<SEC-DOCUMENT>0000795266-14-000030.txt : 20140407
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<ACCEPTANCE-DATETIME>20140407165858
ACCESSION NUMBER:		0000795266-14-000030
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	4
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		1
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20140403
FILED AS OF DATE:		20140407
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20140407

ISSUER:		

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			KB HOME
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000795266
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	OPERATIVE BUILDERS [1531]
		IRS NUMBER:				953666267
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			DE
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1130

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		10990 WILSHIRE BLVD
		CITY:			LOS ANGELES
		STATE:			CA
		ZIP:			90024
		BUSINESS PHONE:		3102314000

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		10990 WILSHIRE BLVD
		CITY:			LOS ANGELES
		STATE:			CA
		ZIP:			90024

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	KAUFMAN & BROAD HOME CORP
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	19920703

REPORTING-OWNER:	

	OWNER DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			JOHNSON ROBERT  L
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001188283

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		4
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	001-09195
		FILM NUMBER:		14749199

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		C/O HILTON HOTELS CORP
		STREET 2:		9336 CIVIC CENTER DRIVE
		CITY:			BEVERLY HILLS
		STATE:			CA
		ZIP:			90210
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        <issuerName>KB HOME</issuerName>
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                <value>17.6</value>
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            <transactionDate>
                <value>2014-04-03</value>
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                <transactionPricePerShare>
                    <value>0</value>
                </transactionPricePerShare>
                <transactionAcquiredDisposedCode>
                    <value>A</value>
                </transactionAcquiredDisposedCode>
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                <value>2015-04-03</value>
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            <expirationDate>
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    <footnotes>
        <footnote id="F1">Award of common stock options under the Amended and Restated KB Home Non-Employee Directors Compensation Plan, which award is exempt under Rule 16b-3.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F2">Award of common stock units under the Amended and Restated KB Home Non-Employee Directors Compensation Plan, which award is exempt under Rule 16b-3.  Each stock unit represents the right to receive a payment equal to the fair market value of one share of the issuer's common stock, vests one year from the date of grant and, per the reporting person's election, is to be paid out in one share of the issuer's common stock.</footnote>
    </footnotes>

    <remarks></remarks>

    <ownerSignature>
        <signatureName>Tony Richelieu, Attorney-in-Fact for Robert L. Johnson</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2014-04-07</signatureDate>
    </ownerSignature>
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