KB HOME

Not Applicable
(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)

In accordance with Final Rule 33-8216, effective March 28, 2003, the following information is being furnished pursuant to Item 9 and Item 12.

On June 2, 2003, KB Home issued a press release announcing its preliminary net new home orders for the quarter ended May 31, 2003. A copy of the press release is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1 and is incorporated herein.

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

LOS ANGELES (June 2, 2003) – KB Home (NYSE: KBH) today released preliminary net orders for the three months and six months ended May 31, 2003. Presented below is preliminary net order information along with year-over-year percent changes.

KB Home is one of America’s largest homebuilders with domestic operating divisions in the following regions and states: West Coast—California; Southwest—Arizona, Nevada and New Mexico; Central—Colorado and Texas; and Southeast—Florida, Georgia and North Carolina. Kaufman & Broad S.A., the Company’s majority-owned subsidiary, is one of the largest homebuilders in France. In fiscal 2002, the Company delivered 25,565 homes in the United States and France. It also operates KB Home Mortgage Company, a full-service mortgage company for the convenience of its buyers. Founded in 1957, KB Home is a Fortune 500 company listed on the New York Stock Exchange under the ticker symbol “KBH.” For more information about any of KB Home’s new home communities, call 1-888-KB-HOMES or visit the Company’s Web site at www.kbhome.com.

Except for the historical information contained herein, certain matters discussed in this press release are “forward-looking statements” as defined in the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995, including any statements concerning future financial performance, business and prospects, and future Company actions and their expected results. These forward-looking statements are subject to risks, uncertainties and assumptions including, but not limited to, the continued impact of terrorist activities and U.S. response, accelerating recessionary trends and other adverse changes in general economic conditions, material prices, labor costs, interest rates, the secondary market for loans, consumer confidence, competition, currency exchange rates (insofar as they affect the Company’s operations in France), environmental factors, government regulations affecting the Company’s operations, the availability and cost of land in desirable areas, unanticipated violations of Company policy, unanticipated legal proceedings, and conditions in the capital, credit and homebuilding markets. See the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K and its Annual Report to Shareholders for the year ended November 30, 2002 and its other filings for a further discussion of these and other risks and uncertainties applicable to the Company’s business.

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Delaware	1-9195	95-3666267
(State of other jurisdiction of incorporation)	(Commision file number)	(IRS employer identification no.)


	Item 9. Regulation FD Disclosure
SIGNATURE
EXHIBIT INDEX
EXHIBIT 99.1


		KB Home

		By:		/s/ Domenico Cecere

				Domenico Cecere Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer


Exhibit No.		Description

99.1		Press release dated June 2, 2003 related to the Company’s preliminary net orders for the quarter ended May 31, 2003.


FOR RELEASE MONDAY, JUNE 2, 2003		For Further Information Contact:
3:00 p.m. PDT		James A. Gonzalez, Investor Relations (310) 231-4033 or jagonzalez@kbhome.com Kate Mulhearn, Media Contact (310) 231-4147 or kmulhearn@kbhome.com

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10990 Wilshire Boulevard, Los Angeles, California (Address of principal executive offices)		90024 (Zip code)


			Three Months Ended May 31, 2003					Six Months May 31, 2003

			Net Orders		% Change			Net Orders		% Change

West Coast				1,898		0.3	%		3,253		-9.4	%
Southwest				2,015		32.3			3,969		30.2
Central				2,023		-18.0			3,976		-16.6
Southeast				1,343		585.2			1,767		464.5

	Total U.S			7,279		19.8			12,965		10.6
France				1,115		-0.2			1,978		2.4

		Total		8,394		16.7	%		14,943		9.5	%