Weekly profile.KB HOME Symbol: KBH KBH København (Danish: Copenhagen) KBH Katonai Biztonsági Hivatal (Military Security Office, Hungary; since 1989) KBH Kicked By Horse KBH Ka'anpali Beach Hotel (Maui, HI) Exchange: NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange Close: $65.30 1-WK % Chg: -3.5% Business Overview KB Home is a homebuilder in the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. . The company offers a variety of homes that are designed to appeal to a range of buyers, including first-time and move-up homebuyers, as well as luxury and active adult buyers. Domestically, it has a geographically diverse homebuilding business, which as of November 30, 2005, operated in four regions comprising 14 states serving 39 markets. Its subsidiary, Kaufman & Broad S.A., is a homebuilder in France. During the fiscal year ended November 30, 2005, the company delivered 37,140 homes in 541 communities. KB Home operates in two business segments: construction and financial services The examples and perspective in this article or section may not represent a worldwide view of the subject. Please [ improve this article] or discuss the issue on the talk page. . Its construction segment consists primarily of homebuilding operations in the United States and France. KB Home's financial services segment provides mortgage banking services to its domestic homebuyers through Countrywide KB Home Loans, a joint venture with Countrywide Financial Countrywide Financial Corporation (NYSE: CFC) is a diversified financial marketing and service holding company engaged primarily in residential mortgage banking and related businesses. Corp. Prior to September 1, 2005, the company offered mortgage-banking services directly through KB Home Mortgage Co., its wholly owned financial services subsidiary. |
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