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Beazer Homes USA, Inc. Reports November Home Orders

December 3, 2002 at 4:20 PM EST

Atlanta, Ga., December 3, 2002-Beazer Homes USA, Inc. (NYSE:BZH) (www.beazer.com) today released preliminary unit net orders for the month ended November 30, 2002.

                                                   New Orders (Units)
                                           For the Month Ended November 30,
                                                                        %
                                                2002       2001       Change
    Southeast                                    380        293       29.7%
    West                                         340        350       -2.9%
    Central                                       88         86        2.3%
    Mid-Atlantic                                  94        103       -8.7%
    Midwest                                      206          0         n/a
    Total                                      1,108        832       33.2%

                                                    New Orders (Units)
                                         For the Two Months Ended November 30,
                                                                          %
                                                2002        2001       Change
    Southeast                                    832         646        28.8%
    West                                         712         674         5.6%
    Central                                      179         143        25.2%
    Mid-Atlantic                                 193         224       -13.8%
    Midwest                                      412           0          n/a
    Total                                      2,328       1,687        38.0%

New orders for the one-month and two-month periods ended November 30, 2002, include orders from Crossmann Communities, Inc., which Beazer acquired effective April 17, 2002. On a pro forma basis, new orders for the one-month and two-month periods ended November 30, 2001, including Crossmann's orders would have been 1,142 and 2,316 respectively.

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, 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.

CONTACT:
David S. Weiss,
Executive Vice President & Chief Financial Officer of Beazer Homes USA, Inc.,
+1-404-250-3420,
or dweiss@beazer.com