EX-24 6 ex241.txt POWER OF ATTORNEY Exhibit 24.1 Each person whose signature appears below appoints Larry A. Mizel, Paris G. Reece, III and Daniel S. Japha, and each of them, his or her attorneys-in-fact, with full power of substitution, for him or her in any and all capacities, to sign a registration statement to be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Commission") on Form S-8 in connection with the offering by M.D.C. Holdings, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the "Company"), of 2,500,000 shares of the Company's Common Stock, par value $.01 per share ("Common Stock"), for issuance pursuant to the Company's 2001 Equity Incentive Plan and Stock Option Plan for Non-Employee Directors, and all amendments (including post-effective amendments) thereto, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith, with the Commission; and to sign all documents in connection with the qualification and sale of the Common Stock with Blue Sky authorities and with the National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc.; granting unto said attorneys-in-fact full power and authority to perform any other act on behalf of the undersigned required to be done in the premises, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact lawfully do or cause be done by virtue hereof. Date: July 25, 2001 /s/ Larry A. Mizel ------------------------------- Larry A. Mizel Date: July 25, 2001 /s/ David D. Mandarich ------------------------------- David D. Mandarich Date: July 25, 2001 /s/ Paris G. Reece, III ------------------------------- Paris G. Reece, III Date: July 30, 2001 /s/ David Blackford ------------------------------- David Blackford Date: July 27, 2001 /s/ Steven J. Borick ------------------------------- Steven J. Borick Date: July 28, 2001 /s/ Herbert T. Buchwald ------------------------------- Herbert T. Buchwald Date: July 25, 2001 /s/ William B. Kemper ------------------------------- William B. Kemper