2008-05-15 23:51:55 -

- KB Home's (NYSE: KBH) President and Chief Executive Officer Jeffrey Mezger is scheduled to speak at The Seventh Annual JMP Securities Research Conference on Monday, May 19, 2008 at 3:00 p.m. Pacific Daylight Time; 6:00 p.m. Eastern Daylight Time.

To listen to the live broadcast, select the audio icon on the Investor Relations section of the KB Home

website at www.kbhome.com. Listeners must have a multimedia computer with speakers and Microsoft's Media Player. An archive of the presentation will be available on the KB Home website within 24 hours of the live presentation and will be available for 30 days.

About KB Home

KB Home, one of the nation's largest homebuilders, has been building quality homes for families for more than 50 years. Headquartered in Los Angeles, the Company has operating divisions in nine states, building communities from coast to coast. KB Home, ranked the #1 homebuilder in FORTUNE magazine's 2008 list of America's Most Admired Companies(R), 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 or complete mortgage services offered through Countrywide KB Home Loans, call 888-KB-HOMES or visit www.kbhome.com.

KB Home
Kelly Masuda, Investor Contact
310-893-7434 or kmasuda@kbhome.com
Lindsay Stephenson, Media Contact
310-231-4142 or lstephenson@kbhome.com