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M.D.C. Holdings Announces Third Quarter Cash Dividend
PRNewswire-FirstCall
DENVER

M.D.C. Holdings, Inc. today announced that its board of directors has declared a cash dividend of twenty-five cents ($.25) per share for the quarter ended September 30, 2006. The dividend will be paid on November 21, 2006 to shareowners of record on November 7, 2006.

MDC, whose subsidiaries build homes under the name "Richmond American Homes," is one of the top-ten homebuilders in the United States, based on 2005 revenues. The Company also provides mortgage financing, primarily for MDC's homebuyers, through its wholly owned subsidiary HomeAmerican Mortgage Corporation. MDC, a Fortune 500 Company, is a major regional homebuilder with a significant presence in Colorado, Jacksonville, Las Vegas, Northern California, Northern Virginia, Phoenix, Salt Lake City, Southern California suburban Maryland, and Tucson. MDC also has established operating divisions in Chicago, Philadelphia/Delaware Valley and West Florida. For more information about our Company, please visit RichmondAmerican.com.

First Call Analyst:
FCMN Contact: lynn.gore@mdch.com

SOURCE: M.D.C. Holdings, Inc.

CONTACT: Paris G. Reece III, Chief Financial Officer, +1-303-804-7706,
greece@mdch.com, or Robert N. Martin, Investor Relations, +1-720-977-3431,
bob.martin@mdch.com, or Alison Schuller, Corporate Communications,
+1-720-977-3554, alison.schuller@mdch.com