Beazer Homes USA, Inc. Reports Home Orders for the Month and Quarter Ended December 31, 2001
New Orders (units) New Orders (units) For the Month For the Three Months Ended December 31, Ended December 31, 2001 2000 Change 2001 2000 Change Southeast 307 186 65.1% 953 637 49.6% West 301 265 13.6% 975 704 38.5% Central 89 50 78.0% 232 144 61.1% Mid-Atlantic 128 91 40.7% 352 313 12.5% Total 825 592 39.4% 2,512 1,798 39.7%New orders for the West region include 20 and 60 units for the one and three-month periods ended December 31, 2001, respectively, from Sanford Homes of Colorado. Beazer acquired Sanford Homes effective August 1, 2001.
New orders for the one-month periods ended December 31, 2001 and 2000 include 32 and 0 units, respectively, for affordable housing developments being built through governmental programs. New orders for the three-month periods ended December 31, 2001 and 2000 include 110 and 19 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, title and insurance services to its homebuyers.
SOURCE Beazer Homes USA, Inc.
CONTACT: David S. Weiss, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Bezer Homes USA, Inc., +1-404-250-3420, or dweiss@beazer.com