Beazer Homes USA, Inc.

Atlanta, GA United States

  (NYSE: BZH)

Company Description

Beazer Homes USA builds for the middle-class buyer who's ready to make the move into the white-picket-fence scene. Building homes with an average price of about $222,000, the company courts the entry-level, move-up, and active adult markets. Beazer Homes USA focuses on high-growth regions in the Southeast, Mid-Atlantic, and West; it closed on some 4,500 homes in 2009. (For comparison's sake, it sold more than 7,500 homes in 2006.) It also provides title insurance services in some markets. Company design centers offer homebuyers limited customization for such features as appliances, cabinetry, flooring, fixtures, and wall coverings. Like most large homebuilders, Beazer subcontracts to build its homes.