UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

FORM 8-K/A

CURRENT REPORT
PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE
SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

M.D.C. Holdings, Inc.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Delaware		1-8951		84-0622967
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)		(Commission file number)		(I.R.S. employer identification no.)

(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip code)

Not Applicable

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

ITEM 5.02		DEPARTURE OF DIRECTORS OR PRINCIPAL OFFICERS; ELECTION OF DIRECTORS; APPOINTMENT OF PRINCIPAL OFFICERS
ITEM 8.01		OTHER EVENTS
SIGNATURES

ITEM 5.02		DEPARTURE OF DIRECTORS OR PRINCIPAL OFFICERS; ELECTION OF DIRECTORS; APPOINTMENT OF PRINCIPAL OFFICERS; and

ITEM 8.01		OTHER EVENTS

     As previously reported on a Form 8-K filed on April 26, 2006 (the “Form 8-K”), the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of M.D.C. Holdings, Inc. (the “Company”) increased the number of directors on the Board from seven to eight and appointed Michael A. Berman as a Class I Director to fill the vacancy on the Board, with a term expiring in 2007. The Board determined that Mr. Berman has no material relationship with the Company, that he is independent is independent under the rules of the Securities and Exchange Commission and the New York Stock Exchange (the “NYSE”), that he constitutes an “outside director” under Section 162(m) of the Internal Revenue Code and the regulations thereunder, and that, in the Board’s business judgment, Mr. Berman is “financially literate” as provided in the rules of the NYSE.

     This Amendment No. 1 to the Form 8-K is being filed to report that, on October 23, 2006, and effective as of that date, the Board appointed Mr. Berman as an additional member of the Company’s Audit Committee.

SIGNATURES

     Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned thereunto duly authorized.