Exhibit (a)(1)(E)
                               D.R. Horton, Inc.

                               Offer to Purchase
                            Zero Coupon Convertible
                             Senior Notes due 2021

                            (CUSIP No. 23331A AH 2)

             Pursuant to the Company Notice, dated March 31, 2003

To Brokers, Dealers, Commercial Banks,
Trust Companies and Other Nominees:

   Pursuant to the terms and conditions of the Indenture, dated as of June 9,
1997 (as supplemented, the "Indenture"), by and between D.R. Horton, Inc., a
Delaware corporation (the "Company"), and American Stock Transfer & Trust
Company, as Trustee (the "Paying Agent"), as supplemented by the Eleventh
Supplemental Indenture, dated as of May 11, 2001 (the "Supplemental
Indenture"), relating to the Zero Coupon Convertible Senior Notes due 2021 of
the Company (the "Securities"), at the option of each holder thereof (the
"Holder"), each Security will be purchased by the Company for $559.73 per
$1,000 principal amount at maturity, subject to the terms and conditions of the
Indenture, the Securities and the enclosed Company Notice, dated March 31,
2003, including the accompanying Purchase Notice (the "Option"). Holders may
surrender their Securities from March 31, 2003, through 5:00 p.m., New York
City time on May 12, 2003.

   We are requesting that you contact your clients for whom you hold Securities
regarding the Option. For your information and for forwarding to your clients
for whom you hold Securities registered in your name or in the name of your
nominee, or who hold Securities registered in their own names, we are enclosing
the following documents:

    1. Company Notice dated March 31, 2003;

    2. A Purchase Notice relating to the Securities for your use and for the
       information of your clients;

    3. A Notice of Guaranteed Delivery relating to the Securities which is to
       be used to accept the Option if certificates for Securities are not
       immediately available or time will not permit all required documents to
       reach the Paying Agent prior to the Purchase Date (as defined below) or
       if the procedure for book-entry transfer cannot be completed on a timely
       basis;

    4. A Notice of Withdrawal relating to the Securities which is to be used by
       registered holders of Securities desiring to withdraw the surrender of
       such Securities in the Option if (i) Securities have been previously
       surrendered to the Paying Agent, or (ii) delivery of such Securities has
       been previously made by book-entry transfer to the Paying Agent's
       account at DTC pursuant to the book-entry transfer procedures described
       under the caption "Procedures to be Followed by Holders Electing to
       Surrender Securities for Purchase" in the Company Notice.

    5. A form of letter which may be sent to your clients for whose account you
       hold Securities registered in your name or the name of your nominee,
       with space provided for obtaining such clients' instructions with regard
       to the Option; and

    6. Guidelines for Certification of Taxpayer Identification Number on
       Substitute Form W-9.

   Your prompt action is requested. This offer will expire at 5:00 p.m., New
York City time, on May 12, 2003 (the "Purchase Date"). Securities tendered
pursuant to the Option may be withdrawn at any time before such time on the
Purchase Date.

   To participate in the Option, a duly executed and properly completed
Purchase Notice relating to the Securities (or facsimile thereof or Agent's
Message in lieu thereof), with any required signature guarantees and any other
required documents, should be sent to the Paying Agent and certificates
representing the Securities, or



a timely confirmation of a book-entry transfer of such Securities, should be
delivered to the Paying Agent, all in accordance with the instructions set
forth in the Purchase Notice and the Company Notice.

   If a registered holder of Securities desires to tender, but such Securities
are not immediately available, or time will not permit such holder's Securities
or other required documents to reach the Paying Agent before the Purchase Date,
or the procedure for book-entry transfer cannot be completed on a timely basis,
a Holder may elect to have the Company purchase such Securities by following
the guaranteed delivery procedures described in the Company Notice under
"Procedures to be Followed by Holders Electing to Surrender Securities for
Purchase--Notice of Guaranteed Delivery."

   The Company will, upon request, reimburse brokers, dealers, commercial banks
and trust companies for reasonable and necessary costs and expenses incurred by
them in forwarding the Company Notice and the related documents to the
beneficial owners of Securities held by them as nominee or in a fiduciary
capacity. The Company will not make any payments to brokers, dealers, or others
soliciting acceptances of the Option. Holders of Securities will not be
obligated to pay or cause to be paid any securities transfer taxes applicable
to the purchase of Securities pursuant to the Option.

   Any inquiries you may have with respect to the Option, or requests for
additional copies of the enclosed materials, should be directed to American
Stock Transfer & Trust Company, the Paying Agent, at its address and telephone
number set forth on the front of the Company Notice.

                                          Very truly yours,

                                          D.R. Horton, Inc.

   Nothing herein or in the enclosed documents shall constitute you or any
person as an agent of the Company or the Paying Agent, or authorize you or any
other person to use any document or make any statements on behalf of either of
them with respect to the Option, except for statements expressly made in the
Company Notice or the Purchase Notice.

Enclosures