Beazer Homes USA, Inc. Reports Home Orders for the Quarter and Year Ended September 30, 2003
ATLANTA, Oct 6, 2003 /PRNewswire-FirstCall via COMTEX/ -- Beazer Homes USA, Inc. (NYSE: BZH) ( www.beazer.com ) today released preliminary unit net orders for the quarter and year ended September 30, 2003.
New Orders (Units) For the Quarter Ended September 30, % 2003 2002 Change Southeast 1,298 1,185 9.5% West 1,452 1,175 23.6% Central 268 327 -18.0% Mid-Atlantic 273 263 3.8% Midwest 571 781 -26.9% Total 3,862 3,731 3.5% New Orders (Units) For the Year Ended September 30, % 2003 2002 Change Southeast 5,614 4,623 21.4% West 5,142 4,669 10.1% Central 1,128 1,244 -9.3% Mid-Atlantic 1,655 1,365 21.2% Midwest 2,777 1,709 62.5% Total 16,316 13,610 19.9%
New orders for the year ended September 30, 2003, include orders from Crossmann Communities, Inc., which Beazer acquired effective April 17, 2002. On a pro forma basis, new orders for the year ended September 30, 2002, including Crossmann's orders would have been 15,963.
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, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Indiana, Kentucky, Maryland, Mississippi, 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.
Leslie H. Kratcoski, Director, Investor Relations of Beazer Homes USA, Inc., +1-770-829-3700, or lkratcos@beazer.com
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