The Ryland Group, Inc. (NYSE: RYL), one of the nation’s largest homebuilders, will present at the Eighth Annual JMP Securities Research Conference in San Francisco on Tuesday, May 19, at 1:30 p.m. PDT.

A live audio webcast of the presentation will be available on Ryland’s Web site at www.ryland.com. To access the webcast, go to the Investors section and click on the “JMP Securities Research Conference” link under the “Events and Presentations” heading. A replay of the webcast will be archived on Ryland’s Web site for 90 days.

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 235,000 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.

The Ryland Group, Inc.
Drew Mackintosh, Vice President,
Investor Relations
818-223-7548