Beazer Homes USA, Inc. Reports April Home Orders
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