Exhibit 32.1

      CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO 18 U.S.C. SECTION 1350, AS ADOPTED PURSUANT
                TO SECTION 906 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002

In connection with the Quarterly Report of KB Home (the "Company") on Form 10-Q
for the period ended August 31, 2003 as filed with the Securities and Exchange
Commission on the date hereof (the "Report"), I, Bruce Karatz, Chairman and
Chief Executive Officer of the Company, certify, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. section
1350, as adopted pursuant to section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, that
to the best of my knowledge:

(1)      The Report fully complies with the requirements of section 13(a) or
         15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934; and

(2)      The information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all
         material respects, the financial condition and result of operations of
         the Company.

Dated October 14, 2003                    /s/ BRUCE KARATZ
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                                          Bruce Karatz
                                          Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
                                          (Principal Executive Officer)

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