Beazer Homes USA News Archives

“My opinion is this banking crisis happened quickly and that fundamentally people are very scared”

Jerome Quinn: Says his business is being hurt by something akin to the “dot-com boom turned upside down.” View Larger One of Atlanta's top residential remodeling companies is cutting staff in response ... via Atlanta Business Chronicle

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“It's an investment. The homes are costing us more to build, but we'll sell more homes”

Builders and developers nationally, but especially throughout Central Florida, are ramping up the energy- and water-efficiency standards in their homes and subdivisions. via The Orlando Sentinel

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“Our goal is to provide affordable everyday solutions that can make a difference right now in terms of environmental impact and operating costs”

Beazer Homes has announced that it is incorporating new energy efficiency, water efficiency and indoor environmental quality measures into each home it builds as another step towards bringing eco-friendly ... via Nation's Building News

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“Americans are still experiencing the doldrums”

U.S. consumers remain relatively gloomy in their assessment of the state of the nation's economy, according to a poll released on April 16 by Reuters/Zogby, but by a small majority they agree that now is a good ... via Nation's Building News

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The housing crunch has knocked Atlanta-based Beazer Homes USA not just off the Fortune 500 list of top corporations, but out of the Fortune 1000 as well. via Atlanta Journal-Constitution

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Executives at Beazer Homes unveiled today a nationwide program that sets a new environmental standard for the homes its builds. via Tools of the Trade

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“Beazer Homes puts a great deal of thought into how homeowners really live. Parkside at Mountain View offers homes that are built to be beautiful while also designed for practical, day-to-day living”

Beazer Homes announced the grand opening of its cf Cedarbrook model home tomorrow and Sunday at Parkside at Mountain View, a 164-unit, single family home community in Hillsborough. via Home News Tribune

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BZH / DHI / PHM / XHB It's a matter of taste... A friend of mine recently purchased an $825,000 McMansion in the suburbs between DC and Baltimore. via Seeking Alpha

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Beazer Homes' announced the opening of the second phase of homes at the builder's King's Gate East community in the Gloucester County town of Mickleton. via Home News Tribune

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For the love of money. No doubt, that's what sucked in appraisers, lawyers, mortgage brokers, builders, investors and others in a web of mortgage fraud that has aided and abetted the current housing crisis. The deception and thievery of some is alleged in a federal indictment unveiled recently in Charlotte. If they are guilty of the charges, they should pay dearly for their crimes. Such crimes have already cost innocent homebuyers -- and the rest of us -- quite a lot.

If you've read the Observer, these fraud allegations are no surprise. More than a year ago, Observer reporters began documenting the troubling practices of Atlanta-based builder Beazer Homes. Beazer overstated the worth of homes and misstated buyers' incomes and debts so it appeared they qualified for loans that, in fact, they didn't. Read more

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“Revealing a lack of government oversight at the local, state, and national levels, this was a stunning effort.”

In American journalism, there is no Final Four. There's the Final Three. And a team of Charlotte Observer journalists reached that rare pinnacle on Monday.

The Pulitzer Prize board honored the Observer's investigation into the home foreclosure crisis as one of three finalists for its most cherished award, the 2008 Gold Medal for Public Service.

The winner, also announced Monday, was The Washington Post, which exposed mistreatment of wounded veterans at Walter Reed hospital. The Post's series triggered significant changes in patient care. Read more

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“These things are hard fought across the board”

The end of the process- or at least this stage of it- is in sight. A dedicated crowd of 40 people vented their opposition to the Beazer Homes housing development, which would triple the population of the ... via New Jersey Herald

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A $15 million mortgage fraud scheme in the Charlotte area has spawned more criminal charges. via WNCT-TV Greenville

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“This is a full-blown fraud scheme”

A federal indictment alleges mortgage fraud schemes in Mecklenburg and surrounding counties involving appraisers, lawyers, mortgage brokers, builders and investors and at least $15 million in loans on 270 properties.

The indictment, charging six people and listing others as unindicted 'co-conspirators,' alleges a web of players, from companies accused of lying about homebuyers' income to builders who allegedly paid kickbacks. A subsidiary of Atlanta builder Beazer Homes and a local builder are included as unindicted co-conspirators. The indictments refer to them only by code names; the Observer used public records to identify them. Read more

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