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The Ryland Group, Inc. (NYSE: RYL), one of the nation’s largest homebuilders, will present at the UBS Building and Building Products 7 th Annual CEO Conference in New York on Tuesday, Nov. 17, at 10:50 a.m. EST.

A live audio webcast of the presentation will be available on Ryland’s Web site at www.ryland.com : cts.businesswire.com/ct/CT?id=smartlink&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww .. .

To access the webcast, go to the Investors section and click on the “UBS Building and Building Products 7 th Annual CEO Conference” link under the “Events and Presentations” heading. The broadcast will be available for replay until May 17.

Headquartered in Southern California, Ryland is one of the nation’s largest homebuilders and a leading mortgage-finance company. Since its founding in 1967, Ryland has built more

than 285,000 homes and financed more than 240,000 mortgages. The Company currently operates in 15 states and 19 homebuilding divisions across the country and is listed on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol “RYL.” For more information, please visit www.ryland.com : cts.businesswire.com/ct/CT?id=smartlink&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww .. .

The Ryland Group, Inc.Drew Mackintosh, Vice PresidentInvestor

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