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Beazer Homes USA, Inc. Reports February Home Orders

March 4, 2002 at 4:18 PM EST
ATLANTA, Mar 4, 2002 /PRNewswire-FirstCall via COMTEX/ -- Beazer Homes USA, Inc. (NYSE: BZH) (www.beazer.com ) today released preliminary unit net orders for the one-month and two-month periods ended February 28, 2002.

                            New Orders (units)            New Orders (units)
                                  Month                       Two Months
                             Ended February 28,            Ended February 28,
                           2002    2001   Change          2002   2001  Change
    Southeast               401     427    -6.1%           728    795   -8.4%
    West                    417     348    19.8%           811    705   15.0%
    Central                 112     123    -8.9%           214    185   15.7%
    Mid-Atlantic            141     166   -15.1%           262    259    1.2%
    Total                 1,071   1,064     0.7%         2,015  1,944    3.7%
New orders for the West region include 26 and 43 units for the one and two-month periods ended February 28, 2002, respectively, from Sanford Homes of Colorado. Beazer acquired Sanford Homes effective August 1, 2001.

New orders for the one-month periods ended February 28, 2002 and 2001 include 50 and 37 units, respectively, for affordable housing developments being built through governmental programs. New orders for the two-month periods ended February 28, 2002 and 2001 include 63 and 37 units, respectively, being built through such 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, Maryland, Nevada, New Jersey, North Carolina, 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 

URL:              http://www.beazer.com