LENNAR CORP /NEW/
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                                                     Filed by Lennar Corporation
                           Pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act of 1933
                                        and deemed filed pursuant to Rule 14a-12
                                          of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

                                             Subject Company: Lennar Corporation
                                                   Commission File No: 001-11749



LENNAR CORPORATION DISTRIBUTED THIS PRESENTATION TO MEMBERS OF THE INVESTMENT
COMMUNITY BEGINNING ON FEBRUARY 17, 2000.





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                           [LENNAR CORPORATION LOGO]

                                [U.S. HOME LOGO]


                       Investment Community Presentation

                                February 17, 2000











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Transaction Overview

- - Lennar Corporation will acquire U.S. Home for $36.00 per share

- - Total equity purchase price of approximately $476 million to
   consist of 50% cash / 50% Lennar stock

- - Lennar will also be assuming approximately $650 million of
   U.S. Home outstanding debt

- - The acquisition is subject to approval by both companies'
  shareholders at a special shareholders' meeting to be called
  and is expected to be completed in mid-May

- - The transaction is structured to be tax-free to those U.S.
  Home shareholders electing to receive Lennar stock

- - We have agreed on a collar arrangement on the stock portion
  of the transaction

- - Post-transaction, Lennar's Board of Directors will add 4
  representatives from U.S. Home



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Financial Rationale

- - The transaction is expected to be accretive to Lennar's EPS
  in 2000 without synergies

- - Lennar's balance sheet post-transaction will continue to be
  one of the strongest in the homebuilding industry

   - homebuilding debt/EBITDA:  2.8x

   - homebuilding debt/total capitalization:  61.2%

- - Purchase price to book value of U.S. Home of 0.8x

- - Operational savings from combining administrative
   systems; elimination of duplicative public company costs

- - Capture of higher financial services revenues and other
   ancillary revenues

- - Increased size in terms of revenue, EBITDA and pro-forma
  market capitalization enhance the Company's competitive
  positions and economies of scale




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Strategic Rationale

- - Creates most profitable homebuilder in the United States

- - Further strengthens our leading market positions in the nation's fastest
   growing homebuilding markets

   -  Florida

   -  California

   -  Texas

   -  Arizona

   -  Nevada

- - Broadens geographic diversity into a number of new markets

   -  Colorado               -  New Jersey

   -  Maryland/Virginia      -  Ohio

   -  Minnesota

- - Enhances overall land position

- - Expands product offering and expertise

- - Increases focus on fast-growing retirement/active adult segment

- - Very compatible operating strategies, systems and cultures

- - Strengthens management at both corporate and operational levels





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Cultural Compatibility

- - Shared values vis-a-vis associates, as well as with
   operating practices and principles

- - U.S. Home's management to become active participants
  in the new enterprise

- - U.S. Home expertise in housing for seniors will be
  invaluable in enhancing Lennar's product line and
  expertise in the area


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Lennar - Long History of Successful Expansion
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1954 -    Founded as a South Florida homebuilder

1972 -    Entered the Arizona market

1982 -    Established mortgage banking operations

1987 -    Acquired Development Corporation of America, the Company's largest
          Florida competitor

1990 -    Established operations in Texas

1996 -    Expanded Texas operations via acquisition of Village Builders and
          Friendswood Development Company from Exxon

1996 -    Established operations in California

1997 -    Spin-off of commercial real estate investment and management business

1997 -    Merged with Pacific Greystone

1998 -    Acquired North American Title, Winncrest Homes, ColRich and Polygon
          Communities

2000 -    Acquisition of U.S. Home


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Largest Homebuilders in US-
Homebuilding Revenue and Total EBITDA
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($ in millions)

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
     Based on LTM                                         Based on LTM
Homebuilding Revenue(1)                                  Total EBITDA(2)


<S>                            <C>                 <C>                    <C>
Pro-forma Lennar               $4,635              Pro-forma Lennar        $551

Pulte                          $3,841              Centex (3)              $518

Kaufman and Broad              $3,772              Kaufman and Broad       $377

Centex                         $3,593              Lennar                  $373

D.R. Horton                    $3,264              D.R. Horton             $370

Lennar                         $2,849              Pulte                   $337
</TABLE>

(1)  Includes revenue from sales of land and other homebuilding
     revenue

(2)  Includes financial services

(3)  Includes construction products




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Largest Homebuilders in US-Deliveries
- -------------------------------------

1999 US Ranking - Domestic Deliveries
(including detached and attached homes)


Pro-forma Lennar (1)                    21,658

Kaufman and Broad (1)                   19,933

Pulte                                   19,848

D.R. Horton                             19,041

Centex                                  17,596

Lennar                                  12,589

Ryland                                  10,193

NVR                                      9,316

U.S. Home (1)                            9,069

Beazer Homes                             7,804

Del Webb                                 7,737



(1)  Excludes joint venture activities





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Leading Market Positions in Fastest
Growing Markets





             Pro-forma lots owned & controlled and LTM deliveries (1)




Colorado
- --------
Owned                     5,759  (61%)
Controlled                3,732  (39%)
Total lots                9,491
Deliveries                1,178
Years supply                8.1

Minnesota
- ---------
Owned                     1,605  (36%)
Controlled                2,842  (64%)
Total lots                4,447
Deliveries                  753
Years supply                5.9

Ohio
- ----
Owned                       350  (81%)
Controlled                    82 (19%)
Total lots                   432
Deliveries                    77
Years supply                 5.6

Nevada
- ------
Owned                     1,212   (88%)
Controlled                  169   (12%)
Total lots                1,381
Deliveries                  724
Years supply                1.9

New Jersey
- ----------
Owned                      820   (29%)
Controlled               2,007   (71%)
Total lots               2,827
Deliveries                 304
Years supply               9.3

California
Owned                    15,277   (42%)
Controlled               21,353   (58%)
Total lots               36,630
Deliveries                4,508
Years supply                8.1

Maryland/Virginia
Owned                     2,504   (73%)
Controlled                  915   (27%)
Total lots                3,419
Deliveries                  589
Years supply                5.8

Arizona
Owned                     4,397    (77%)
Controlled                1,309    (23%)
Total lots                5,706
Deliveries                2,429
Years supply                2.3

Texas
Owned                    10,356   (57%)
Controlled                7,923   (43%)
Total lots               18,279
Deliveries                4,381
Years supply                4.2

Florida
Owned                    16,036   (32%)
Controlled               33,716   (68%)
Total lots               49,752
Deliveries                6,715
Years supply                7.4

Total
- -----
Owned                    58,316  (44%)
Controlled               74,048  (56%)
Total lots              132,364
Deliveries               21,658
Years supply                6.1


(1) Lennar lot positions and deliveries as of FYE 11/30/99; U.S. Home lot
positions and deliveries as of FYE 12/31/99.

Note:  U.S. Home deliveries exclude joint venture activities. Lennar owned lots
reflect direct ownership only (lots owned by partnerships are included in
controlled lots).



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                             Homebuilding Operations
                                   Highlights





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 FISCAL 1999 REVENUE FROM THE
 SALES OF HOMES


LENNAR

<TABLE>
<S>                  <C>
NV ................    2%
TX ................   21%
AZ ................    6%
CA ................   45%
FL ................   26%
Revenue = .........  $2,671.7M
</TABLE>

U.S. HOME

<TABLE>
<S>                  <C>
NV ................    3%
NJ ................    4%
OH ................    1%
TX ................   11%
AZ ................   13%
CA ................   12%
CO ................   15%
FL ................   24%
MD/VA .............    7%
MN ................   10%
Revenue = .........  $1,752.8M
</TABLE>

PRO-FORMA COMBINED

<TABLE>
<S>                  <C>
NV ................    2%
NJ ................    2%
OH ................  0.4%
TX ................   17%
AZ ................    9%
CA ................   32%
CO ................    6%
FL ................   25%
MD/VA .............    3%
MN ................    4%
Revenue = .........  $4,424.5M
</TABLE>

Note:  Totals may not add to 100% due to rounding.
       Excludes joint venture activities.

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FISCAL 1999 HOMES DELIVERED

LENNAR

<TABLE>
<S>                  <C>
NV ................    3%
TX ................   25%
AZ ................    8%
CA ................   30%
FL ................   34%
Homes delivered = .   12,589
</TABLE>

U.S. HOME

<TABLE>
<S>                  <C>
NV ................    3%
NJ ................    3%
OH ................    1%
TX ................   14%
AZ ................   15%
CA ................    9%
CO ................   13%
FL ................   27%
MD/VA .............    7%
MN ................    8%
Homes delivered = .   9,069
</TABLE>

PRO-FORMA COMBINED
<TABLE>
<S>                  <C>
NV ................    4%
NJ ................    1%
OH ................  0.4%
TX ................   20%
AZ ................   11%
CA ................   21%
CO ................    5%
FL ................   31%
MD/VA .............    3%
MN ................    4%
Homes delivered = .  21,658
</TABLE>



Note:  Totals may not add to 100% due to rounding.
        Excludes joint venture activities.

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BACKLOG AT FISCAL YEAR END 1999

LENNAR

<TABLE>
<S>                  <C>
TX ..................  22%
AZ/NV ...............  13%
CA ..................  27%
FL ..................  38%
Backlog = ...........  2,891
</TABLE>

U.S. HOME

<TABLE>
<S>                   <C>
NJ ................    7%
OH ................    1%
TX ................   14%
AZ/NV .............   12%
CA ................    6%
CO ................   19%
FL ................   29%
MD/VA .............    6%
MN ................    6%
Backlog = .........   4,343
</TABLE>

PRO-FORMA COMBINED

<TABLE>
<S>                  <C>
NJ ................    4%
OH ................  0.4%
TX ................   17%
AZ/NV .............   12%
CA ................   15%
CO ................   11%
FL ................   33%
MD/VA .............    4%
MN ................    4%
Backlog = .........  7,234
</TABLE>

Note:  Totals may not add to 100% due to rounding.
        Excludes joint venture activities.

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PRODUCT MIX - LTM DELIVERIES

LENNAR

<TABLE>
<S>                                <C>
ENTRY LEVEL/AFFORDABLE ..........  30%
RETIREMENT/ACTIVE ADULT .........   5%
MOVE-UP .........................  65%
</TABLE>

U.S. HOME

<TABLE>
<S>                                <C>
ENTRY LEVEL/AFFORDABLE ..........  35%
RETIREMENT/ACTIVE ADULT .........  25%
MOVE-UP .........................  40%
</TABLE>

PRO-FORMA COMBINED

<TABLE>
<S>                                <C>
ENTRY LEVEL/AFFORDABLE ..........  32%
RETIREMENT/ACTIVE ADULT .........  13%
MOVE-UP .........................  55%
</TABLE>

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FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS
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1999 INCOME STATEMENT DATA

($ in millions, except for home sales price)


<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                                                U.S.             Pro-forma
                                                            Lennar              Home             Combined
                                                         ------------       ------------       ------------
<S>                                                      <C>                <C>                <C>
Homebuilding revenue                                     $    2,849.2       $    1,786.0       $    4,635.2
Financial services revenue                                      269.3               38.5              307.8
                                                         ------------       ------------       ------------
LTM total revenue                                        $    3,118.5       $    1,824.5       $    4,943.0


LTM EBITDA                                               $      373.3       $      177.3       $      550.6
% margin                                                         12.0%               9.7%              11.1%


Homebuilding operating income                            $      340.8       $      113.9       $      454.7
Financial services operating income                              31.1               16.2               47.3


Average home sales price                                 $    212,200       $    193,300       $    204,300


Homebuilding gross margin                                        21.2%              18.5%              20.1%
Homebuilding SG&A % of total homebuilding revenue                 9.6%               9.8%               9.6%
</TABLE>

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PRO-FORMA BALANCE SHEET AND
CREDIT STATISTICS - FYE 1999

- - Post-combination, Lennar will continue to have one of the strongest balance
  sheets in the industry

 ($ in millions)



<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                                                Transaction       Pro-forma
                                                  Lennar          U.S. Home     Adjustments        Combined
                                                ----------       ----------     -----------       ----------
<S>                                             <C>              <C>              <C>             <C>
Homebuilding debt                               $    590.2       $    650.1       $  291.1        $  1,531.4
Shareholders' equity                                 731.7            578.6         (340.4)            969.9
                                                ----------       ----------       --------        ----------
Total capitalization                            $  1,321.9       $  1,228.7       $  (49.3)       $  2,501.3
                                                ----------       ----------       --------        ----------


Credit statistics

Homebuilding debt / EBITDA                             1.6x             3.7x                            2.8x
EBITDA / interest incurred                             6.8x             2.9x                            4.2x
EBITDA / cash interest incurred                        8.1x             2.9x                            5.1x
Homebuilding debt / total capitalization              44.6%            52.9%                           61.2%
</TABLE>


Note: Lennar debt and shareholders' equity adjusted for stock repurchases since
11/30/99

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PRO-FORMA DEBT COMPOSITION

($ in millions)


<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                            $              %       Debt/EBITDA
                                       ----------      ----------  -----------
<S>                                    <C>             <C>          <C>
Bank debt                              $  1,007.8         65.8%      1.9x

7 5/8% senior notes due 2009                269.5         17.6%      0.5x

3 7/8% zero coupon senior
convertible debentures due 2018             237.9         15.5%      0.4x

Mortgage notes                               16.2          1.1%      NM
                                       ----------      ----------  -----------

Total                                  $  1,531.4        100.0%      2.8x
</TABLE>

- -  Bank debt to be opportunistically refinanced with fixed-rate / long-term
   bond offerings

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HOMEBUILDING DEBT TO TOTAL
CAPITALIZATION


             Homebuilding Debt to Total Capitalization

Note: Represents historical Lennar homebuilding debt to total capitalization


                                 Debt to Total
                                Capitalization
            Year                  Percentage
            ----                ---------------
            1984                    53.2%
            1985                    40.5%
            1986                    32.7%
            1987                    45.9%
            1988                    36.4%
            1989                    37.5%
            1990                    33.2%
            1991                    30.8%
            1992                    35.7%
            1993                    34.1%
            1994                    38.1%
            1995                    35.6%
            1996                    34.2%
            1997                    54.6%
            1998                    42.6%
            1999                    37.3%

* Reflects spin-off of LNR Property Corporation.



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SUMMARY

- -        Creates most profitable homebuilder in the United States

- -        Strengthens leading market positions in fastest growing markets

- -        Broadens geographic diversity into a number of attractive new markets

- -        Enhances overall land position

- -        Expands product offering

- -        Increases focus on fast-growing retirement/active adult segment

- -        Very compatible culture, operating strategies/systems

- -        Strengthens depth of management/board

- -        Significant synergies to be realized

- -        Accretive to earnings

- -        Strong post-transaction balance sheet

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         In connection with their proposed merger, Lennar and U.S. Home will
file a Registration Statement with the Securities and Exchange Commission and a
Joint Proxy Statement/Prospectus will be included in that Registration
Statement. Other materials relating to the Merger also will be filed with the
Securities and Exchange Commission. INVESTORS ARE URGED TO READ THE JOINT PROXY
STATEMENT/PROSPECTUS, REGISTRATION STATEMENT AND OTHER RELEVANT DOCUMENTS TO BE
FILED WITH THE SEC, BECAUSE THEY WILL CONTAIN IMPORTANT INFORMATION.

         Materials filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission will be
available electronically, without charge, at an Internet site maintained by the
Securities and Exchange Commission. The address of that site is
http://www.sec.gov. In addition, the Joint Proxy Statement/Prospectus filed with
the SEC by Lennar and U.S. Home will be mailed to their stockholders and may be
obtained without charge upon request. Documents filed with the SEC by Lennar may
be obtained for free from Lennar by directing a request to Lennar Corporation,
700 Northwest 107(th) Avenue, Miami, Florida 33172, Telephone (305) 559-4000.
Documents filed with the SEC by U.S. Home may be obtained for free from U.S.
Home by directing a request to U.S. Home Corporation, 10707 Clay Road, Houston,
Texas 77041, Telephone (713) 877-2311.

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