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                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             Washington, D.C. 20549

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                                    FORM 8-K
                             CURRENT REPORT PURSUANT
                          TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE
                         SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

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        Date of Report (Date of Earliest Event Reported): August 17, 2004

                              AVATAR HOLDINGS INC.
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             (Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)

                                    Delaware
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                 (State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation)

         0-7616                                         23-1739078
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(Commission File Number)                    (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)

           201 Alhambra Circle
          Coral Gables, Florida                                   33134
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(Address of Principal Executive Offices)                        (Zip Code)

                                 (305) 442-7000
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              (Registrant's Telephone Number, Including Area Code)

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          (Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)

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Item 9. Regulation FD Disclosure

      On August 17, 2004 Avatar Holdings Inc.  issued a press release  reporting
on the Impact from Hurricane  Charley.  A copy of that press release is attached
hereto as Exhibit 99.1, and is incorporated herein by reference.

      The information in this report, including the exhibit hereto, shall not be
deemed to be  "filed"  for the  purposes  of Section  18 of the  Securities  and
Exchange Act of 1934, or otherwise  subject to the  liabilities of that Section.
The  information  in this report,  including  the exhibit  hereto,  shall not be
incorporated  by  reference  into any  filing  of the  registrant  with the SEC,
whether  made  before  or  after  the date  hereof,  regardless  of any  general
incorporation  language  in such  filings  (unless the  registrant  specifically
states that the information or exhibit in this particular report is incorporated
by reference).



                                    SIGNATURE

      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 hereunto duly authorized.

                                         AVATAR HOLDINGS INC.

                                         By: /s/ Juanita I. Kerrigan
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                                             Name: Juanita I. Kerrigan
                                             Title: Vice President and Secretary

Date: August 17, 2004