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Beazer Homes USA, Inc. Reports Record February Home Orders

March 6, 2001 at 8:41 AM EST

ATLANTA, March 6 /PRNewswire/ -- Beazer Homes USA, Inc. (NYSE: BZH) (www.beazer.com ) today released preliminary unit net orders for the one-month and two-month periods ended February 28, 2001. New orders of 1,064 homes for the month ended February 28, 2001 represent an all-time Company record for monthly new orders.

                           New Orders (Units)          New Orders (Units)
                           For the Month Ended      For the Two Months Ended
                              February 28,                February 28,
                        2001       2000  %Change    2001      2000   %Change
    Southeast            427        417    2.4%      795       674    18.0%
    Southwest            348        353   -1.4%      705       660     6.8%
    Central              123         80   53.8%      185       128    44.5%
    Mid-Atlantic         166        107   55.1%      259       192    34.9%
    Total              1,064        957   11.2%    1,944     1,654    17.5%

Beazer Homes USA, Inc., based in Atlanta, Georgia, is one of the country's ten largest single-family homebuilders with operations in Arizona, California, 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 Beazer Homes USA, Inc., 404-250-3420, or dweiss@beazer.com /