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                                               Filed by U.S. Home Corporation


                       Pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act of  1933
                                 and deemed filed pursuant to Rule 14a-12 of
                                 the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

                               Subject Company: U.S. Home Corporation
                                          Commission File No.: 1-5899



                                               Contact:
                                               Bruce Gross
                                               Chief Financial Officer
                                               Lennar Corporation
                                               (305) 229-6428

     On February 17, 2000, U.S. Home Corporation,  a Delaware corporation ("U.S.
Home"),  and Lennar  Corporation,  a Delaware  corporation  ("Lennar"),  jointly
issued the following press release:

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
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                           LENNAR TO ACQUIRE U.S. HOME
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              Will Create Largest Homebuilder in the United States

                                   Highlights

Largest  homebuilder  with  combined  1999  revenues  of  $4.9  billion

Largest homebuilder with combined 1999 domestic deliveries of 21,658 homes

Most profitable homebuilder with  combined 1999  EBITDA of $551 million

Combined  1999  stockholders'   equity   of  approximately  $1  billion

Largest acquisition transaction in the history of the homebuilding industry

         Miami,  February  17,  2000  --  The  Boards of Directors of  Lennar
Corporation  (NYSE: LEN) and U.S. Home Corporation (NYSE:  UH) have reached a
definitive agreement for the purchase of U.S. Home by Lennar. Under the terms
of the agreement,  U.S. Home shareholders  will receive $36  per  share.  The
consideration will be paid 50% in cash and 50% in  Lennar Corporation  common
shares, for a purchase price of approximately  $476 million.  The transaction
is  expected  to  close  in  May  2000  following  regulatory and shareholder
approvals and customary closing conditions.


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         Stuart Miller will be President, Chief Executive Officer and Co-Chief
Operating Officer.  Robert J. Strudler will be  Vice-Chairman of the Board of
Directors of Lennar and Co-Chief Operating Officer.  Isaac Heimbinder will be
on the  Board of  Directors  of Lennar Corporation   and  will  be  Executive
Vice-President  of  E-commerce   Initiatives,  spearheading   the   company's
e-commerce activities.  Leonard Miller will continue as Chairman of the Board
of Lennar Corporation.  U.S.  Home will nominate two additional  directors to
the Lennar Board.

         The combined company will benefit from a broader  product  offering.
Geographically, the company will operate in a total of 11 states.  Six states
have  either  the  largest  or  fastest growing  populations  in  the  nation
- -Florida,California,  Texas,  Colorado,  Arizona   and  Nevada. The company's
product offering will  be  materially enhanced by  the  U.S.  Home  strategic
position  in the fast-growing  retirement/active adult segment of the market.
The company will continue  to  build homes  for  the  first-time,  first-time
move-up,  second-time  move-up  and  retirement  purchasers  under  both  the
Lennar and U.S.  Home brand names.

         Based on combined 1999 results,  Lennar and U.S. Home delivered over
21,600 homes and had almost $5 billion in revenues and $551 million of EBITDA.
The combined organization will have approximately $1 billion in stockholders'
equity. Lennar   and  U.S.  Home   are  currently  the  5th  and  8th largest
homebuilders in the country, respectively.

         Stuart Miller, President and CEO of Lennar commented, "The transaction
creates the  largest and most profitable homebuilding company in America. It
is immediately  accretive to earnings. The company's  balance  sheet remains
among the best in the business, and the management  and  cultural  fits  are
exceptional.

         "The   enhanced  size  and  scope  of our business will allow us to
solidify our leading  position  in  our  principal  markets and home product
offerings,  as well as  allow  us  to  pursue  new  Internet  and  broadband
opportunities  for the homebuilding  industry.  Because  of  the way we have
structured our balance sheet over the past year, this strategic  acquisition
will facilitate very strong cash flow and earnings per share growth, without
jeopardizing  any  operating flexibility."

         Robert J. Strudler, Chairman and Co-Chief Executive  Officer of U.S.
Home, noted, "Our management team is very excited to join forces with Lennar,
one of the nation's  premier  homebuilders  with  a  proven  trac  record  of
enhancing shareholder value. Over the past eight years,  U.S. Home has become
a valuable franchise with proven results and excellent prospects for
continued growth.


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         "We believe the value of the U.S. Home franchise to our shareholders
is not being maximized as small-cap value stocks are not afforded  even their
intrinsic worth, much less a premium for  proven results.  After weighing all
the factors,  we believe that combining  these two  companies  with  the same
core values, strong management teams, good balance sheets  and  track records
of  success  will  allow  our  shareholders to  recognize value and give  our
employees  a  stronger  platform  from  which  to  succeed.  We  believe  the
combination  of  Lennar  and  U.S.  Home  will  create a bigger, stronger and
faster-paced organization."

         Isaac Heimbinder, Co-Chief Executive Officer and  President of  U.S.
Home,  noted,  "The  combined strength  and  management  talent of  these two
companies will not only enable a continued and more prominent leadership role
in  housing,   but  will  create  a  strong  impetus  for taking advantage of
opportunities created by joining with other entities  focusing on  homebuyers
as well as  prospects created by e-commerce."

         Mr. Miller added, "The resulting organization provides significant
market and shareholder enhancement in the following areas:

     Our resulting size provides valuable benefits both from the operational
     and financial markets perspectives.

     The combined  companies  will  have greater geographic diversity.  While
     both entities have a significant presence in Florida, Texas and Arizona,
     U.S. Home brings a substantial  presence in Denver,  Minneapolis and the
     eastern seaboard states.  Lennar's extensive land holdings in California
     accelerate U.S. Home's expansion into the largest homebuilding market in
     the  country,  as well as affording Lennar faster absorption of its land
     bank.

     From  the  product  enhancement  standpoint,   U.S.  Home  has long been
     recognized as an industry leader in the development of retirement/country
     club communities,  clearly the nation's  fastest growing market segment.
     Additionally, while both companies have excellent brand name recognition
     in the affordable and move-up homebuyer markets, we have quite different
     merchandising  approaches  which  will  greatly  enhance  our ability to
     expand in existing  markets.  U.S. Home has focused on the design studio
     approach, offering the buyer  extensive  upgrade  and  option  features.
     Lennar has focused on the simplified operating platform of `Everything's
     Included'sm.

     As the Internet continues to rapidly become a dominant factor within all
     industries, we believe size and strength  will be  necessary  to attract
     opportunities in e-commerce.  The combined  U.S.  Home and Lennar entity
     will  provide  a  unique  platform for the company to focus on  internal
     opportunities as well as external investments.  Having an  executive  of
     Mr. Heimbinder's  experience  and vision will allow us to  focus on this
     area   of   emerging  Internet  opportunities  within  the  homebuilding
     industry."


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         Mr. Miller continued,  "The acquisition of U.S. Home provides Lennar
with access to one of  the foremost  management  and  leadership  development
training programs in the  industry.  No  organization  can  grow  without the
development of its future leaders.  The emphasis on the development of people
at U.S. Home is a strong cultural fit with our core values."

         U.S. Home, with a 45-year  history  of  quality  homebuilding,  will
continue  as  a  national  brand  name  within  the Lennar family of builders
including Lennar Homes, Greystone Homes, Village  Builders, Renaissance Homes
and  Winncrest  Homes. Mr. Miller concluded,  "Both companies began operating
in 1954. Combined, we have over 90 years of homebuilding  experience. It is a
great   fit  - two  strong  companies  with  complimentary  values and little
operating duplication."

         The transaction will be structured as a merger, in which the portion
of the acquisition price paid  with Lennar  shares would not be taxable.  The
cash portion would be taxable at the time of the transaction.

         U.S. Home stockholders can elect to receive cash  or stock,  subject
to proration,  such  that at least 50% and not more than  55%  of  the  total
consideration is cash. The stock consideration is subject to a cap and collar
arrangement such that the aggregate cash and stock consideration expressed on
a per share basis will not be less than $32.72 and not more than $41.

         In  this  transaction,  Lennar  is  represented   by  Deutsche  Banc
Alex. Brown.  U.S. Home is represented by Warburg Dillon Read.


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These communications include certain "forward-looking  statements" within the
meaning of the Private  Securities  Litigation  Reform  Act  of  1995.  These
statements are based on  management's current expectation  and are  naturally
subject to uncertainty and changes in circumstances.  Actual results may vary
materially from the expectations   contained  herein.   The   forward-looking
statements  in this  document include statements about future  financial  and
operating  results and the proposed  U.S. Home Corporation/Lennar Corporation
transaction. The following factors, among others,  could cause actual results
to differ materially from those described herein: inability to obtain, or meet
conditions imposed for, governmental  approvals  for the merger  with  Lennar
Corporation; failure of the U.S. Home or Lennar  stockholders to approve  the
merger; the  risk  that  the  U.S.  Home  and  Lennar  businesses will not be
integrated successfully;  the costs related to the merger; and other economic,
business, competitive and/or regulatory factors  affecting  U.S.  Home's  and
Lennar's businesses generally. More detailed information  about those factors
is  set  forth  in  U.S.  Home's  filings  with  the  Securities and Exchange
Commission, including its Annual Report filed on Form 10-K for the fiscal year
ended  December  31, 1998,   especially  in  the Management's  Discussion and
Analysis section, its  most recent  quarterly  reports on  Form 10-Q, and its
Current  Reports  on  Form 8-K. U.S.  Home  is  under  no  obligation to (and
expressly   disclaims   any   such  obligation  to)  update   or  alter   its
forward-looking  statements  whether  as a result  of new information, future
events or otherwise.

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In connection with  their  proposed  merger,  U.S. Home  and  Lennar  will  be
jointly  preparing  a proxy statement/prospectus and will be filing such joint
proxy statement/prospectus with the Securities and Exchange Commission as soon
as practicable. WE URGE INVESTORS TO READ THE JOINT PROXY STATEMENT/PROSPECTUS
AND ANY OTHER  RELEVANT DOCUMENTS TO BE FILED WITH THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE
COMMISSION, BECAUSE THEY CONTAIN IMPORTANT INFORMATION. Investors and security
holders   will  be  able   to obtain   a  free   copy  of  the   joint   proxy
statement/prospectus and other documents  filed by U.S. Home  Corporation  and
Lennar   Corporation  with  the  Securities  and  Exchange  Commission  at the
Securities and Exchange Commission's  web site at   www.sec.gov. In  addition,
the  joint  proxy statement/prospectus  to be filed and other  documents filed
with the Securities and Exchange  Commission by  U.S. Home  Corporation may be
obtained for free from U.S. Home  Corporation  by  directing a request to U.S.
Home  Corporation,  10707 Clay Road, Houston, Texas 77041, Attention: Investor
Relations,  telephone (713) 877-2311. The joint proxy  statement/prospectus to
be filed and other documents filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission
by Lennar  Corporation may be obtained  for free from  Lennar  Corporation  by
directing  a  request  to  Lennar  Corporation,  700  Northwest  107th Avenue,
4th Floor,  Miami,  Florida  33172,  Attention: Investor  Relations, telephone
(305) 559-4000.

READ THE DEFINITIVE JOINT PROXY STATEMENT/PROSPECTUS CAREFULLY BEFORE MAKING A
DECISION CONCERNING THE MERGER.

U.S. Home Corporation,  its directors,  executive  officers and certain other
members of U.S.  Home Corporation management and  employees may be soliciting
proxies from U.S.  Home  Corporation stockholders  in  favor  of the  merger.
Information concerning the participants  will be set forth on a Schedule  14A
filed as soon as practicable.

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