**Exhibit23: Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm**

We consentto the incorporation by reference in the following Registration Statements:
| (1)    |   | Registration Statement  (Form S-3 No. 333-58208) and related Prospectus of The Ryland Group, Inc.,                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       |
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| (2)    |   | Registration Statement  (Form S-3 No. 333-100167) and related Prospectus of The Ryland Group, Inc.,                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      |
| (3)    |   | Registration Statement  (Form S-3 No. 333-113756) and related Prospectus of The Ryland Group, Inc.,                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      |
| (4)    |   | Registration Statement  (Form S-3 No. 333-121469) and related Prospectus of The Ryland Group, Inc.,                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      |
| (5)    |   | Registration Statement  (Form S-3 No. 333-124000) and related Prospectus of The Ryland Group, Inc.,                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      |
| (6)    |   | Registration  Statement (Form S-8 No. 33-32431) pertaining to The Ryland Group, Inc.  Retirement Savings Opportunity Plan,                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               |
| (7)    |   | Registration  Statement (Form S-8 No. 333-101445) pertaining to The Ryland Group, Inc. 2002  Equity Incentive Plan,                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      |
| (8)    |   | Registration  Statement (Form S-8 No. 333-58204) pertaining to The Ryland Group, Inc. 2000  Non-Employee Director Equity Plan,                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           |
| (9)    |   | Registration  Statement (Form S-8 No. 333-68397) pertaining to The Ryland Group, Inc.  Executive and Director Deferred Compensation Plan and The Ryland Group, Inc.  Non-Employee Directors' Stock Unit Plan,                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            |
| (10)   |   | Registration Statement  (Form S-8 No. 33-56905) pertaining to The Ryland Group, Inc. 1992 Equity  Incentive Plan,                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        |
| (11)   |   | Registration  Statement (Form S-8 No. 333-119922) pertaining to The Ryland Group, Inc. 2004  Non-Employee Director Equity Plan,                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          |
| (12)   |   | Registration  Statement (Form S-8 No. 333-126783) pertaining to The Ryland Group, Inc. 2005  Equity Incentive Plan, and                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  |
| (13)   |   | Registration  Statement (Form S-8 No. 333-133602) pertaining to The Ryland Group, Inc. 2006  Non-Employee Director Stock Plan;                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           |
|   |   | of our report dated February 22, 2006 (except for Note B, as to which  the date is October 19, 2006), with respect to the consolidated financial  statements of The Ryland Group, Inc., our report dated February 22, 2006,  with respect to The Ryland Group, Inc. management's assessment of the  effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting, and the  effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting of The Ryland Group,  Inc., and our report dated February 24, 2006, with respect to the financial  statement schedule of The Ryland Group, Inc., included in this Annual Report  (Form 10-K/A) for the year ended December 31, 2005. |

 

 

/s/ Ernst & Young LLPErnst & Young LLPLos Angeles, CaliforniaNovember 6, 2006

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