Tuesday, November 6, 2007

The Beazer Blunders Continue

Despite the recent sparseness of posting, any Beazer Homes story deserves attention. This time, recent Beazer troubles has forced the suspension of dividends:

"Beazer Homes USA Inc...has suspended its quarterly dividend in an effort to firm up its capital position."

This follows the news that Beazer was receiving default notices, which followed the rumor that Beazer was contemplating bankruptcy, which followed the news that Beazer was firing the Chief Accounting Officer for attempting to destroy documents, which followed the news that Beazer was involved in an FBI probe.

You got all that??

To make matters worse, there's a recent report from Beazer's CFO in which he said that negative publicity was increasing cancellations:

"Beazer Homes USA Inc. Chief Financial Officer Allan Merrill on Tuesday estimated half of the company's cancellations in the latest quarter were driven by turmoil in the mortgage markets, while the other half were the result of rumors the company was facing bankruptcy."

Are you sure Allan? It couldn't be because of items like this:

"I'm a new Beazer homeowner and it has been quite an unpleasant experience. The current housing market is doing quite a number on the value of my home. However, Beazer is doing quite another. Beazer is not only assisting in the falling value of my home, but Beazer is having a fire sale within my housing development in order to raise cash. Beazer is a total disgrace to the American public who brought their product. As a customer I feel disrespected and ignored. I would never puchase another Beazer home."

Could it???

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