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                                                                    EXHIBIT 10.7

                                 FIFTH AMENDMENT
                          TO THIRD AMENDED AND RESTATED
                          WAREHOUSING CREDIT AGREEMENT

            This FIFTH AMENDMENT TO THIRD AMENDED AND RESTATED WAREHOUSING
CREDIT AGREEMENT (this "Amendment"), made and entered into as of February 1,
2006 (the "Effective Date"), by and among HOMEAMERICAN MORTGAGE CORPORATION, a
Colorado corporation ("Borrower"), the financial institutions which are
signatories to the Credit Agreement (as defined below) (each a "Bank" and
collectively, the "Banks"), and U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as agent for the
Banks (in such capacity, together with any successor agents appointed hereunder,
the "Agent").

                                    RECITALS

            1. The Borrower, the Agent and the Banks entered into a Third
Amended and Restated Warehousing Credit Agreement dated as of October 23, 2003,
as amended by a First Amendment to Third Amended and Restated Warehousing Credit
Agreement dated as of February 27, 2004, a Second Amendment to Third Amended and
Restated Warehousing Credit Agreement dated as of September 28, 2004, an
Agreement to Increase Commitment Amount dated as of December 22, 2004, a Second
Agreement to Increase Commitment Amount dated as of September 23, 2005, a Third
Amendment to Third Amended and Restated Warehousing Credit Agreement dated as of
September 28, 2005 and a Fourth Amendment to Third Amended and Restated
Warehousing Credit Agreement dated as of December 15, 2005 (as amended, the
"Credit Agreement"); and

            2. The Borrower desires to amend certain provisions of the Credit
Agreement and the Banks and the Agent are willing to do so upon the terms and
subject to the conditions of this Amendment.

                                    AGREEMENT

            NOW, THEREFORE, for good and valuable consideration, the receipt and
adequacy of which are hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto hereby covenant
and agree to be bound as follows:

            SECTION 1. CAPITALIZED TERMS. Capitalized terms used herein and not
otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings assigned to them in the Credit
Agreement, unless the context shall otherwise require.

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            SECTION 2. AMENDMENTS TO CREDIT AGREEMENT.

            2.1 Leverage Ratio. Section 4.13 of the Credit Agreement is deleted
      in its entirety and the following is substituted in lieu thereof:

                4.13 Leverage Ratio. Not permit the Leverage Ratio to exceed 12
            to 1 at any time.

            2.2 Schedule of Warehousing Commitment Amounts. Schedule 1.01(b) of
      the Credit Agreement is hereby amended and restated in its entirety to
      read as set forth in Exhibit A hereto.

            2.3 Borrowing Base/Compliance Certificate. Schedule 4.01(e) to the
      Credit Agreement is hereby amended to read as set forth on Exhibit B
      hereto.

            SECTION 3. EFFECTIVENESS OF AMENDMENTS. The amendment contained in
this Amendment shall become effective upon delivery by the Borrower to the Agent
of, and compliance by the Borrower with, the following:

            3.1 This Amendment duly executed by the Borrower and the Required
      Banks.

            3.2 A certificate of the Secretary or Assistant Secretary of the
      Borrower (i) certifying that there has been no amendment to the Articles
      of Incorporation or Bylaws of the Borrower since true and accurate copies
      of the same were last delivered to the Agent with certificates of the
      Secretary of the Borrower, and (ii) confirming that a resolution of the
      Board of Directors of the Borrower authorizes the execution, delivery and
      performance of this Amendment, and any other documents executed in
      connection herewith (the "Amendment Documents"), and identifying the
      officers of the Borrower authorized to sign the Amendment Documents.

            3.3 The Borrower shall have satisfied such other conditions as
      specified by the Agent, including payment of all unpaid legal fees and
      expenses incurred by the Agent through the date of this Amendment in
      connection with the Credit Agreement and the Amendment Documents.

            SECTION 4. REPRESENTATIONS, WARRANTIES, AUTHORITY, NO ADVERSE CLAIM.

            4.1 Reassertion of Representations and Warranties, No Default. The
      Borrower represents that on and as of the date hereof and after giving
      effect to this Amendment (a) all of the representations and warranties
      contained in the Credit Agreement are true, correct and complete in all
      respects as of the date hereof as though made on and as of such date,
      except for changes permitted by the terms of the Credit Agreement, and (b)
      there will exist no Unmatured Event of Default or Event of Default under
      the Credit Agreement as amended by this Amendment on such date.

            4.2 Authority, No Conflict, No Consent Required. The Borrower
      represents and warrants that it has the power and legal right and
      authority to enter into the Amendment Documents and has duly authorized as
      appropriate the execution and delivery of the Amendment Documents and
      other agreements and documents executed

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      and delivered by it in connection herewith or therewith by proper
      corporate action, and none of the Amendment Documents nor the agreements
      contained herein or therein contravenes or constitutes a default under any
      agreement, instrument or indenture to which the Borrower is a party or a
      signatory or a provision of the Borrower's Articles of Incorporation,
      Bylaws or any other agreement or requirement of law, or result in the
      imposition of any Lien on any property of the Borrower under any agreement
      binding on or applicable to the Borrower or any of its property except, if
      any, in favor of the Banks. The Borrower represents and warrants that no
      consent, approval or authorization of or registration or declaration with
      any Person, including but not limited to any governmental authority, is
      required in connection with the execution and delivery by the Borrower of
      the Amendment Documents or other agreements and documents executed and
      delivered by the Borrower in connection therewith or the performance of
      obligations of the Borrower therein described, except for those which the
      Borrower has obtained or provided and as to which the Borrower has
      delivered certified copies of documents evidencing each such action to the
      Agent.

            4.3 No Adverse Claim. The Borrower warrants, acknowledges and agrees
      that no events have taken place and no circumstances exist at the date
      hereof that would give the Borrower a basis to assert a defense, offset or
      counterclaim to any claim of the Banks with respect to the Secured
      Obligations.

            SECTION 5. AFFIRMATION OF CREDIT AGREEMENT, FURTHER REFERENCES,
AFFIRMATION OF SECURITY INTEREST. The Agent, the Banks and the Borrower each
acknowledge and affirm that the Credit Agreement, as hereby amended, is hereby
ratified and confirmed in all respects and all terms, conditions and provisions
of the Credit Agreement, except as amended by this Amendment, shall remain
unmodified and in full force and effect. All references in any document or
instrument to the Credit Agreement are hereby amended and shall refer to the
Credit Agreement as amended by this Amendment. The Borrower confirms to the
Agent and the Banks that the Secured Obligations are and continue to be secured
by the security interest granted by the Borrower in favor of the Agent for the
benefit of the Banks under the Pledge and Security Agreement, and all of the
terms, conditions, provisions, agreements, requirements, promises, obligations,
duties, covenants and representations of the Borrower under such documents and
any and all other documents and agreements entered into with respect to the
obligations under the Credit Agreement are incorporated herein by reference and
are hereby ratified and affirmed in all respects by the Borrower.

            SECTION 6. SUCCESSORS. The Amendment Documents shall be binding upon
the Borrower, the Banks and the Agent and their respective successors and
assigns, and shall inure to the benefit of the Borrower, the Banks and the Agent
and the successors and assigns of the Banks and the Agent.

            SECTION 7. LEGAL EXPENSES. As provided in Section 8.03 of the Credit
Agreement, the Borrower agrees to reimburse the Agent, upon execution of this
Amendment, for all reasonable out-of-pocket expenses, including filing and
recording costs and fees, charges and disbursements of outside counsel to the
Agent (determined on the basis of such counsel's generally applicable rates,
which may be higher than the rates such counsel charges the Agent in certain
matters) and/or the allocated costs of in-house counsel incurred from time to
time, incurred in connection with the Credit Agreement, including in connection
with the negotiation,

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preparation and execution of the Amendment Documents and all other documents
negotiated, prepared and executed in connection with the Amendment Documents,
and in enforcing the obligations of the Borrower under the Amendment Documents,
and to pay and save the Banks harmless from all liability for, any stamp or
other taxes which may be payable with respect to the execution or delivery of
the Amendment Documents, which obligations of the Borrower shall survive any
termination of the Credit Agreement.

            SECTION 8. COUNTERPARTS. The Amendment Documents may be executed in
several counterparts as deemed necessary or convenient, each of which, when so
executed, shall be deemed an original, provided that all such counterparts shall
be regarded as one and the same document, and either party to the Amendment
Documents may execute any such agreement by executing a counterpart of such
agreement.

            SECTION 9. GOVERNING LAW. THE AMENDMENT DOCUMENTS SHALL BE GOVERNED
BY THE INTERNAL LAWS OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA, WITHOUT GIVING EFFECT TO
CONFLICT OF LAW PRINCIPLES THEREOF, BUT GIVING EFFECT TO FEDERAL LAWS APPLICABLE
TO NATIONAL BANKS, THEIR HOLDING COMPANIES AND THEIR AFFILIATES.

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            IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Amendment to
be executed as of the date and year first above written.

                          HOMEAMERICAN MORTGAGE CORPORATION

                          By:               /s/ John J. Heaney
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                          Name:             John J. Heaney
                          Title:            Senior Vice President and Treasurer

               (Signature Page to Fifth Amendment to Third Amended
              and Restated Warehousing Credit Agreement - Borrower)

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                          U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as
                          Agent and as a Bank

                          By:               /s/ David R. Peterson
                               -------------------------------------------------
                          Name:             David R. Peterson
                          Title:            Senior Vice President

               (Signature Page to Fifth Amendment to Third Amended
             and Restated Warehousing Credit Agreement - U.S. Bank)
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                                    JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, successor
                                    by merger to BANK ONE, N.A., as a Bank

                                    By:               /s/ R. Britt Langford
                                       ---------------------------------------
                                    Name:             R. Britt Langford
                                         -------------------------------------
                                    Title:            Senior Vice President
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               (Signature Page to Fifth Amendment to Third Amended
        and Restated Warehousing Credit Agreement - JPMorgan Chase Bank)

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                                    GUARANTY BANK, F.S.B. as a Bank

                                    By:               /s/ Doug Dixon
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                                    Name:             Doug Dixon
                                         ------------------------------------
                                    Title:            SVP
                                          -----------------------------------

               (Signature Page to Fifth Amendment to Third Amended
           and Restated Warehousing Credit Agreement - Guaranty Bank)

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                                    COMERICA BANK, as a Bank

                                    By:               /s/ Heather Slapak
                                       ---------------------------------------
                                    Name:             Heather Slapak
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                                    Title:            Vice President
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               (Signature Page to Fifth Amendment to Third Amended
           and Restated Warehousing Credit Agreement - Comerica Bank)

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                                    WASHINGTON MUTUAL BANK, FA, as a Bank

                                    By:               /s/ Brad Johnson
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                                    Name:             Brad Johnson
                                         -------------------------------------
                                    Title:             Vice President
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               (Signature Page to Fifth Amendment to Third Amended
       and Restated Warehousing Credit Agreement - Washington Mutual Bank)<PAGE>

                                                                   EXHIBIT 10.37
                                    AMENDMENT
                                       TO
                    M.D.C. HOLDINGS, INC. 401(K) SAVINGS PLAN
                         (as Effective January 1, 1997)

      Effective as of January 1, 1997, M.D.C. Holdings, Inc., a Delaware
corporation (the "Employer") established the M.D.C. Holdings, Inc. 401(k)
Savings Plan (the "Plan"). Pursuant to Section 13.02 of the Plan, the Plan is
hereby amended through the amendment of the Non-Standardized Adoption Agreement
(the "Adoption Agreement") and the Defined Contribution Prototype Plan (the
"Plan Document") for the Plan as set forth below, effective as of March 28,
2005:

                                   AMENDMENT:

1. Section 6.01(a)(1) of the Plan Document is hereby amended by adding the
following to the end thereof:

            In the event of a mandatory distribution greater than $1,000 under
      this Section 6.01(A)(1), if the Participant does not elect to have the
      distribution paid directly to an eligible retirement plan specified by the
      Participant in a direct rollover (in accordance with the Plan rollover
      provisions) or to receive the distribution directly, then the
      Administrator shall pay the distribution in a direct rollover to an
      individual retirement plan designated by the Administrator.

                                      * * *

      IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Plan has been amended effective as of March 28,
2005. The persons executing this Amendment represent that they are duly
authorized to do so.

                                              M.D.C. HOLDINGS, INC.

Attest:

   /s/ Dona C. Snader                         By:     /s/ Paris G. Reece III
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                                                  Its EVP & CFO

                                              Date: 3/29/05

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                                              AMVESCAP NATIONAL TRUST COMPANY

Attest:
____________________________                  By:     /s/ Scott Kiper
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                                                  Its Trust Officer

                                              Date: 5-16-05

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