Exhibit 24.1
Each person whose signature appears below appoints Larry A. Mizel,
Paris G. Reece, III and Daniel S. Japha, and each of them, his or her
attorneys-in-fact, with full power of substitution, for him or her in any and
all capacities, to sign a registration statement to be filed with the Securities
and Exchange Commission (the "Commission") on Form S-8 in connection with the
offering by M.D.C. Holdings, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the "Company"), of
1,900,000 shares of the Company's Common Stock, par value $.01 per share
("Common Stock"), for issuance pursuant to the Company's 1993 Employee Equity
Incentive Plan and 1993 Director Equity Incentive Plan, and all amendments
(including post-effective amendments) thereto, and to file the same, with all
exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith, with the
Commission; and to sign all documents in connection with the qualification and
sale of the Common Stock with Blue Sky authorities and with the National
Association of Securities Dealers, Inc.; granting unto said attorneys-in-fact
full power and authority to perform any other act on behalf of the undersigned
required to be done in the premises, hereby ratifying and confirming all that
said attorneys-in-fact lawfully do or cause be done by virtue hereof.
Date: April 18, 2001 /s/ Larry A. Mizel
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Larry A. Mizel
Date: April 18, 2001 /s/ David D. Mandarich
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David D. Mandarich
Date: April 18, 2001 /s/ Paris G. Reece, III
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Paris G. Reece, III
Date: April 18, 2001 /s/ Steven J. Borick
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Steven J. Borick
Date: April 18, 2001 /s/ Gilbert Goldstein
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Gilbert Goldstein
Date: April 18, 2001 /s/ William B. Kemper
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William B. Kemper
Date: April 18, 2001 /s/ Herbert T. Buchwald
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Herbert T. Buchwald