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Beazer Homes USA, Inc. Reports June Home Orders

July 8, 2002 at 6:53 AM EDT
ATLANTA, Jul 8, 2002 /PRNewswire-FirstCall via COMTEX/ -- Beazer Homes USA, Inc. (NYSE: BZH) (www.beazer.com ) today released preliminary unit net orders for the month and quarter ended June 30, 2002.

               New Orders (units) for the Month Ended June 30,

                      Beazer   Crossmann    Total       Beazer          %
                       2002      2002       2002         2001         Change
    Southeast          297        67         364          331          10.0%
    West               383       ---         383          356           7.6%
    Central            111       ---         111           87          27.6%
    Mid-Atlantic       108       ---         108          113          -4.4%
    Midwest            ---       317         317          ---           n/a
    Total              899       384       1,283          887          44.6%



              New Orders (units) for the Quarter Ended June 30,

                     Beazer   Crossmann     Total        Beazer          %
                      2002      2002        2002          2001         Change
    Southeast        1,016       232       1,248         1,006          24.1%
    West             1,248      ---        1,248         1,204           3.7%
    Central            327      ---          327           288          13.5%
    Mid-Atlantic       337      ---          337           375         -10.1%
    Midwest            ---     1,067       1,067           ---           n/a
    Total            2,928     1,299       4,227         2,873          47.1%
New orders for the month and quarter ended June 30, 2002 include orders from Crossmann Communities, Inc., which Beazer acquired effective April 2002. On a pro forma basis, new orders for the month and quarter ended June 30, 2001 including Crossmann's orders would have been 1,450 and 4,539, respectively.

New orders for the month ended June 30, 2002 and 2001 include no units for affordable housing developments being built through governmental programs. New orders for the quarter ended June 30, 2002 and 2001 include 0 and 154 units, respectively, being built through such programs.

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, 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, +1-404-250-3420, or dweiss@beazer.com