Beazer Homes USA, Inc. Reports Record Home Orders For the Month and Quarter Ended March 31, 2001
ATLANTA, April 4 /PRNewswire/ -- Beazer Homes USA, Inc. (NYSE: BZH) (www.beazer.com ) today released preliminary unit net orders for the month and quarter ended March 31, 2001. New orders of 1,084 homes for the month ended March 31, 2001 represent an all-time Company record for monthly new orders.
New Orders (units) New Orders (units)
For the Month For the Three Months
Ended March 31, Ended March 31,
% %
2001 2000 Change 2001 2000 Change
Southeast 476 316 50.6% 1,271 990 28.4%
Southwest 330 321 2.8% 1,035 981 5.5%
Central 120 72 66.7% 305 200 52.5%
Mid-Atlantic 158 176 -10.2% 417 368 13.3%
Total 1,084 885 22.5% 3,028 2,539 19.3%
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 /