Dear Lyon Stockholder
    
Nevada Division

As of December 31, 2000, the Nevada Division of William Lyon Homes, Inc. successfully completed its fifth year of operations after a "ground zero" start-up, with no land holdings and only two employees. At year-end, our Nevada Division's sales volume ranked in the top 10% of homebuilders in southern Nevada.

Guided by Division President Mary Connelly, the Division closed 349 homes and generated 321 new orders, with a total sales volume of $66.1 million. In the 25,000 acre master-planned community developed by Howard Hughes Corporation, known as Summerlin, which has been rated the number one master-planned community in the nation for the last six years, two of our Company's projects ranked as top sellers in the new Willows Village. During the year we also completed development of the number one selling executive level neighborhood in all of Summerlin.

The Howard Hughes Corporation further honored William Lyon Homes, Inc. by naming our sales representatives, two years in a row, to receive the Howard Hughes Salesperson of the Year Award for "move-up" homes. They also selected our Nevada Division as the only homebuilding company to develop luxury homes at their new, premier Jack Nicklaus-designed golf course village to be known as "The Ridges." We're also proud to have the two top selling projects in the new, world-class private golf course community of Southern Highlands in Las Vegas.

In the very competitive Las Vegas market, our Nevada team's consistent record of on-schedule home completions, combined with high quality workmanship, contributed to our superior results -achieved with focus and understanding of their market and business demands, and the ultimate goal of building a quality product that satisfies our customers' expectations.

Nevada Division Staff; Bella Veranda at Summerlin, Plan 1, in Las Vegas, NV.
   
Avalon at Summerlane, Plan 1, in Huntington Beach, CA; Reston at Ladera Ranch, Plans1,2 and 3, in Orange County, CA.