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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001104659-12-064463
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	8-K
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		3
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20120920
ITEM INFORMATION:		Other Events
ITEM INFORMATION:		Financial Statements and Exhibits
FILED AS OF DATE:		20120920
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20120920

FILER:

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			HOVNANIAN ENTERPRISES INC
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000357294
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	OPERATIVE BUILDERS [1531]
		IRS NUMBER:				221851059
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			DE
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1031

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		8-K
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	001-08551
		FILM NUMBER:		121100924

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		110 WEST FRONT STREET
		STREET 2:		PO BOX 500
		CITY:			RED BANK
		STATE:			NJ
		ZIP:			07701
		BUSINESS PHONE:		7327477800

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		110 WEST FRONT STREET PO BOX 500
		STREET 2:		110 WEST FRONT STREET  PO BOX 500
		CITY:			RED BANK
		STATE:			NJ
		ZIP:			07701
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<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="3" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-weight:bold;">CURRENT REPORT<br> PURSUANT TO SECTION&nbsp;13 OR 15(d)&nbsp;OF THE<br> SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934</font></b></p>
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<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported):&nbsp; <b>September&nbsp;20, 2012</b></font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Item 8.01.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<u>Other Events.</u></font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">On September&nbsp;20, 2012, Hovnanian Enterprises,&nbsp;Inc. (the &#147;Company&#148;) announced that its wholly-owned subsidiary, K. Hovnanian Enterprises,&nbsp;Inc. (&#147;K. Hovnanian&#148;), priced $577.0 million aggregate principal amount of 7.250% senior secured first lien notes due 2020 (the &#147;First Lien Notes&#148;) and $220.0 million aggregate principal amount of 9.125% senior secured second lien notes due 2020 (the &#147;Second Lien Notes&#148; and, together with the First Lien Notes, the &#147;Notes&#148;) in a private placement (the &#147;Notes Offering&#148;). K. Hovnanian also priced its previously announced underwritten public offering of 90,000 6.00% senior exchangeable note units (or 100,000 senior exchangeable note units if the underwriters exercise their option to purchase additional senior exchangeable note units with respect to that offering in full) (the &#147;Units&#148;) in an underwritten public offering (the &#147;Units Offering&#148;). A copy of the press releases announcing the pricing of the Notes Offering and the pricing of the Units Offering are attached hereto as Exhibits&nbsp;99.1 and 99.2, respectively, and are incorporated herein by reference.</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The Notes Offering has not been registered under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the &#147;Securities Act&#148;). The Notes may not be offered or sold within the United States or to U.S. persons, except to &#147;qualified institutional buyers&#148; in reliance on the exemption from registration provided by Rule&nbsp;144A and to certain persons in offshore transactions in reliance on Regulation S. You are hereby notified that sellers of the Notes may be relying on the exemption from the provisions of Section&nbsp;5 of the Securities Act provided by Rule&nbsp;144A. This announcement does not constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy Notes or Units in any jurisdiction in which such an offer or sale would be unlawful.</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">All statements in this press release that are not historical facts should be considered as &#147;forward-looking statements.&#148; Such statements involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors that may cause actual results, performance or achievements of the Company to be materially different from any future results, performance or achievements expressed or implied by the forward-looking statements. Although we believe that our plans, intentions and expectations reflected in, or suggested by, such forward looking statements are reasonable, we can give no assurance that such plans, intentions, or expectations will be achieved. Such risks, uncertainties and other factors include, but are not limited to, (1)&nbsp;changes in general and local economic and industry and business conditions and impacts of the sustained homebuilding downturn, (2)&nbsp;adverse weather and other environmental conditions and natural disasters, (3)&nbsp;changes in market conditions and seasonality of the Company&#146;s business, (4)&nbsp;changes in home prices and sales activity in the markets where the Company builds homes, (5)&nbsp;government regulation, including regulations concerning development of land, the home building, sales and customer financing processes, tax laws, and the environment, (6)&nbsp;fluctuations in interest rates and the availability of mortgage financing, (7)&nbsp;shortages in, and price fluctuations of, raw materials and labor, (8)&nbsp;the availability and cost of suitable land and improved lots, (9)&nbsp;levels of competition, (10)&nbsp;availability of financing to the Company, (11) utility shortages and outages or rate fluctuations, (12) levels of indebtedness and restrictions on the Company&#146;s operations and activities imposed by the agreements governing the Company&#146;s outstanding indebtedness, (13) the Company&#146;s sources of liquidity, (14) changes in credit ratings, (15) availability of net operating loss carryforwards, (16) operations through joint ventures with third parties, (17) product liability litigation, warranty claims and claims by mortgage investors, (18) successful identification and integration of acquisitions, (19) significant influence of the Company&#146;s controlling stockholders, (20) changes in tax laws affecting the after-tax costs of owning a home, (21) geopolitical risks, terrorist acts and other acts of war, and (22) other factors described in detail in the Company&#146;s Annual Report on Form&nbsp;10-K for the fiscal year ended October&nbsp;31, 2011 and the Company&#146;s Quarterly Reports on Form&nbsp;10-Q for the quarters ended January&nbsp;31, 2012, April&nbsp;30, 2012 and July&nbsp;31, 2012. We undertake no obligation to publicly update or revise any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events, changed circumstances or any other reason.</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(d)&nbsp;<i>Exhibits.</i></font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Exhibit&nbsp;99.1&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; Press Release issued September&nbsp;20, 2012 relating to the Notes Offering.</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">J.   Larry Sorsby</font></p>    </td>
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<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><u><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">K. HOVNANIAN ENTERPRISES,&nbsp;INC. ANNOUNCES PRICING OF $797 MILLION SENIOR SECURED NOTES</font></u></b></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">RED BANK, NJ, September&nbsp;20, 2012 &#151; Hovnanian Enterprises,&nbsp;Inc. (NYSE: HOV) (the &#147;Company&#148;) announced today that its wholly-owned subsidiary, K. Hovnanian Enterprises,&nbsp;Inc. (&#147;K. Hovnanian&#148;), priced $577.0 million aggregate principal amount of 7.250% senior secured first lien notes due 2020 (the &#147;First Lien Notes&#148;) and $220.0 million aggregate principal amount of 9.125% senior secured second lien notes due 2020 (the &#147;Second Lien Notes&#148; and, together with the First Lien Notes, the &#147;Notes&#148;) in a private placement (the &#147;Notes Offering&#148;). K. Hovnanian also priced its previously announced underwritten public offering (the &#147;Units Offering&#148;) of senior exchangeable note units (the &#147;Units&#148;).</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The Notes will be guaranteed by the Company and substantially all of its subsidiaries. The First Lien Notes and the guarantees thereof will be secured on a first-priority basis by substantially all the assets owned by K. Hovnanian and the guarantors and the Second Lien Notes and the guarantees thereof will be secured on a second-priority basis by substantially all the assets owned by K. Hovnanian and the guarantors, in each case, subject to permitted liens and certain exceptions.</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">K. Hovnanian intends to use the net proceeds from the Notes Offering and the Units Offering to fund its previously announced tender offer and consent solicitation for any and all of its outstanding 10.625% Senior Secured Notes Due 2016 and redemption to the extent such notes are not purchased in the tender offer.</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The Notes have not been registered under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the &#147;Securities Act&#148;). The Notes may not be offered or sold within the United States or to U.S. persons, except to &#147;qualified institutional buyers&#148; in reliance on the exemption from registration provided by Rule&nbsp;144A and to certain persons in offshore transactions in reliance on Regulation S. You are hereby notified that sellers of the Notes may be relying on the exemption from the provisions of Section&nbsp;5 of the Securities Act provided by Rule&nbsp;144A. This announcement does not constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy Notes in any jurisdiction in which such an offer or sale would be unlawful.</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">In addition, this press release also does not constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy the Units.</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">About Hovnanian Enterprises</font></b></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Hovnanian Enterprises,&nbsp;Inc., founded in 1959 by Kevork S. Hovnanian, is headquartered in Red Bank, New Jersey.&nbsp;&nbsp;The Company is one of the nation&#146;s largest homebuilders with operations in Arizona, California, Delaware, Florida, Georgia,&nbsp;Illinois, Maryland, Minnesota, New Jersey, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Texas, Virginia, Washington D.C. and West Virginia.&nbsp;&nbsp;The Company&#146;s homes are marketed and sold under the trade names K. Hovnanian</font><font size="1" style="font-size:6.5pt;position:relative;top:-3.0pt;">&#174; </font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Homes</font><font size="1" style="font-size:6.5pt;position:relative;top:-3.0pt;">&#174;</font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">, Matzel&nbsp;&amp; Mumford, Brighton Homes, Parkwood Builders, Town&nbsp;&amp; Country Homes and Oster Homes.&nbsp;&nbsp;As the developer of K. Hovnanian&#146;s</font><font size="1" style="font-size:6.5pt;position:relative;top:-3.0pt;">&#174;</font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&#160;Four Seasons communities, the Company is also one of the nation&#146;s largest builders of active adult homes.</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">All statements in this press release that are not historical facts should be considered as &#147;forward-looking statements.&#148; Such statements involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors that may cause actual results, performance or achievements of the Company to be materially different from any future results, performance or achievements expressed or implied by the forward-looking statements. Although we believe that our plans, intentions and</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">expectations reflected in, or suggested by, such forward looking statements are reasonable, we can give no assurance that such plans, intentions, or expectations will be achieved. Such risks, uncertainties and other factors include, but are not limited to, (1)&nbsp;changes in general and local economic and industry and business conditions and impacts of the sustained homebuilding downturn, (2)&nbsp;adverse weather and other environmental conditions and man-made or natural disasters, (3)&nbsp;changes in market conditions and seasonality of the Company&#146;s business, (4)&nbsp;changes in home prices and sales activity in the markets where the Company builds homes, (5)&nbsp;government regulation, including regulations concerning development of land, the home building, sales and customer financing processes, tax laws and the environment, (6)&nbsp;fluctuations in interest rates and the availability of mortgage financing, (7)&nbsp;shortages in, and price fluctuations of, raw materials and labor, (8)&nbsp;the availability and cost of suitable land and improved lots, (9)&nbsp;levels of competition, (10)&nbsp;availability of financing to the Company, (11) utility shortages and outages or rate fluctuations, (12) levels of indebtedness and restrictions on the Company&#146;s operations and activities imposed by the agreements governing the Company&#146;s outstanding indebtedness, (13) the Company&#146;s sources of liquidity, (14) changes in credit ratings, (15) availability of net operating loss carryforwards, (16) operations through joint ventures with third parties, (17) product liability litigation, warranty claims and claims made by mortgage investors, (18) successful identification and integration of acquisitions, (19) changes in tax laws affecting the after-tax costs of owning a home, (20) significant influence of the Company&#146;s controlling stockholders, (21) geopolitical risks, terrorist acts and other acts of war, and (22) other factors described in detail in the Company&#146;s Annual Report on Form&nbsp;10-K for the fiscal year ended October&nbsp;31, 2011 and the Company&#146;s Quarterly Reports on Form&nbsp;10-Q for the quarters ended January&nbsp;31, 2012, April&nbsp;30, 2012 and July&nbsp;31, 2012. We undertake no obligation to publicly update or revise any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events, changed circumstances or any other reason.</font></p>
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<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><u><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">K. HOVNANIAN ENTERPRISES,&nbsp;INC. ANNOUNCES PRICING OF SENIOR EXCHANGEABLE NOTE UNITS</font></u></b></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">RED BANK, NJ, September&nbsp;20, 2012 &#151; Hovnanian Enterprises,&nbsp;Inc. (NYSE: HOV) (the &#147;Company&#148;) announced today that its wholly-owned subsidiary, K. Hovnanian Enterprises,&nbsp;Inc. (&#147;K. Hovnanian&#148;), priced its previously announced underwritten public offering of 6.00% senior exchangeable note units (the &#147;Units&#148;) (the &#147;Units Offering&#148;).&#160; The Units Offering consists of the issuance of 90,000 Units, each with a stated amount of $1,000 and each comprised of a zero-coupon senior exchangeable note due December&nbsp;1, 2017 and a senior amortizing note due December&nbsp;1, 2017.&#160; The notes comprising the Units will be guaranteed by the Company and certain of its subsidiaries. In addition, K. Hovnanian granted the underwriters a 13-day option to purchase up to an additional 10,000 Units sold to cover over-allotments.&#160; K. Hovnanian also priced its previously announced offering of $577.0 million aggregate principal amount of 7.250% senior secured first lien notes due 2020 (the &#147;First Lien Notes&#148;) and $220.0 million aggregate principal amount of 9.125% senior secured second lien notes due 2020 (the &#147;Second Lien Notes&#148; and, together with the First Lien Notes, the &#147;Notes&#148;) in a private placement (the &#147;Notes Offering&#148;).</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Each exchangeable note has an initial principal amount of $768.51. The exchange rate will initially be 185.5288 shares of Class&nbsp;A common stock per $1,000 principal amount at maturity of exchangeable notes (equivalent to an initial exchange price, based on $1,000 principal amount at maturity, of approximately $5.39 per share of Class&nbsp;A common stock). The exchange rate will be subject to adjustment as described in the final prospectus supplement related to the Units Offering.</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Each senior amortizing note has an initial principal amount of $231.49 per amortizing note and a final installment payment date of December&nbsp;1, 2017. The amortizing notes will bear interest at an annual rate of 11.00%, paying semi-annual cash installments of $30.00 per amortizing note (except the installment payable on June&nbsp;1, 2013, which will be $39.83 per amortizing note), which will constitute a payment of interest and a partial repayment of principal, and which in the aggregate will be equivalent to a 6.00% cash payment per year with respect to each $1,000 stated amount of Units.</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">J. P. Morgan Securities LLC, Citigroup Global Markets Inc. and Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC are serving as the joint book-running managers for the Units Offering.</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">K. Hovnanian intends to use the net proceeds from the Units Offering and the Notes Offering to fund its previously announced tender offer and consent solicitation for any and all of its outstanding 10.625% Senior Secured Notes Due 2016 and redemption to the extent such notes are not purchased in the tender offer.</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The Units, including the underlying zero-coupon senior exchangeable notes and senior amortizing notes, will be issued pursuant to an effective registration statement previously filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on Form&nbsp;S-3 and available for review on the Securities and Exchange Commission&#146;s website at www.sec.gov. This press release does not constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy, nor shall there be any sale of these securities in any jurisdiction in which such offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful prior to registration or qualification under the securities laws of any such jurisdiction. Any offer of the securities will be made only by means of a prospectus, forming a part of the effective registration statement, the applicable preliminary prospectus supplement and other related documents. Copies of the preliminary prospectus supplement and the accompanying base prospectus related to the Units may be obtained from J.P. Morgan Securities LLC c/o Broadridge Financial Solutions, 1155 Long Island Avenue, Edgewood, New York 11717 or by calling 1-866-803-9204; Citigroup, Brooklyn Army Terminal, 140 58th Street, 8th Floor, Brooklyn, NY 11220 or by telephone at 1-800-831-9146 or by email at batprospectusdept@citigroup.com; or Credit</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Suisse Securities (USA) LLC, Attention: Prospectus Department, One Madison Avenue, New York, New York 10010, e-mail: newyork.prospectus@credit-suisse.com or toll free at (800) 221-1037.</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">In addition, this press release also does not constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy the Notes.</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">About Hovnanian Enterprises</font></b></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Hovnanian Enterprises,&nbsp;Inc., founded in 1959 by Kevork S. Hovnanian, is headquartered in Red Bank, New Jersey.&nbsp;&nbsp;The Company is one of the nation&#146;s largest homebuilders with operations in Arizona, California, Delaware, Florida, Georgia,&nbsp;Illinois, Maryland, Minnesota, New Jersey, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Texas, Virginia, Washington D.C. and West Virginia.&nbsp;&nbsp;The Company&#146;s homes are marketed and sold under the trade names K. Hovnanian</font><font size="1" style="font-size:6.5pt;position:relative;top:-3.0pt;">&#174; </font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Homes</font><font size="1" style="font-size:6.5pt;position:relative;top:-3.0pt;">&#174;</font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">, Matzel&nbsp;&amp; Mumford, Brighton Homes, Parkwood Builders, Town&nbsp;&amp; Country Homes and Oster Homes.&nbsp;&nbsp;As the developer of K. Hovnanian&#146;s</font><font size="1" style="font-size:6.5pt;position:relative;top:-3.0pt;">&#174;</font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&#160;Four Seasons communities, the Company is also one of the nation&#146;s largest builders of active adult homes.</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">All statements in this press release that are not historical facts should be considered as &#147;forward-looking statements.&#148; Such statements involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors that may cause actual results, performance or achievements of the Company to be materially different from any future results, performance or achievements expressed or implied by the forward-looking statements. Although we believe that our plans, intentions and expectations reflected in, or suggested by such forward-looking statements are reasonable, we can give no assurance that such plans, intentions, or expectations will be achieved. Such risks, uncertainties and other factors include, but are not limited to, (1)&nbsp;changes in general and local economic and industry and business conditions and impacts of the sustained homebuilding downturn, (2)&nbsp;adverse weather and other environmental conditions and man-made or natural disasters, (3)&nbsp;changes in market conditions and seasonality of the Company&#146;s business, (4)&nbsp;changes in home prices and sales activity in the markets where the Company builds homes, (5)&nbsp;government regulation, including regulations concerning development of land, the home building, sales and customer financing processes, tax laws, and the environment, (6)&nbsp;fluctuations in interest rates and the availability of mortgage financing, (7)&nbsp;shortages in, and price fluctuations of, raw materials and labor, (8)&nbsp;the availability and cost of suitable land and improved lots, (9)&nbsp;levels of competition, (10)&nbsp;availability of financing to the Company, (11) utility shortages and outages or rate fluctuations, (12) levels of indebtedness and restrictions on the Company&#146;s operations and activities imposed by the agreements governing the Company&#146;s outstanding indebtedness, (13) the Company&#146;s sources of liquidity, (14) changes in credit ratings, (15) availability of net operating loss carryforwards, (16) operations through joint ventures with third parties, (17) product liability litigation, warranty claims and claims made by mortgage investors, (18) successful identification and integration of acquisitions, (19) changes in tax laws affecting the after-tax costs of owning a home, (20) significant influence of the Company&#146;s controlling stockholders, (21) geopolitical risks, terrorist acts and other acts of war, and (22) other factors described in detail in the Company&#146;s Annual Report on Form&nbsp;10-K for the fiscal year ended October&nbsp;31, 2011 and the Company&#146;s Quarterly Reports on Form&nbsp;10-Q for the quarters ended January&nbsp;31, 2012, April&nbsp;30, 2012 and July&nbsp;31, 2012. We undertake no obligation to publicly update or revise any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events, changed circumstances or any other reason.</font></p>
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