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  0001063460
  XXXXXXXX
  LIVE
  0000795266
  KB HOME
  001-09195
  10990 WILSHIRE BLVD
  LOS ANGELES
  CA
  90024
  3102314000
  HOLLINGER WILLIAM R
  Officer
  COMMON STOCK
  Piper Sandler & Co.
  800 Nicollet Mall
  Ste 900
  Minneapolis
  MN
  55402
  50000
  2625000.00
  80609911
  08/16/2023
  NYSE
  COMMON STOCK
  07/01/2002
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  N
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  07/01/2002
  Restricted Stock Award
  COMMON STOCK
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  Compensation
  KB Home
  N
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  12/01/2002
  Restricted Stock Award
  COMMON STOCK
  10/25/2006
  Compensation
  KB Home
  N
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  10/25/2006
  Restricted Stock Award
  COMMON STOCK
  10/23/2007
  Compensation
  KB Home
  N
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  10/23/2007
  Restricted Stock Award
  COMMON STOCK
  10/22/2008
  Compensation
  KB Home
  N
  1606
  10/22/2008
  Restricted Stock Award
  COMMON STOCK
  10/01/2012
  Compensation
  KB Home
  N
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  10/01/2012
  Restricted Stock Award
  COMMON STOCK
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  Compensation
  KB Home
  N
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  11/08/2013
  Restricted Stock Award
  COMMON STOCK
  11/08/2014
  Compensation
  KB Home
  N
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  11/08/2014
  Restricted Stock Award
  COMMON STOCK
  11/08/2015
  Compensation
  KB Home
  N
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  11/08/2015
  Restricted Stock Award
  COMMON STOCK
  02/12/2016
  Compensation
  KB Home
  N
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  02/12/2016
  Restricted Stock Award
  Y
  08/16/2023
  Alex Johnson, as a duly authorized representative of Piper Sandler & Co Corporate & Venture Services FA, as attorney-in-fact for William R. Hollinger