Pulte Homes sees pretax loss for 2006-8 period

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Pulte Homes Inc (PHM.N), the No. 3 U.S. home builder, said on Monday that due to the continued downturn in the homebuilding industry during 2007, it "anticipates being in a three-year cumulative pretax loss position during the years 2006 to 2008".

Pulte gave its forecast in a filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.

(Reporting by Chelsea Emery, editing by Gerald E. McCormick)