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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549


FORM 8-K

CURRENT REPORT
PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF
THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

Date of Report: April 4, 2003

BEAZER HOMES USA, INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

DELAWARE
(State or other jurisdiction
of incorporation)
  001-12822
(Commission File Number)
  54-2086934
(IRS Employer Identification No.)

5775 Peachtree Dunwoody Road, Suite B-200
Atlanta Georgia 30342
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)

(404) 250-3420
(Registrant's telephone number, including area code)

None
(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)





Item 7. Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(c)
Exhibits

99.1
Press release issued April 3, 2003.


Item 9. Regulation FD Disclosure

        On April 3, 2003, Beazer Homes USA, Inc. (the "Company") reported home orders for the quarterly period ended March 31, 2003. A copy of this press release is attached hereto as exhibit 99.1. For additional information, please see the press release. The information in exhibit 99.1 is being provided pursuant to Item 12 of Form 8-K.

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SIGNATURES

        Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

    BEAZER HOMES USA, INC.

Date: April 4, 2003

 

By:

 

/s/  
DAVID S. WEISS      
David S. Weiss
Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer

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Exhibit 99.1

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    Press Release
For Immediate Release

Beazer Homes USA, Inc. Reports Home Orders
for the Quarter Ended March 31, 2003

Atlanta, Ga., April 3, 2003—Beazer Homes USA, Inc. (NYSE:BZH) (www.beazer.com) today released preliminary unit net orders for the quarter ended March 31, 2003.

 
  New Orders (Units)
For the Quarter Ended March 31,

 
 
  2003
  2002
  %
Change

 
Southeast   1,628   1,098   48.3 %
West   1,277   1,273   0.3 %
Central   296   358   (17.3 )%
Mid-Atlantic   496   413   20.1 %
Midwest   882   0   n/a  
   
 
     
Total   4,579   3,142   45.7 %
   
 
     

New orders for the quarter ended March 31, 2003, include orders from Crossmann Communities, Inc., which Beazer acquired effective April 17, 2002. On a pro forma basis, new orders for the quarter ended March 31, 2002, including Crossmann's orders would have been 4,717.

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.

Contact:   David S. Weiss
Executive Vice President & Chief Financial Officer
(404) 250-3420
dweiss@beazer.com



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