Exhibit 23.2
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                        CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT AUDITORS

     We consent to the reference to our firm under the caption "Experts" in the
Registration Statement (Form S-3) and related Prospectus of D.R. Horton, Inc.
for the registration of an aggregate maximum of $750,000,000 of its debt
securities, preferred stock, depositary shares, common stock, warrants, stock
purchase contracts, trust securities and units and to the incorporation by
reference therein of our report dated November 9, 2000, with respect to the
consolidated financial statements of D.R. Horton, Inc. included in its Annual
Report (Form 10-K) for the year ended September 30, 2000, filed with the
Securities and Exchange Commission.

                                                           /s/ Ernst & Young LLP

Fort Worth, Texas
March 19, 2001