CHARLOTTE, N.C. --- Ryland Homes has started construction of 34 new town homes and single-family homes priced from the $130s to the $390s in 12 Charlotte area communities.  

Krista Long, vice president of sales and marketing at Ryland Homes in the Charlotte region, said all 34 homes will be ready for immediate move-in by the first of the year.  

The new one and two-story homes include two and three-bedroom town homes that range in size from 1,500 to over 3,200 square feet of living space and three, four and five-bedroom single-family homes from 1,911 to over 3,900 square feet, Long said.  

All 34 new homes will open before Jan. 1,  Long added, and include a wide range of architectural styles, from traditional to colonial, and a wider range of features. Please visit rylandclearance.com for more details.  

For more information, contact:
Krista Long, Vice President of Sales & Marketing, Ryland Homes Charlotte Division 704-531-9135 or kslong@ryland.com;

Beth Payan or Larry Vershel, Larry Vershel Communications 407-644-4142  

About Ryland Homes
With headquarters in Southern California, Ryland is one of the nation's largest homebuilders and a leading mortgage-finance company.  The Company currently operates in 31 markets across the country and has built more than 260,000 homes and financed more than 210,000 mortgages since its founding in 1967.  Ryland is listed on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol "RYL."