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Beazer Homes USA, Inc. Reports January Home Orders

February 4, 2002 at 4:16 PM EST
ATLANTA, Feb 4, 2002 /PRNewswire-FirstCall via COMTEX/ -- Beazer Homes USA, Inc. (NYSE: BZH) (www.beazer.com ) today released preliminary unit net orders for the month ended January 31, 2002.

                                     New Orders (units)
                              For the Month Ended January 31,
                                2002        2001      %Change
    Southeast                    327         368       -11.1%
    West                         394         357        10.4%
    Central                      102          62        64.5%
    Mid-Atlantic                 121          93        30.1%
    Total                        944         880         7.3%
New orders for the West region for the month ended January 31, 2002 include 17 units from Sanford Homes of Colorado. Beazer acquired Sanford Homes effective August 1, 2001.

New orders for the month ended January 31, 2002 and 2001 include 13 and 0 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, 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 

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