Document:

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Exhibit
10.53

LOAN MODIFICATION AGREEMENT

     THIS LOAN MODIFICATION AGREEMENT (this “Agreement” or this “Modification”) is made
as of
the                      day of December, 2006, by and among: (a) COMSTOCK HOMES OF
ATLANTA, LLC, a Georgia limited liability company (“Comstock Atlanta”) (formerly known as PCH
Development, LLC, a Georgia limited liability company (“PC Development”) which is successor by
merger to Parker Chandler Homes, Inc., a Georgia corporation (“PC, Inc.”)) (b) COMSTOCK HOMES OF
MYRTLE BEACH, LLC, a South Carolina limited liability company (“Comstock Myrtle”) (formerly known
as PARKER-CHANDLER HOMES/SOUTH CAROLINA, LLC, a South Carolina limited liability company (“PC
South”)) (Comstock Atlanta, PC, Inc., PC Development, Comstock Myrtle and PC South are hereinafter
collectively referred to as “Borrower”); (c) COMSTOCK HOMEBUILDING COMPANIES, INC., a Delaware
corporation (“Guarantor”) and (d) BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., a national banking association, its
successors and/or assigns (“Lender”).

RECITALS:

     WHEREAS, pursuant to the terms of that certain Revolving Master Loan Agreement dated
as of January 16, 2004, by and between Lender and PC, Inc. (as the same may be amended, renewed,
supplemented or restated from time to time, the “Loan Agreement”), Lender made a loan (the “Loan”)
to PC, Inc. in the original maximum principal amount of Seven Million Five Hundred Thousand and
No/100 Dollars ($7,500,000.00), as evidenced by that certain Real Estate Note dated January 16,
2004 made by PC, inc. payable to the order of Lender (as the same may be amended, renewed,
supplemented or restated from time to time, the “Note”); and

     WHEREAS, pursuant to the terms of the Loan Agreement, the Loan is comprised of (i) a
revolving construction loan in the maximum principal amount of Five Million Five Hundred and
No/100 Dollars ($5,500,000.00) (the “Revolving Facility”) and (ii) a lot acquisition loan in the
maximum principal amount of Two Million and No/100 Dollars ($2,000,000.00) (the “Acquisition
Facility”).

     WHEREAS, pursuant to the terms of a certain modification to the Loan dated February 16, 2005,
the principal amount of the Loan was increased to a maximum principal amount of Ten Million and
No/100 Dollars ($10,000,000.00) whereby the Revolving Facility was increased to a maximum
principal amount of Eight Million and No/100 Dollars ($8,000,000.00) and the maximum principal
amount of the Acquisition Facility remained Two Million and No/100 Dollars ($2,000,000.00).

     WHEREAS, pursuant to the terms of a certain Amendment to Promissory Note and Other Loan
Documents dated July 1, 2005, by and between PC, Inc., PC South and Lender, PC South was added as
a Borrower under the Loan.

     WHEREAS, Borrower’s obligations under the Note are secured by, among other things, a Deed to
Secure Debt and Security Agreement dated as of January 16, 2004, from Borrower for the benefit of
Lender, and originally recorded among the land records of Jackson County, Georgia in the Superior
Court of Jackson County, Georgia on February 4, 2004 in Deed
Book 331 Page 369 (as the same may be
amended, renewed, supplemented or restated from time to time and as the same, as amended, has been
subsequently recorded in the land records of Jackson County, the “Deed to Secure”), covering
certain real property and improvements thereon located in Jackson County Georgia and Paulding
County, Georgia and more particularly described therein and on Exhibit A attached hereto
(collectively, the “Property”): and

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     WHEREAS, Borrower’s obligations under the Note are guaranteed by Guarantor
pursuant to a Guaranty Agreement dated February 10, 2006 which guarantees the Loan
together with certain other Loans made by Lender (the “Other Guaranteed Loans”) (as the
same may be amended, renewed, supplemented or restated from time to time, the
“Guaranty”): and

     WHEREAS, in consideration of Lender entering into this Modification, and because
some of Other Guaranteed Loans have been satisfied in full, the Guarantor has agreed to
execute a new Guaranty Agreement simultaneously with the execution of this Agreement.

     WHEREAS, the outstanding principal balance under the Loan as of the date hereof is
Three Million Five Hundred Five Thousand Two Hundred Sixteen and 33/100 Dollars
($3,505,216.33) consisting of an outstanding principal balance under the Revolving
Facility in the amount of Two Million Six Hundred One Thousand Six Hundred Fifty Two and
33/100 Dollars ($2,601,652.33) and an outstanding principal balance under the Acquisition
Facility in the amount of Nine Hundred Three Thousand Five Hundred Sixty Four and 00/100
Dollars ($903,564.00).

     WHEREAS, Borrower’s obligations under the Note and the other Loan Documents
(hereinafter defined) are hereinafter collectively called the “Obligations”: the Note,
the Deed to Secure, the Loan Agreement, the Guaranty and all other documents previously,
now or hereafter executed and delivered to evidence, secure, guarantee, or in connection
with, the Obligations, as the same may from time to time be renewed, extended, amended,
supplemented or restated, are hereinafter collectively called the “Loan
Documents”: and all liens, security interests, assignments, superior titles, rights,
remedies, powers, equities and priorities securing the Note or providing recourse to
Lender with respect thereto are hereinafter collectively called the “Liens”: and

     WHEREAS, at the request of the Borrower, the Lender has agreed to modify the Loan to
(i) extend the Maturity Date of the Loan; (ii) modify the maximum principal amount of the
Loan; and (iii) make certain other changes to the Loan Documents as set forth herein.

     NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the sum of Ten Dollars ($10.00) and other good and
valuable.consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged
by all parties, the parties agree as follows:

     1. Recitals. The recitals set forth above are a material part of this
Agreement. Borrower acknowledges and affirms the accuracy of the recitals set forth
above.

     2.
Definitions. All capitalized terms herein, unless otherwise defined herein,
shall have the same meaning ascribed to such terms as in the Loan Documents.

     3. Modification to Bellemeade Loan, Highlands Loan and Fifteen Million Dollar
Comstock Loan. Simultaneously with the execution of this Agreement, (i) Comstock
Bellemeade, L.C. and Guarantor shall execute that certain First Loan Modification Agreement
in connection with that certain ioan originally made by Lender to Comstock Bellemeade, L.C.
in the original principal amount of Forty-Six Million Seven Hundred Twenty-Five Thousand
and No/100 Dollars ($46,725,000.00) (as the same has been amended, renewed, supplemented or
restated from time to time, the “Bellemeade Loan”) (ii) Highland Avenue Properties, LLC and
Guarantor shall execute that certain Loan Modification Agreement in connection with that
certain loan originally made by Lender to Highland Avenue Properties, LLC in the original
principal amount of Four Million Eight Hundred Fifty One Thousand Two Hundred Thirty-Five and
No/100 Dollars ($4,851,235.00) (as the same has been amended, renewed, supplemented or
restated from time to time, the “Highlands Loan”)

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and (iii) Guarantor shall execute that certain First Loan Modification Agreement in
connection with that certain loan originally made by Lender to Guarantor in the original
principal amount of Fifteen Million and No/100 Dollars ($15,000,000.00) (as the same may be
amended, renewed, supplemented or restated from time to time, the
“Fifteen Million Dollar
Comstock Loan”).

     4. Maturity. All of the Obligations, including (without limitation) all
outstanding principal, accrued and unpaid interest, outstanding late charges, unpaid fees,
and all other amounts outstanding under the Note and the other Loan Documents, shall be due
and payable in full on November 15, 2007 (the “Maturity Date”). All references to the
Maturity Date contained in the Loan Documents shall refer to the Maturity Date as defined in
this Agreement.

     5. Amount of Loan. The Note and the Loan Documents are hereby amended to reduce
the maximum aggregate principal amount which can be outstanding under the Loan to Nine Million
and No/100 Dollars ($9,000,000.00). As a result, the maximum principal amount of the Revolving
Facility portion of the Loan shall be Seven Million Six Hundred Thousand and No/100 Dollars
($7,600,00.00) and the maximum principal amount of the Acquisition Facility portion of the
Loan shall be One Million Four Hundred Thousand and No/100 Dollars
($1,400,000.00). Any
reference in any of the Loan Documents to the maximum principal amount of the Loan or Note
being $7,500,000.00 or $10,000,000.00 is hereby deleted in its entirety and the amount
$9,000,000.00 is substituted in lieu thereof. Additionally, the Note and the Loan Documents
are hereby amended so that no further advances shall be made under the Loan. Furthermore, from
and after the date hereof, no amounts paid by Borrower towards the outstanding balance of the
Loan can be reborrowed by Borrower. From and after the date hereof,
Borrower must make all
payments of any kind whatsoever, due by Borrower to Lender in connection with the Loan, via
wire transfer of immediately available funds, in accordance with the wiring instructions
attached hereto as Exhibit B.

     6. Loan Fee. In consideration of Lender entering into this Modification, Borrower
shall pay to Lender, a loan extension fee in the amount of one quarter of one percent (0.25%),
which is due and payable on May 1, 2007.

     7. Loan to Value Ratio. The Property shall have a required “Loan to Value Ratio” of not
greater than eighty percent (80%) of the “as is” value of the Property. If at any time
after the Loan closing, the loan-to-value ratio shall exceed the required Loan to Value
Ratio, based on appraisals (to be engaged by Lender from time to time at the sole cost and
expense of Borrower), which appraisals shall be satisfactory to Lender in all respects, in
Lender’s sole, absolute and unreviewable discretion, the Borrower shall immediately make a
principal curtailment under the Loan so as to meet the Loan to Value ratio.

     8. Loan Agreement.

     a.
Article III (t). Article lll (t) of the Loan Agreement is hereby
deleted in its entirety and replaced with the following:

“Each construction loan must be repaid in full nine months from the date of the
initial advance. Any extensions or renewals thereof shall be in the Lender’s sole
discretion. Borrower will be required after 180 days to reduce the loan amount of
each Lot Unit to an amount equal to eighty percent (80%) of the lesser of: (i) the
as-is value of such Unit, which amount shall be determined by an appraisal or
evaluation satisfactory to Lender; or (ii) the contracted purchase price for the lot
loan Unit. Borrower will be required after 270 days to reduce the loan amount on
each Lot Unit to an amount equal to seventy percent (70%) of
the lesser of: (i) the as-is value” of such Unit, which amount shall be determined by an
appraisal or evaluation satisfactory to Lender; or (ii) the contracted purchase price for the
lot / loan Unit.”

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     b. Article III (s). Article III (s) of the Loan Agreement is hereby deleted and
replaced with the following:

“No later than 180 days prior to the Maturity Date, the Lender will notify Borrower
whether or not the Lender will renew the loan. In the event the loan is not renewed at
maturity, the Borrower can continue starting houses until August 15, 2007 and the lender
will continue funding on those houses.”

     c. Article V. The following language shall be added to Article V Section “b”:

“Additionally, Borrower must submit to Lender (i) within ten (10) days from the end of
each month, monthly financial statements (all of which financial statements must include
a balance sheet, income statement, sources and uses of funds for such fiscal month,
projected sources and uses of funds for the coming month, detailed listing and
description of all contingent liabilities, tax returns, written verification of
liquidity and such other supporting schedules and documentation). All such financial
statements shall be certified as true and correct by the Chief Financial Officer of
Comstock Homebuilding Companies, Inc. in a form acceptable to the Lender in all respects
and (ii) within thirty (30) days from the end of each month a certified rent roll for
the Property; and”

     9. Borrower’s Representations and Warranties. The Borrower hereby reaffirms all of
representations and warranties set forth in the Loan Documents, and further represents and
warrants that: (a) the Borrower is the sole legal and beneficial owner of the Property; (b) the
execution and delivery of this Agreement does not contravene, resulting in a breach of, or
constitute a default under, any deed of trust, loan agreement, indenture or other contract or
agreement to which Borrower is a party or by which Borrower or any of its properties may be
bound (nor would such execution and delivery constitute such a
default with the passage of time or the giving of notice or both), and does not violate or contravene any law, order, decree,
rule, regulation or restriction to which Borrower or the Property is subject; (c) this
Agreement constitutes the legal, valid and binding obligations of Borrower enforceable in
accordance with its terms; (d) the execution and delivery of, and performance under, this
Agreement are within Borrower’s power and authority without the joinder or consent of any other
party and have been duly authorized by all requisite action, and are not in contravention of
any law, or of any indenture, agreement or undertaking to which Borrower is a party or by which
it is bound; (e) there exists no default under the Note or any other Loan Document; (f) there
are no offsets, claims or defenses with respect to the Obligations; and (g) Borrower is duly
organized and legally existing under the laws of the state of its organization and is duly
qualified to do business in the state of Georgia. The Borrower further represents and warrants
that, except as disclosed in public filings, there is no material suit, judicial or
administrative action, claim, investigation, inquiry, proceeding or demand pending (or, to
Borrower’s knowledge, threatened) against (i) Borrower, or against any other person liable
directly or indirectly for the Obligations, or (ii) which affects the Property or the
Borrower’s title to the Property, or (iii) which affects the validity enforceability or
priority of any of the Loan Documents. Borrower agrees to indemnify and hold the Lender
harmless against any loss, claim damage, liability or expense
(including, without limitation,
attorneys’ fees) incurred as a result of any representation or warranty made by Borrower herein
which proves to be untrue or inaccurate in any respect, and any such occurrence shall
constitute a default under the Loan Documents.

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     10. Renewal;
Lien Continuation; No Novation. Borrower hereby renews the
Obligations and promises to pay and perform all Obligations as modified by this Agreement.
The Liens are hereby ratified and confirmed as valid, subsisting and continuing to secure the
Obligations, as modified hereby. Nothing herein shall in any manner diminish, impair, waive
or extinguish the Note, the Obligations or the Liens. The execution and delivery of this
Agreement shall not constitute a novation of the debt evidenced and secured by the Loan
Documents.

     11. Expenses.
Borrower shall pay all costs and expenses and reimburse Lender for any and
all expenditures of every character incurred or expended from time to time, regardless of
whether a default shall have occurred, in connection with (a) this Agreement; (b) the
restructuring of the Loan which has occurred previous to and simultaneously with the
execution of this Agreement; (c) the issuance by Lender at any
time (including any time prior
to the execution of this Agreement) of any default letters or standstill letters or
correspondence of any kind to Borrower in connection with the Loan; (d) the evaluation,
monitoring and protection of the Property pursuant to rights given in the Loan Documents or
by law; and (e) the creation, perfection or realization upon the Liens, and all costs and
expenses relating to Lender’s exercise of any of its rights and remedies under any of the
Loan Documents or at law, including, without limitation, all filing fees, taxes, brokerage
fees and commissions, title review and abstract fees, recordation and transfer taxes, Uniform
Commercial Code search fees, other fees and expenses incident to title searches, reports and
security interests, escrow fees, attorneys’ fees, legal expenses, court costs, fees and
expenses incurred in connection with any complete or partial liquidation of the Property, and
all fees and expenses for any professional service relating to the Property or any operations
conducted in connection with it; provided, however, no right or option granted by
Borrower to Lender or otherwise arising pursuant to any provision of this or any other
document shall be deemed to impose a duty on Lender to supervise, monitor or protect any
aspect of the Property or any operations conducted in connection with it.

     12. Authorization. At the time of execution of this Agreement, Borrower shall,
if and to the extent requested by Lender, deliver to Lender (a) the opinion of Borrower’s
counsel dated the date hereof, in form and substance satisfactory to Lender, that this
Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by Borrower and the Guarantor and
is binding on, and enforceable against, the Borrower and the Guarantor in accordance with its
terms; and (b) such other evidence of due authorization and execution by the Borrower and the
Guarantor as the Lender may require.

     13. Further Assurances. The Borrower agrees to execute and deliver to the
Lender, promptly upon request from Lender, such additional documents as may be necessary or
appropriate to consummate the transactions contemplated herein or to perfect, or continue the
perfection of, the Liens.

     14. No Defenses. Borrower and Guarantor, as the case may be, each represent and
warrant that they (individually and collectively) have no claims, actions, causes of action,
defenses, counterclaims or setoffs of any kind or nature which they can assert against Lender
in connection with the making, closing, administration, collection or enforcement by Lender
of the Loan Documents, this Agreement or any related agreements.

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     15. Default Under Deed to Secure. If Borrower shall fail to keep or perform
any of the covenants or agreements contained herein or in any of the Loan Documents, or if
any statement, representation or warranty contained herein is false, misleading or
erroneous in any material respect, Borrower shall be deemed to be in default under the Deed to Secure and Lender
shall be entitled at its option to exercise any and all of the rights and remedies granted
pursuant to the Deed to Secure, as amended hereby, or any other Loan Document or to which
Lender may otherwise be entitled, whether at law or in equity.

     16. No Waiver by Lender. Borrower acknowledges and agrees that the execution of
this Agreement by the Lender is not intended nor shall it be construed as (a) an actual or
implied waiver of any, default under the Note, the Deed to Secure or any other Loan Document,
or (b) an actual or implied waiver of any condition or obligation imposed upon the Borrower
pursuant to the Note, the Deed to Secure or any other Loan Document, except to the extent, if
any, specified herein.

     17. Borrower’s Performance. If Borrower should fail to comply with any of the
agreements, covenants or obligations of the Borrower under this or any other Loan Document,
then Lender (in Borrower’s name or in its own name) may, but is under no obligation to, perform
them or cause them to be performed for the account of Borrower at Borrower’s sole expense. Any
and all expenses thus incurred or paid by Lender shall be Borrower’s demand obligations to
Lender and shall bear interest, from the date of Lender’s payment of any such obligation or
expense for Borrower’s account until the date on which Borrower repays it to Lender, at the
default rate of interest set forth in the Note. Upon making any such payment or incurring any
such expense, Lender shall be fully subrogated to all of the rights of the person or entity
receiving such payment. Any amounts owing by Borrower to Lender pursuant to this provision or
any other provision of this Agreement shall automatically and without notice constitute a
portion of the Obligations evidenced by the Note secured by the Deed to Secure and the other
Loan Documents, and guaranteed by the Guarantors under the Guaranty. The amount and nature of
any such expense and the time when paid shall be fully established by the affidavit of Lender
or any of Lender’s officers or agents.

     18. Release of Lender. Upon execution of this Agreement, Borrower and Guarantor each
hereby releases, remises and forever discharges Lender, its employees, officers, directors,
consultants, advisors, participants, agents and affiliates
(collectively, the “Lender Parties”)
from any and all causes of actions, suits, debts, claims and demands whatsoever arising prior to
execution of this Agreement in law or in equity due to any action
taken or omitted be taken by any
of the Lender Parties in connection with the Loan, the Highlands Loan, the Bellemeade Loan, the
Fifteen Million Dollar Comstock Loan or any other potential transaction between Guarantor (or any
affiliate of Guarantor) and Lender that may have been discussed with Lender but not consummated.

     19. Miscellaneous. To the extent of any conflict between the Note (or any earlier
modification of it) and this Agreement, this Agreement shall control. Except as hereby expressly
modified, all terms of the Note and all other Loan Documents (as any of them may have been
previously modified by any written agreement) remain in full force and effect. This Agreement (a)
shall bind and benefit the parties hereto and their respective heirs, beneficiaries,
administrators, executors, receivers, trustees, successors and assigns (provided, however, no party
other than the Lender shall assign its rights hereunder without the prior written consent of the
Lender); (b) may be modified or amended only by a writing signed by the Lender and the Borrower;
(c) SHALL BE GOVERNED BY (INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO ITS VALIDITY, ENFORCEMENT AND
INTERPRETATION) THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF GEORGIA AND UNITED STATES FEDERAL LAW; (d) may be executed
in several counterparts, and by the parties hereto on separate counterparts, and each counterpart,
when executed and delivered, shall constitute an original agreement enforceable against all who
signed it without production of or accounting for any other counterpart, and all separate
counterparts shall constitute the same agreement

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and (e) embodies
the entire agreement and understanding between the parties with respect to modifications of
documents provided for herein and supersedes all prior conflicting or inconsistent agreements,
consents and understandings relating to such subject matter. “Borrower” shall include, in their
individual capacities and jointly, all parties hereinabove named as the Borrower. The duties,
covenants, conditions, obligations, and warranties of the Borrower in this Agreement shall be
joint and several obligations of the Borrower and, if more than one, of each party named a the
Borrower hereinabove, and each such party’s heirs, legal representatives, successors and assigns.
If any Borrower is a corporation, partnership or other legal entity, the Borrower and the person
or persons signing for it represent and warrant to the Lender that this Agreement is duly
executed, acknowledged and delivered by the Borrower’s duly authorized representatives. Whenever
used herein, the singular number shall include the plural and the plural the singular, and any
gender shall be applicable to all genders. The use of the words “herein”, “hereof, “hereunder”
and other similar compounds of the word “here” shall refer to this entire Agreement and not to
any particular section, paragraph or provision. The headings in this Agreement shall be accorded
no significance in interpreting it.

     20. Financing
Statements. Borrower authorizes the Lender, from time to time and
without expense to the Lender, to file in such filing office or offices as the Lender may select,
any financing statements and extensions, renewals or amendments thereof, naming the Borrower as
debtor and in such form as the Lender may require, in order to further evidence or perfect
Lender’s security interests granted pursuant to the Loan Documents.

     21. Notices. All notices, in connection with the Loan addressed to Lender, shall
hereinafter be sent to Lender at the following address:

Lender:

Norman Trepner 
Bank
of America, N.A. 
187
Danbury Road

Wilton, CT 06897

Fax (203) 423-4003

with a copy to:

Bank of America, N.A.

Attn: Loan Administration, Ladreda Spencer

101 E. Kennedy Boulevard (7th Floor)

Tampa, FL 33602

Fax (813) 225-8322

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with a copy to:

Bank of America, N.A.

Attn: Loan Administration, Kathie Hatton

101 E. Kennedy Boulevard (7th Floor)

Tampa, FL 33602

Fax (813) 225-8322

with a copy to:

Friedlander,
Misler, Sloan, Kletzkin & Ochsman, PLLC

Attn: David M. Astrove

1101 17th Street, NW, Suite 700

Washington, DC 20036

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     EXECUTED ON THE DATE OR DATES OF THE ACKNOWLEDGMENTS HEREOF, BUT EFFECTIVE AS OF THE
DATE FIRST STATED IN THIS AGREEMENT.

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	WITNESS:	 	 	 	BORROWER:	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 	COMSTOCK HOMES OF
ATLANTA, LLC, a
Georgia limited liability company (formerly known as PCH
Development, LLC, a Georgia limited liability company which is
successor by merger to Parker Chandler Homes, Inc., a Georgia
corporation)	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 	By:   COMSTOCK HOMEBUILDING COMPANIES, Inc., Manager	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	/s/
Bruce Labovitz

	 	 	 	By:	 	/s/ Christopher Clemente	 	 
	 

Print Name: Bruce Labovitz

	 	 
	 	 	 	 

Print Name: Christopher Clemente
	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	 	 	Print Title: CEO	 	 

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	[SEAL]
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	COMMONWEALTH OF Virginia

	 	 	)	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	 	)	 	 	ss:
	 	 
	COUNTY OF Fairfax

	 	 	)	 	 	 	 	 

I, Kelly L. Wyche, a Notary Public in and for the aforesaid said jurisdiction, do hereby certify
that Christopher Clemente, who is personally well known to me as (or satisfactorily proven to me
to be) the person who signed the foregoing instrument executed this
28 day of December, 2006,
personally appeared before me in said jurisdiction and acknowledged that he is the CEO of
COMSTOCK HOMEBUILDING COMPANIES, INC., a Delaware corporation which
is the Manager of COMSTOCK
HOMES OF ATLANTA, LLC, a Georgia limited liability company (formerly known as PCH Development,
LLC, a Georgia limited liability company which is successor by merger to Parker Chandler Homes,
Inc., a Georgia corporation) which is a party to the foregoing instrument; that he has been duly
authorized to execute and deliver the foregoing instrument for the purposes therein contained and
that the same is his act and deed and the act and deed of COMSTOCK
HOMES OF ATLANTA, LLC, a
Georgia limited liability company.

     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have set my hand and Notarial Seal, this 28 day of December, 2006.

	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	/s/ Kelly L. Wyche
 

Notary Public
	 	 
	(SEAL)
	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	My Commission expires: 11-30-08	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	 

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	WITNESS:	 	 	 	BORROWER:	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 	COMSTOCK HOMES OF MYRTLE BEACH, LLC, 

a South Carolina
limited liability company (formerly known
 as
Parker-Chandler Homes/South Carolina, LLC, a South
Carolina limited liability company)	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	By:
	 	COMSTOCK HOMEBUILDING
COMPANIES, INC., a Delaware
corporation, Manager	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	/s/
Bruce Labovitz

	 	 	 	By:	 	/s/ Christopher Clemente	 	 
	 

Print Name: Bruce Labovitz

	 	 
	 	 	 	 

Print Name: Christopher Clemente
	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	 	 	Print Title: CEO	 	 

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	[SEAL]
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	COMMONWEALTH OF Virginia

	 	 	)	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	 	)	 	 	ss:
	 	 
	COUNTY OF Fairfax

	 	 	)	 	 	 	 	 

I, Kelly L. Wyche, a Notary Public in and for the aforesaid said jurisdiction, do hereby certify
that Christopher Clemente, who is personally well known to me as (or satisfactorily proven to me
to be) the person who signed the foregoing instrument executed this
28 day of December, 2006,
personally appeared before me in said jurisdiction and acknowledged that he is the CEO of
COMSTOCK HOMEBUILDING COMPANINES, INC., a Delaware corporation which
is the Manager of COMSTOCK HOMES OF MYRTLE BEACH, LLC, a South
Carolina limited liability company (formerly known as PARKER-CHANDLER HOMES/SOUTH
CAROLINA, LLC, a South Carolina limited liability company) which is a party to the foregoing instrument; that he has been duly
authorized to execute and deliver the foregoing instrument for the purposes therein contained and
that the same is his act and deed and the act and deed of
COMSTOCK HOMES OF MYRTLE BEACH, LLC, a
South Carolina limited liability company.

     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have set my hand and Notarial Seal, this 28 day of December, 2006.

	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	/s/ Kelly L. Wyche
 

Notary Public
	 	 
	(SEAL)
	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	My Commission expires: 11-30-08	 	 
	 

	 		 	 

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	WITNESS:	 	 	 	LENDER:	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 	BANK OF AMERICA,
N.A.	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	By:	 	 	 	 
	 

Print Name:

	 	 
	 	
	 	 

Print
Name:
	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	
	 	Print
 Title:	 	 

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	[CORPORATE SEAL]
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	COMMONWEALTH OF FLORIDA

	 	 	)	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	 	)	 	 	ss:
	 	 
	COUNTY OF HILLSBOROUGH

	 	 	)	 	 	 	 	 

I,
                                        , a Notary Public in and for the aforesaid said jurisdiction,
do hereby certify that                     , who is personally well known to me as (or satisfactorily proven to me to be) the person who signed the foregoing instrument executed this
                    
day
of                      2006, personally appeared before me in said jurisdiction and
acknowledged that he is
the                    
of BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., a national
banking association; that he has been duly authorized to execute and deliver the foregoing
instrument for the purposes therein contained and that the same is his act and deed and the act
and deed of BANK OF AMERICA, N.A.

     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have set my hand and Notarial Seal, this ___day of                     ,
2006.

	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	 

Notary Public
	 	 
	(SEAL)
	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	My Commission expires:	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	 

	 	 

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Bank of
America — Comstock Atlanta Homes Modification

 

 

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	WITNESS:	 	 	 	GUARANTOR:	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 	COMSTOCK
HOMEBUILDING COMPANIES, INC., a Delware corporation	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	/s/
Bruce Labovitz
	 	 	 	By:	 	/s/ Christopher Clemente	 	 
	 

Print Name: Bruce Labovitz

	 	 
	 	 	 	 

Print Name: Christopher Clemente
	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	 	 	Print Title: CEO	 	 

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	[SEAL]
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	COMMONWEALTH OF VIRGINIA

	 	 	)	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	 	)	 	 	ss:
	 	 
	COUNTY OF Fairfax

	 	 	)	 	 	 	 	 

I, Kelly L. Wyche , a Notary Public in and for the aforesaid said jurisdiction, do hereby certify
that Christopher Clemente, who is personally well known to me as (or satisfactorily proven to me
to be) the person who signed the foregoing instrument executed this
28 day of December, 2006,
personally appeared before me in said jurisdiction and acknowledged that he is the CEO of
COMSTOCK HOMEBUILDING COMPANIES, INC., a Delaware corporation which is a party to the foregoing instrument; that he has been duly
authorized to execute and deliver the foregoing instrument for the purposes therein contained and
that the same is his act and deed and the act and deed of COMSTOCK
HOMEBUILDING COMPANIES, INC., a Delaware corporation.

     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have set my hand and Notarial Seal, this 28 day of December, 2006.

	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	/s/ Kelly L. Wyche
 

Notary Public
	 	 
	(SEAL)
	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	My Commission expires: 11-30-08	 	 
	 

	 		 	 

	 
	Bank of America — Comstock Atlanta Homes Modificationexv10w54

 

Exhibit
10.54

AMENDED AND RESTATED GUARANTY AGREEMENT

     THIS AMENDED AND RESTATED GUARANTY AGREEMENT (this “Guaranty”)
is made as of the                      day of December 2006, by COMSTOCK
HOMEBUILDING COMPANIES, INC., a Delaware corporation (the “ Guarantor”) in favor of BANK
OF AMERICA, N.A., a national banking association (the “Lender”), and its successors and
assigns.

RECITALS:

     WHEREAS, pursuant to the terms of that certain Revolving Master Loan Agreement dated
as of January 16, 2004, by and between Lender and Parker Chandler Homes, Inc., a Georgia
corporation (“PC, Inc.”) (as the same may be amended, renewed, supplemented or restated
from time to time, the “Loan Agreement”), Lender made a loan (the “Loan”) to PC, Inc. in
the original maximum principal amount of Seven Million Five Hundred Thousand and No/100
Dollars ($7,500,000.00), as evidenced by that certain Real Estate Note dated January 16,
2004 made by PC, inc. payable to the order of Lender (as the same may be amended, renewed,
supplemented or restated from time to time, the “Note”); and

     WHEREAS, pursuant to the terms of the Loan Agreement, the Loan is comprised of (i) a
revolving construction loan in the maximum principal amount of Five Million Five Hundred
and No/100 Dollars ($5,500,000.00) (the “Revolving Facility”) and (ii) a lot acquisition
loan in the maximum principal amount of Two Million and No/100 Dollars ($2,000,000.00)
(the “Acquisition Facility”).

     WHEREAS, pursuant to the terms of a certain modification to the Loan dated February
16, 2005, the principal amount of the Loan was increased to a maximum principal amount of
Ten Million and No/100 Dollars ($10,000,000.00) whereby the Revolving Facility was
increased to a maximum principal amount of Eight Million and No/100 Dollars ($8,000,000.00)
and the maximum principal amount of the Acquisition Facility remained Two Million and
No/100 Dollars ($2,000,000.00).

     WHEREAS, pursuant to the terms of a certain Amendment to Promissory Note and Other
Loan Documents dated July 1, 2005, by and between PC, Inc., Parker-Chandler Homes South
Carolina, LLC, a South Carolina limited liability company (“PC South”) and Lender, PC
South was added as a Borrower under the Loan.

     WHEREAS, PC, Inc. is now known as Comstock Homes of Atlanta, LLC, a Georgia limited
liability company (“Comstock Atlanta”) and PC South is now known as Comstock Homes of
Myrtle Beach, LLC (“Myrtle”) (Comstock Atlanta, PC, Inc., PC South and Myrtle are
hereinafter collectively referred to as “Borrower”).

     WHEREAS, Borrower’s obligations under the Note are secured by, among other things, a
Deed to Secure Debt and Security Agreement dated as of January 16, 2004, from Borrower for
the benefit of Lender, and originally recorded among the land records of Jackson County,
Georgia in the Superior Court of Jackson County, Georgia on February 4, 2004 in Deed Book
331 Page 369 (as the same may be amended, renewed, supplemented or restated from time to
time and as the same, as amended, has been subsequently recorded in the land records of
Jackson County, the “Deed to Secure”), covering certain real property and
improvements
thereon located in Jackson County Georgia and Paulding County, Georgia and
more
particularly described therein and on Exhibit A attached hereto (collectively, the
“Property”); and

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     WHEREAS, Borrower’s Obligations under the Note are guaranteed by Guarantor pursuant
to a Guaranty Agreement dated February 10, 2006 (the “Original Guaranty”) which guarantees
the Loan together with certain other Loans made by Lender (the “Other Guaranteed Loans”);
and

     WHEREAS, at the request of the Borrower, the Lender has agreed to modify the Loan to
(i) extend the Maturity Date of the Loan; (ii) modify the maximum principal amount of the
Loan; and (iii) make certain other changes to the Loan Documents as set forth herein (the
“Modification”),

     WHEREAS, in consideration of Lender entering into the Modification, and because some
of Other Guaranteed Loans have been satisfied in full, the Guarantor has agreed to execute
a new Guaranty Agreement simultaneously with the execution of the Modification.

     WHEREAS,
it is intended that this Guaranty extend to the Loan and all other amounts
owing under any of the Loan Documents, without any need for any notice to the Guarantor of
the making of advances under the Loan and without any need for any supplements or
amendments to this Guaranty or any other documentation to be executed by the Guarantor; and

     WHEREAS, unless otherwise defined herein, all capitalized terms used herein shall
have the meanings assigned to them in the Loan Agreement.

WITNESSETH:

     For good and valuable consideration, the receipt and adequacy of which are hereby
acknowledged, and as a material inducement to the Lender to enter into the Modification
with the Borrower, the Guarantor hereby amends and restates the Original Guaranty as
follows:

     1. Guaranty of Payment. The Guarantor hereby unconditionally and
irrevocably
guarantees to the Lender the punctual payment when due, whether by scheduled payment date,
upon maturity, lapse of time, by acceleration of maturity, or otherwise, and at all times
thereafter, of all principal, interest (including interest accruing after the commencement
of any bankruptcy or insolvency proceeding by or against the Borrower, whether or not
allowed in such proceeding), fees, late charges, costs, expenses, indemnification
indebtedness (including, without limitation, indemnification for environmental matters),
and other sums of money now or hereafter due and owing pursuant to (a) the terms of the
Note, the Loan Agreement, the Deed to Secure and any and all other Loan Documents, now or
hereafter existing, and specifically including any and ail advances made by the Lender
under the Loan Documents from sources other than the Loan, and interest on such advances,
and (b) all renewals, extensions, increases, refinancing, modifications, supplements or
amendments to such indebtedness, or any of the Loan Documents, or any part thereof (such
indebtedness being hereinafter collectively called the “Indebtedness”). This Guaranty
covers all amounts outstanding under the Loan (the “Indebtedness”), whether presently
outstanding or arising subsequent to the date hereof, whether or not presently
contemplated by the Guarantor, the Borrower or the Lender,
and whether or not the same shall be incurred after satisfaction, payment or reduction of
any previous indebtedness, including all amounts advanced and/or readvanced by the Lender
in stages or installments. The guaranty of the Guarantor as set forth in this Section is
a continuing guaranty of payment and not a guaranty of collection.

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     2. Guaranty
of Performance. The Guarantor additionally hereby unconditionally
and irrevocably guarantees to the Lender the timely performance of all other obligations
of the Borrower under all of the Loan Documents, including without limitation, completion
of the improvements and compliance with all covenants regarding environmental matters.

     3. Primary Liability of the Guarantor. This Guaranty is an absolute,
irrevocable and unconditional guaranty of payment and performance. The Guarantor shall be
liable for the payment and performance of the Obligations, as set forth in this Guaranty,
as a primary obligor. This Guaranty shall be effective as a waiver of, and the Guarantor
hereby expressly waives any and all rights to which the Guarantor may otherwise have been
entitled under any suretyship laws in effect from time to time, including any right or
privilege, whether existing under statute, at law or in equity, to require the Lender to
take prior recourse or proceedings against any collateral, security or Person (hereinafter
defined) whatsoever. Upon the occurrence of: (i) any Default under the Loan, (ii) any
reasonable determination by the Lender that a material adverse change has occurred in the
financial condition of the Guarantor, (iii) the dissolution or insolvency of Guarantor,
subject to the provisions of Section 4 below, or (iv) any transfer of assets of Guarantor
without receiving fair value in exchange therefor, the Indebtedness shall be deemed
immediately due and payable at the election of the Lender, and the Guarantor shall, on
demand and without presentment, protest, any notice whatsoever, pay the amount due thereon
to the Lender or perform or observe the agreement, covenant, term or condition, as the
case may be, and it shall not be necessary for the Lender, in order to enforce such
payment or performance by Guarantor, first to institute suit or pursue or exhaust any
rights or remedies against the Borrower or others liable on the Obligations or for such
performance, or to institute suit or pursue or exhaust any rights or remedies against the
Borrower or Guarantor or other sureties of the Obligations as contemplated by applicable
law or to enforce any rights against any security that shall ever have been given to
secure the Obligations, or to join the Borrower or any others liable for the payment or
performance of the Obligations or any part thereof in any action to enforce this Guaranty,
or to resort to any other means of obtaining payment or performance of the Obligations.
The term “Person” as used herein shall mean all of the Borrower and the Guarantor.

     4. Representations, Warranties, and Covenants of the Guarantor. Guarantor
hereby represents, warrants, and covenants that: (a) Guarantor will derive substantial
benefit, directly or indirectly, from Lender entering into the Modification with the
Borrower and from the making of this Guaranty by the Guarantor; (b) this Guaranty is duly
authorized and valid, and is binding upon and enforceable against the Guarantor; (c) the
Guarantor is not, and the execution, delivery and performance by the Guarantor of this
Guaranty will not cause the Guarantor to be, in violation of or in default with respect to
any law; (d) Guarantor is a duly organized, validly existing corporation in good standing
under the state of Delaware, is lawfully doing business in the jurisdiction where it
operates, and has full power and authority to enter into and perform this Guaranty; (e)
except as may have been disclosed in public filings, there is not now pending against or
affecting the Guarantor, nor, to the knowledge of the Guarantor, is there threatened, any
action, investigation, suit or proceeding by or before any administrative agency which
if adversely determined would materially impair or affect the Guarantor’s financial
condition

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(f) all financial statements and information heretofore furnished to the
Lender by the Guarantor do, and all financial statements and information hereafter furnished
to the Lender by the Guarantor will, fully and accurately present the financial condition of
the Guarantor as of
their dates and the results of the Guarantor’s operations for the periods therein specified, and,
since the date of the most recent financial statements of the Guarantor heretofore furnished to the
Lender, except as heretofore disclosed in public filings, the Guarantor has not incurred any
material liability, direct or indirect, fixed or contingent; (g) after giving effect to this
Guaranty, the Guarantor is solvent, is not engaged or about to engage in business or a transaction
for which the property of the Guarantor is an unreasonably small capital, and does not intend to
incur or believes that it will incur debts that will be beyond its ability to pay as such debts
mature; (h) the Lender has no duty at any time to investigate or inform the Guarantor of the
financial or business condition or affairs of the Borrower or any change therein, and the Guarantor
will keep fully appraised of the Borrower’s financial and business condition; (i) the Guarantor
acknowledges and agrees that the Guarantor may be required to pay and perform the Obligations in
full without assistance or support from the Borrower or any other Person; and (j) the Guarantor has
read and fully understand the provisions contained in the Loan Agreement, the Deed to Secure, and
the other Loan Documents, each of which may be modified, extended, supplemented or extended from
time to time without notice to or consent from the Guarantor and without affecting the obligations
of the Guarantor under this Guaranty.

     The Guarantor’s representations, warranties and covenants are a material inducement to the
Lender to enter into the other Loan Documents and shall survive the execution hereof and any
bankruptcy, foreclosure, transfer of security or other event affecting the Borrower, the
Guarantor, any other party, or any security for all or any part of the Obligations.

     5. Financial information. The Guarantor shall furnish or cause to be furnished to
the Lender upon request any financial statements for Guarantor and any entity related to the
Guarantor containing such information and in such form as Lender may from time to time reasonably
determine, provided the obligations of the Guarantor hereunder have not already terminated.

          Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Guarantor shall furnish to the Lender
financial statements as follows:

          (a) as soon as available, but in no event later than ninety (90) days after the close of its
fiscal year (but in no event earlier than the date such financial statements must be submitted to
governmental authorities), financial statements (all of which financial statements may include, as
requested by the Lender, a balance sheet, income statement, sources and uses of funds for such
fiscal and/or calendar year, projected sources and uses of funds for the coming year, detailed
listing and description of all contingent liabilities, tax returns, written verification of
liquidity and such other supporting schedules and documentation which the Lender may request). All
such financial statements shall be audited by a certified public accountant acceptable to the
Lender in all respects; and

          (b) if requested by the Lender, within forty-five (45) days after the close of its quarterly
business period (but in no event earlier than the date such financial statements must be submitted
to governmental authorities), the financial statements to be filed with applicable governmental
authorities.

     6. Certain Agreements and Waivers by the Guarantor.

          (a) The Guarantor hereby agrees that neither the Lender’s rights or remedies nor the
Obligations shall be released, diminished, impaired, reduced or affected by any one or more of the
following events, actions, facts, or circumstances, and the liability of the Guarantor under this
Guaranty shall be absolute and unconditional irrespective of:

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     (i) any limitation of liability or recourse in any other Loan Document or
arising under any law;

     (ii) any claim or defense that this Guaranty was made without consideration
or is not supported by adequate consideration;

     (iii) the taking or accepting of any other security or guaranty for, or right
of recourse with respect to, any or all of the Obligations;

     (iv) any homestead exemption or other exemption under applicable law;

     (v) any release, surrender, abandonment, exchange, alteration, sale or other
disposition, subordination, deterioration, waste, failure to protect or preserve,
impairment, or loss of, or any failure to create or perfect any lien or security
interest with respect to, or any other dealings with, any collateral or security
at any time existing or purported, believed or expected to exist in connection
with any or all of the Obligations, including any impairment of the Guarantor’s
recourse against any Person or collateral;

     (vi) whether express or by any operation of law, any full or partial release
of the liability of the Guarantor, the Borrower or any other party hereunder or
under any of the other Loan Documents;

     (vii) the death, insolvency, bankruptcy, disability, dissolution,
liquidation, termination, receivership, reorganization, merger, consolidation,
change of form, structure or ownership, sale of all assets, or lack of corporate,
partnership or other power of the Borrower, the Guarantor or any other party at
any time liable for the
payment or performance of any or all of the Obligations;

     (viii) either with or without notice to or consent of the Guarantor, any
renewal, extension, modification or rearrangement of the terms of any or all of the
Obligations and/or any of the Loan Documents, including, without limitation,
material alterations of the terms of payment (including changes in maturity
date(s), interest rate(s) and amortization) or performance or any other terms
thereof, or any waiver, termination, or release of, or consent to departure from,
any of the Loan Documents or any other guaranty of any or all of the Obligations,
or any adjustment, indulgence, forbearance, or compromise that may be granted from
time to time by the Lender to the Borrower, the Guarantor, and/or any other Person
at any time liable for the payment or performance of any or all of the Obligations;

     (ix) any neglect, lack of diligence, delay, omission, failure, or refusal of
the Lender to take or prosecute (or in taking or prosecuting) any action for the
collection or enforcement of any of the Obligations, or to foreclose or take or
prosecute any action to foreclose (or in foreclosing or taking or prosecuting any
action to foreclose) upon any security therefor, or to exercise (or in exercising)
any other right or power with respect to any security therefor, or to take or
prosecute (or in taking or prosecuting) any action in connection with any Loan
Document, or any failure to sell or otherwise dispose of in a commercially
reasonable manner any collateral securing any or all of the Obligations;

     (x) any failure of the Lender to notify the Guarantor of any creation,
renewal, extension, rearrangement, modification, supplement, subordination, or
assignment of the Obligations or any part thereof, or of any Loan Document, or of
any release of or change in any security, or of any other action taken or refrained
from being taken by the
Lender against the Borrower or any security or other recourse, or of any new
agreement between the Lender and the Borrower, it being understood that the Lender
shall not be required to give the Guarantor any notice of any kind under any
circumstances with respect to or in connection with the Obligations,
any and all
rights to notice that the Guarantor may have otherwise had being hereby waived by
the Guarantor;

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     (xi) any refund of any payment by the Borrower or any other party liable for
the payment or performance of any or all of the Obligations;

     (xii) the existence of any claim, set-off, or other right that the Guarantor
may at any time have against the Borrower, the Lender (other than pursuant to a
final judgment), or any other Person, whether or not arising in connection with
this Guaranty or any other Loan Document;

     (xiii) the unenforceability of all or any part of the Obligations against the
Borrower, whether because the Obligations exceed the amount permitted by law or
violate any usury law, or because the act of creating the Obligations, or any part
thereof, is beyond the scope of powers granted, or because the officers or Persons
creating same acted in excess of their authority, or because of a lack of validity
or enforceability of or defect or deficiency in any of the Loan Documents, or
because the Borrower has any valid defense, claim or offset with respect thereto,
or because the Borrower’s obligation ceases to exist by operation of law, or
because of any other reason or circumstance, it being agreed that the Guarantor
shall remain liable hereunder regardless of whether the Borrower or any other
Person are found not liable on the Obligations, or any part thereof, for any reason
(and regardless of any joinder of the Borrower or any other party in any action to
obtain payment or performance of any or all of the Obligations);

     (xiv) any order, ruling or plan of reorganization emanating from proceedings
under Title 11 of the United States Code with respect to the Borrower or any other
Person, including any extension, reduction, composition, or other alteration of the
Obligations, whether or not consented to by the Lender; or

     (xv) any failure to notify the Guarantor of, or obtain the Guarantor’s consent
to, the making of the Loan or any advances thereunder.

     (b) In the event that any payment by the Borrower or any other Person to the Lender
is held to constitute a preference, fraudulent transfer or other voidable payment under
any bankruptcy, insolvency or similar law, or if for any other reason the Lender is
required to refund such payment or pay the amount thereof to any other party, such payment
by the Borrower or any other party to the Lender shall not constitute a release of the
Guarantor from any liability hereunder, and this Guaranty shall continue to be effective
or shall be reinstated (notwithstanding any prior release, surrender or discharge by the
Lender of this Guaranty or of the Guarantor), as the case may be, with respect to, and
this Guaranty shall apply to, any and all amounts so refunded by the Lender or paid by the
Lender to another Person (which amounts shall constitute part of the Obligations), and any
interest paid by the Lender and any reasonable attorneys’ fees, costs and expenses paid or
incurred by the Lender in connection with any such event. It is the intent of the
Guarantor and the Lender that the obligations and liabilities of the Guarantor hereunder
are absolute and unconditional under any and all circumstances and that until the
Obligations are fully and finally paid and performed, and not subject to refund or
disgorgement, the obligations and liabilities of the Guarantor hereunder shall not be
discharged or released, In whole or in part, by any act or occurrence that might, but for
the provisions of this Guaranty, be deemed a legal or equitable discharge or release of
any of the Guarantor
except as otherwise setforth herein.

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The Lender shall be entitled to continue to
hold this Guaranty in its possession for a period of one year from the date the Obligations
are paid and performed in full and for so long thereafter as may be necessary to enforce
any obligation of the Guarantor hereunder and/or to exercise any right or remedy of the
Lender hereunder.

          (c) If acceleration of the time for payment of any amount payable by the Borrower
under the Note or any other Loan Document is stayed or delayed by any law or tribunal, all
such amounts shall nonetheless be payable by the Guarantor on demand by the Lender.

     7. Waiver of Trial by Jury; Consent to Jurisdiction. WITHOUT
INTENDING IN
ANY WAY TO LIMIT THE PARTIES’ AGREEMENT TO ARBITRATE ANY “DISPUTE” (FOR PURPOSES OF THIS
SECTION, AS DEFINED IN THE “DISPUTE RESOLUTION” SECTION) AS SET FORTH IN THIS NOTE,
AGREEMENT, OR GUARANTY, AS APPLICABLE, TO THE EXTENT ANY “DISPUTE” IS NOT SUBMITTED TO
ARBITRATION OR IS DEEMED BY THE ARBITRATOR OR BY ANY COURT WITH JURISDICTION TO BE NOT
ARBITRABLE OR NOT REQUIRED TO BE ARBITRATED, BORROWER AND LENDER WAIVE TRIAL BY JURY IN
RESPECT OF ANY SUCH “DISPUTE” AND ANY ACTION ON SUCH “DISPUTE,” THIS WAIVER IS KNOWINGLY,
WILLINGLY AND VOLUNTARILY MADE BY BORROWER AND LENDER, AND BORROWER AND LENDER HEREBY
REPRESENT THAT NO REPRESENTATIONS OF FACT OR OPINION HAVE BEEN MADE BY ANY PERSON OR
ENTITY TO INDUCE THIS WAIVER OF TRIAL BY JURY OR TO IN ANY WAY MODIFY OR NULLIFY ITS
EFFECT. THIS PROVISION IS A MATERIAL INDUCEMENT FOR THE PARTIES ENTERING INTO THE LOAN
DOCUMENTS. BORROWER AND LENDER ARE EACH HEREBY AUTHORIZED TO FILE A COPY OF THIS SECTION
IN ANY PROCEEDING AS CONCLUSIVE EVIDENCE OF THIS WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL. BORROWER FURTHER
REPRESENTS AND WARRANTS THAT IT HAS BEEN REPRESENTED IN THE SIGNING OF THIS NOTE,
AGREEMENT, OR GUARANTY, AS APPLICABLE, AND IN THE MAKING OF THIS WAIVER BY INDEPENDENT
LEGAL COUNSEL, OR HAS HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE REPRESENTED BY INDEPENDENT LEGAL COUNSEL
SELECTED OF ITS OWN FREE WILL, AND THAT IT HAS HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO DISCUSS THIS WAIVER
WITH COUNSEL.

          The Guarantor irrevocably submits to the nonexclusive jurisdiction of any state or
federal court sitting in the Jurisdiction of Choice over any suit, action or proceeding
arising out of, or relating to, this Guaranty, and irrevocably agrees that all claims in
respect of such action or proceeding may be heard and determined in such state or federal
court. The Guarantor irrevocably waives, to the fullest extent permitted by law, any
objection that the Guarantor may now or hereafter have to the laying of venue of any such
suit, action or proceeding brought in any such court, and any claims that any such suit,
action or proceeding is brought in an inconvenient forum. Final judgment in any such suit,
action or proceeding brought in any such court shall be conclusive and binding upon the
Guarantor and may be enforced in any court in which the Guarantor are subject to
jurisdiction, by a suit upon such judgment provided that service of process is effected
upon the Guarantor as provided in the Loan Documents or as otherwise permitted by
applicable law.

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     8. Dispute Resolution.

     (a) Arbitration. Except to the extent expressly provided below, any
Dispute shall, upon the request of either party, be determined by binding arbitration in
accordance with the
Federal Arbitration Act, Title 9, United States Code (or if not applicable, the
applicable state
law), the then-current rules for arbitration of financial services disputes of the
American Arbitration Association or any successor thereof (“AAA”) and the “Special Rules”
set forth below. “Dispute” means any controversy, claim or dispute between or among the
parties to this Note, Agreement, or Guaranty, as applicable, including any controversy,
claim or dispute arising out of or relating to (a) this Note, Agreement, or Guaranty, as
applicable, (b) any other Loan Documents, (c) any related agreements or instruments, or
(d) the transaction contemplated herein or therein (including any claim based on or
arising from an alleged personal injury or business tort), in the event of any
inconsistency, the Special Rules shall control. The filing of a court action is not
intended to constitute a waiver of the right of Borrower or Lender, including the suing
party, thereafter to require submittal of the Dispute to arbitration. Any party to this
Note, Agreement, or Guaranty, as applicable, may bring an action, including a summary or
expedited proceeding, to compel arbitration of any Dispute in any court having
jurisdiction over such action. For the purposes of this Dispute Resolution Section only,
the terms “party” and “parties” shall include any parent corporation, subsidiary or
affiliate of Lender involved in the servicing, management or administration of any
obligation described in or evidenced by this Note, Agreement, or Guaranty, as applicable,
together with the officers, employees, successors and assigns of each of the foregoing.

     (b) Special Rules.

     (i) The arbitration shall be conducted in any U.S. state where real or
tangible
personal property collateral is located, or if there is no such collateral, in the
City and County where Lender is located pursuant to its address for notice
purposes in this Note, Agreement, or Guaranty, as applicable.

     (ii) The arbitration shall be administered by AAA, who will appoint an
arbitrator. If AAA is unwilling or unable to administer or legally precluded from
administering the arbitration, or if AAA is unwilling or unable to enforce or
legally precluded from enforcing any and all provisions of this Dispute Resolution
Section, the any party to this Note, Agreement, or Guaranty, as applicable, may
substitute another arbitration organization that has similar procedures to AAA and
that will observe and enforce any and all provisions of this Dispute Resolution
Section. All Disputes shall be determined by one arbitrator; however, if the amount
in controversy in a Dispute exceeds Five Million Dollars ($5,000,000), upon the
request of any party, the Dispute shall be decided by three arbitrators (for
purposes of this Note, Agreement, or Guaranty, as applicable, referred to
collectively as the “arbitrator”).

     (iii) All arbitration hearings will be commenced within ninety (90) days of
the demand for arbitration and completed within ninety (90) days from the date of
commencement; provided, however, that upon a showing of good cause, the arbitrator
shall be permitted to extend the commencement of such hearing for up to an
additional sixty (60) days.

     (iv) The judgment and the award, if any, of the arbitrator shall be issued
within thirty (30) days of the close of the hearing. The arbitrator shall provide a
concise written statement setting forth the reasons for the judgment and for the
award, if any. The arbitration award, if any, may be submitted to any court having
jurisdiction to be confirmed and enforced, and such confirmation and enforcement
shall not be subject to arbitration.

     (v) The arbitrator will give effect to statutes of limitations and any waivers
thereof in determining the disposition of any Dispute and may dismiss one or more
claims in the arbitration on the basis that such claim or claims is or are barred.

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For
purposes of the application of the statute of limitations, the service on AAA under
applicable AAA rules of a notice of Dispute is the equivalent of the filing of a lawsuit.

     (vi) Any dispute concerning this arbitration provision, including any such dispute as
to the validity or enforceability of this provision, or whether a Dispute is arbitrable,
shall be determined by the arbitrator; provided, however, that the arbitrator shall not be
permitted to vary the express provisions of these Special Rules or the Reservations of
Rights in subsection (c) below.

     (vii) The arbitrator shall have the power to award legal fees and costs pursuant to
the terms of this Note, Agreement, or Guaranty, as applicable,

     (viii) The arbitration will take place on an individual basis without reference to,
resort to, or consideration of any form of class or class action.

     (c) Reservations of Rights. Nothing in this Note, Agreement, or Guaranty, as
applicable, shall be deemed to (i) limit the applicability of any otherwise applicable statutes of
limitation and any waivers contained in this Note, Agreement, or Guaranty, as applicable, or (ii)
apply to or limit the right of Lender (A) to exercise self help remedies such as (but not limited
to) setoff, or (B) to foreclose judicially or nonjudicially against any real or personal property
collateral, or to exercise judicial or nonjudicial power of sale rights, (C) to obtain from a
court provisional or ancillary remedies such as (but not limited to) injunctive relief, writ of
possession, prejudgment attachment, or the appointment of a receiver, or (D) to pursue rights
against a party to this Note, Agreement, or Guaranty, as applicable, in a third-party proceeding
in any action brought against Lender in a state, federal or international court, tribunal or
hearing body (including actions in specialty courts, such as bankruptcy and patent courts). Lender
may exercise the rights set forth in clauses (A) through (D), inclusive, before, during or after
the pendency of any arbitration proceeding brought pursuant to this Note, Agreement, or Guaranty,
as applicable. Neither the exercise of self help remedies nor the institution or maintenance of an
action for foreclosure or provisional or ancillary remedies shall constitute a waiver of the right
of any party, including the claimant in any such action, to arbitrate the merits of the Dispute
occasioning resort to such remedies. No provision in the Loan Documents regarding submission to
jurisdiction and/or venue in any court is intended or shall be construed to be in derogation of
the provisions in any Loan Document for arbitration of any Dispute.

     (d) Conflicting Provisions for Dispute Resolution. If there is any conflict between
the terms, conditions and provisions of this Section and those of any other provision or agreement
for arbitration or dispute resolution, the terms, conditions and provisions of this Section shall
prevail as to any Dispute arising out of or relating to (i) this Note, Agreement, or Guaranty, as
applicable, (ii) any other Loan Document, (iii) any related agreements or instruments, or (iv) the
transaction contemplated herein or therein (including any claim based on or arising from an
alleged personal injury or business tort). In any other situation, if the resolution of a given
Dispute is specifically governed by another provision or agreement for arbitration or dispute
resolution, the other provision or agreement shall prevail with respect to said Dispute.

     (e) Jury Trial Waiver in Arbitration. By agreeing to this Section, the parties
irrevocably and voluntarily waive any right they may have to a trial by jury in respect of any
Dispute.

     9. Attorneys’ Fees and Costs of Collection. The Guarantor shall pay on demand
all attorneys’ fees and all other costs and expenses incurred by the Lender in the enforcement of
or preservation of the Lender’s rights under this Guaranty. The Guarantor’s obligations and
liabilities under this Section 9 shall survive any payment or discharge in full of the
Obligations.

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     10. Term of Guaranty. This Guaranty shall continue in effect until such time
as the Obligations have been fully and finally paid and performed, except that, and
notwithstanding any return of this Guaranty to the Guarantor, this Guaranty shall continue
in effect (a) with respect to any of the Obligations that survive after expiration or
termination of the Loan, (b) with respect to all obligations and liabilities of the
Guarantor for indemnification and for the payment of all costs and expenses, as provided
herein, and (c) as provided herein with respect to preferential, fraudulent or other
voidable payments or other transfers.

     11. Subordination. If, for any reason whatsoever, the Borrower is now or
hereafter becomes indebted to the Guarantor:

          (a) such indebtedness and all interest thereon and all liens, security interests and
rights now or hereafter existing with respect to property of the Borrower securing same
shall, at all times, be subordinate in all respects to the Obligations and to all liens,
security interests and rights now or hereafter existing to secure the Obligations; and

          (b) The Guarantor shall not be entitled to enforce or receive payment, directly or
indirectly, of any such indebtedness of the Borrower to the Guarantor until the
Obligations have been fully and finally paid and performed. Notwithstanding the foregoing,
the Guarantor may receive payments upon close-out of any Project with regard to loans made
by the Guarantor to the owner of any such Project, or with regard to loans made to
Borrower on behalf of the owner of any such Project. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the
Guarantor may receive payments from Borrower in the form of salaries or shareholder or
member dividends.

     12. Subrogation. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein
(a) the Guarantor shall not have any right of subrogation in or under any of the Loan
Documents or to participate in any way therein, or in any right, title or interest in and
to any security or right of recourse for the Indebtedness, until the later of the date on
which the Indebtedness has been fully and finally paid, or the Loan has expired or been
terminated, and (b) if the Guarantor is or becomes an “insider” (as defined in Section 101
of the United States Bankruptcy Code) with respect to the Borrower, then the Guarantor
hereby irrevocably and absolutely waives any and all rights of contribution,
indemnification, reimbursement or any similar rights against the Borrower with respect to
this Guaranty (including any right of subrogation, except to the extent of collateral held
by the Lender), whether such rights arise under an express or implied contract or by
operation of law. It is the intention of the parties that the Guarantor shall not be
deemed to be a “creditor” (as defined in Section 101 of the United States Bankruptcy Code)
of the Borrower by reason of the existence of this Guaranty in the event that the Borrower
or the Guarantor becomes a debtor in any proceeding under the United States Bankruptcy
code.

     13. Notices. Unless specifically provided otherwise, any notice for purposes
of this Guaranty shall be given in writing or by telecopier transmission and shall be
addressed or delivered to the respective addresses set forth at the end of this Guaranty,
or to such other address as may have been previously designated by the intended recipient
by notice given in accordance with this Section. If sent by prepaid, registered or
certified mail (return receipt requested), the notice shall be deemed effective when the
receipt is signed or when the attempted initial delivery is refused or cannot be made
because of a change in address of which the sending party has not been notified; and if
transmitted by telecopier or personal delivery, the notice shall be effective when
received. No notice of change of address shall be effective except upon actual receipt.

     14. Cumulative Rights. The exercise by the Lender of any right or
remedy
hereunder or under any other Loan Document, or at law or in equity, shall not preclude the
concurrent or subsequent exercise of any other right or remedy.

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The Lender
shall have all rights, remedies and recourses afforded to the Lender by reason of this
Guaranty or any other Loan Document or by law or equity or otherwise, and the same shall be
cumulative and concurrent and are intended to be, and shall be, nonexclusive. No waiver of
any default on the part of the Guarantor or of any breach of any of the provisions of this
Guaranty or of any other document shall be considered a waiver of any other or subsequent
default or breach, and no delay or omission in exercising or enforcing the rights and
powers granted herein or in any other document shall be construed as a waiver of such
rights and powers, and no exercise or enforcement of any rights or powers hereunder or
under any other document shall be held to exhaust such rights and powers, and every such
right and power may be exercised from time to time. No provision of this Guaranty or any
right, remedy or recourse of the Lender with respect hereto, or any default or breach, can
be waived, nor can this Guaranty or the Guarantor be released or discharged in any way or
to any extent, except specifically in each case by a writing intended for that purpose (and
which refers specifically to this Guaranty) executed, and delivered to the Guarantor, by
the Lender, except as otherwise provided herein.

     15. Disclosure of Information. The Lender may sell or offer to sell the Loan
or an interest in the Loan to one or more assignees or participants and may disclose to
any such assignee or participant or prospective assignee or participant any information
the Lender has pertaining to the Loan, the Obligations, this Guaranty, or the Guarantor.
The Lender also may disclose any such information to any regulatory body having
jurisdiction over the Lender and to any agent or attorney of the Lender and in such other
circumstances and to such other parties as necessary or appropriate in the Lender’s
reasonable judgment.

     16. Governing Law; Forum. This Guaranty is an agreement executed under seal,
and its validity, enforcement, and interpretation, shall for all purposes be governed by
and construed in accordance with the laws of the state of Georgia [CONFIRM] and applicable
United States federal law, and is intended to be performed in accordance with, and only to
the extent permitted by, such laws. If the Guarantor is a corporation, the designation
“(SEAL)” on this Guaranty shall be effective as the affixing of Guarantor’s corporate seal
physically to this Guaranty. All obligations of the Guarantor hereunder are payable and
performable at the place or places where the Obligations are payable and performable. The
Guarantor hereby irrevocably submits generally and unconditionally for the Guarantor and
in respect of the Guarantor respective property to the jurisdiction of any state court,
or any United States federal court, sitting in the state in which any of the Land is
located, over any suit, action or proceeding arising out of or relating to this Guaranty
or the Obligations. The Guarantor hereby irrevocably waives, to the fullest extent
permitted by law, any objection that the Guarantor may now or hereafter have to the laying
of venue in any such court and any claim that any such court is an inconvenient forum.

     17. Counterparts. This Guaranty may be executed in multiple counterparts,
each of which, for all purposes, shall be deemed an original, and all of which together
shall constitute one and the same agreement.

     18. Miscellaneous. This Guaranty embodies the entire agreement between the
Lender and the Guarantor with respect to the guaranty by the Guarantor of the Obligations.
This Guaranty supersedes all prior agreements and understandings, if any, with respect to
guaranty by the Guarantor of the Obligations. This Guaranty may not be modified, amended
or superseded except in a writing signed by the Lender and the Guarantor referencing this
Guaranty by its date and specifically identifying the portions hereof that are to be
modified, amended or superseded. This Guaranty is binding not only on the Guarantor, but
also on the Guarantor’s heirs, personal representatives, successors and assigns. If any
provision of this Guaranty or the application thereof to any Person or circumstance shall,
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any extent, be declared to be invalid or unenforceable, neither the remaining
provisions of this Guaranty nor the application of such provision to any other Person or
circumstance shall be affected thereby, and the remaining provisions of this Guaranty, or
the applicability of such provision to other Persons or circumstances, as applicable,
shall remain in effect and be
enforceable to the maximum extent permitted by applicable law.

     19. Original Guaranty. Guarantor acknowledges that this Guaranty is given in
substitution for, and amends, modifies and restates, and as amended, modified and
restated, replaces the Original Guaranty. It is expressly understood and agreed that this
Guaranty is given in replacement of the Original Guaranty, and that no obligations or
liabilities evidenced by the Original Guaranty shall be discharged, cancelled or impaired
by the execution and delivery of this Agreement. To the extent any of the terms of the
Original Guaranty and this Guaranty conflict, the terms of this Guaranty will govern.

[SIGNATURES ON THE FOLLOWING PAGE]

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     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Guarantor duly executed and delivered this
Guaranty, intending that it be an instrument under seal, as of the date first
written above.

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	WITNESS:	 	GUARANTOR:
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 	COMSTOCK HOMEBUILDING COMPANIES,
 INC., a Delaware corporation.
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	By:

	 	/s/ Bruce Labovitz
	 	
	 	By: /s/ Christopher Clemente

	 

	 	 

	 	 	 	 

	 

	 	Print Name: Bruce Labovitz
	 	 	 	Print Name: Christopher Clemente

	 

	 	Print Title: CFO
	 	 	 	Print Title: CEO

	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	(Seal)	 	ADDRESS OF GUARANTOR:
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 	11465 Sunset Hills Road
	 	 	 	 	5th Floor
	 	 	 	 	Reston, Virginia 20190
	 	 	 	 	Attention: Mr. Christopher Clemente

ADDRESS OF LENDER:

Bank of America, N.A.

Attn: Loan Administration, Ladreda Spencer

101 E. Kennedy Boulevard (7th Floor)

Tampa, FL 33602

Fax (813) 225-8322

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