinyl framed windows to reduce heat and uv rays from entering the home and a 14 seer energy star qualified carrier air conditioning system as standard with a 16 seer air conditioning system available as an upgrade . in 2013 fulton homes was awarded the energy star leadership in housing award by the united states environmental protection agency . 6 references edit j. craig anderson december 13 2011 . phoenix area declines in foreclosures home supply bode well for 2012 . the arizona republic . retrieved december 7 2012 . report fulton homes leads e.v. home sales . az business magazine . november 3 2012 . retrieved december 7 2012 . fulton homes lands on top 50 in u.s. . az business magazine . january 25 2013 . retrieved january 26 2013 . fulton homes sales spike . az business magazine . december 21 2012 . retrieved december 23 2012 . fulton homes first arizona builder to build all homes to energy star 2011 standards . fulton homes . housingzone . september 18 2010 . retrieved december 7 2012 . epa recognizes fulton for energy efficient construction . az business magazine . july 1 2013 . retrieved july 26 2013 . external links edit fulton homes official site mobile retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title fulton homes & oldid 700319807 categories companies based in tempe arizonahome builderscompanies established in 19751975 establishments in the united stateshidden categories official website different in wikidata and wikipedia navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 17 january 2016 at 20 17 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view