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Beazer Homes USA, Inc. Reports April Home Orders

May 6, 2002 at 8:16 AM EDT
ATLANTA, May 6, 2002 /PRNewswire-FirstCall via COMTEX/ -- Beazer Homes USA, Inc. (NYSE: BZH) (www.beazer.com ) today released preliminary unit net orders for the month ended April 30, 2002.

                                                     New Orders (units)
                                              For the Month Ended April 30,
                                                2002        2001      % Change
    Southeast                                    465         368       26.4%
    West                                         455         490       -7.1%
    Central                                      116          97       19.6%
    Mid-Atlantic                                 142         132        7.6%
    Midwest                                      443           0        n/a
    Total                                      1,621       1,087       49.1%

New orders for the month ended April 30, 2002 include orders for the full month from Crossmann Communities, Inc., which Beazer acquired effective April 17, 2002. On a pro forma basis, new orders for the month ended April 30, 2001 including Crossmann's orders would have been 1,694.

New orders for the West region for the months ended April 30, 2002 and 2001 include 0 and 155 units, respectively, for affordable housing developments being built through governmental programs.

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.

SOURCE Beazer Homes USA, Inc.

CONTACT:          David S. Weiss, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial
                  Officer of Beazer Homes USA, Inc., +1-404-250-3420, or dweiss@beazer.com