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Beazer Homes USA, Inc. Reports August Home Orders

September 4, 2002 at 8:10 AM EDT
ATLANTA, Sep 4, 2002 /PRNewswire-FirstCall via COMTEX/ -- Beazer Homes USA, Inc. (NYSE: BZH) (www.beazer.com ) today released preliminary unit net orders for the one-month and two-month periods ended August 31, 2002.

                        New Orders (Units) for the Month Ended August 31,

                        Beazer     Crossmann     Total    Beazer      %
                         2002        2002        2002      2001     Change
    Southeast             310          127        437       315      38.7%
    West                  414          ---        414       335      23.6%
    Central               118          ---        118        92      28.3%
    Mid-Atlantic          102          ---        102       116     -12.1%
    Midwest               ---          321        321       ---        n/a
    Total                 944          448      1,392       858      62.2%


                        New Orders (Units) for the Two Months Ended August 31,

                        Beazer     Crossmann     Total    Beazer      %
                         2002        2002        2002      2001     Change
    Southeast             599          234        833       587      41.9%
    West                  778          ---        778       642      21.2%
    Central               246          ---        246       202      21.8%
    Mid-Atlantic          195          ---        195       236     -17.4%
    Midwest               ---          603        603       ---        n/a
    Total               1,818          837      2,655     1,667      59.3%
New orders for the one-month and two-month periods ended August 31, 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 August 31, 2001, including Crossmann's orders would have been 1,141 and 2,385 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 and Chief Financial
                  Officer of Beazer Homes USA, Inc., +1-404-250-3420, or dweiss@beazer.com