EXHIBIT 23.1


                         CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT AUDITORS

We consent to the reference to our firm under the caption "Experts" in the
Registration Statement (Form S-8) pertaining to the Fifth Amended and Restated
1998 Centex Corporation Employee Non-Qualified Stock Option Plan and to the
incorporation by reference therein of our reports dated May 31, 2002, with
respect to the consolidated financial statements of Centex Corporation and the
combined financial statements of 3333 Holding Corporation and Centex Development
Company, L.P. and schedule include in their Joint Annual Report (Form 10-K) for
the year ended March 31, 2002, filed with the Securities and Exchange
Commission.


                                                           /s/ Ernst & Young LLP


Dallas, Texas
October 21, 2002