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Beazer Homes Named Top-Performing Public Company in Georgia And Wins Builder 100 Top Technology Award

May 20, 2002 at 4:19 PM EDT
ATLANTA, May 20, 2002 /PRNewswire-FirstCall via COMTEX/ -- Beazer Homes USA, Inc. (NYSE: BZH) (www.beazer.com ) today announced that it received the top honor in the 9th annual Atlanta Journal-Constitution ranking of public companies, better known as the Georgia 100. The Georgia 100 ranks the top one hundred performing Georgia based public companies based on revenues, return on equity, revenue growth, change in profit margin and return to shareholders. Beazer received the #1 ranking for 2002, after finishing 2nd in 2001.

Beazer also recently received the Builder 100 Top Technology Award at the Builder 100 convention. This award is given to the homebuilder who has done the most to advance the use of technology both within the company and the industry during the past year. Beazer was cited for its technological innovation including: pioneering online auctions; Internet advertising; hand- held computers at the job site; online selections; and personal folders for home shoppers, as well as operating one of the most sophisticated yet easy to access web sites.

Ian McCarthy, President and Chief Executive Officer of Beazer Homes said, "We are extremely proud of our performance during the past year, both in the areas of financial performance and technology. We appreciate the recognition we received with these two honors and look to remain financial and technological leaders in our industry."

Beazer Homes USA, Inc., based in Atlanta, Georgia, is one of the country's ten largest single-family homebuilders with operations in Arizona, California, Colorado, Florida, Georgia, Indiana, Kentucky, Maryland, Nevada, New Jersey, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas and Virginia. Beazer Homes also provides mortgage origination and title services to its homebuyers.

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                  Officer of Beazer Homes USA, +1-404-250-3420, or dweiss@beazer.com 

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