Beazer Homes USA, Inc. Reports October Home Orders
ATLANTA, Nov. 4 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Beazer Homes USA, Inc. (NYSE: BZH) (www.beazer.com ) today released preliminary unit net orders for the month ended October 31, 2002.
New Orders (Units) For the Month Ended October 31, % 2002 2001 Change Southeast 353 353 0.0% West 372 324 14.8% Central 91 57 59.6% Mid-Atlantic 198 121 63.6% Midwest 206 0 n/a Total 1,220 855 42.7%
New orders for the month ended October 31, 2002, include orders from Crossmann Communities, Inc., which Beazer acquired effective April 17, 2002. On a pro forma basis, new orders for the month ended October 31, 2001, including Crossmann's orders would have been 1,174.
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.
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/CONTACT: David S. Weiss, Executive Vice President & Chief Financial Officer of Beazer Homes USA, Inc., +1-404-250-3420, or dweiss@beazer.com /