POWER OF ATTORNEY



Know all by these presents, that the undersigned hereby constitutes and appoints Juanita

I. Kerrigan the undersigned's true and lawful attorney-in-fact to:



(1) execute for and on behalf of the undersigned, in the undersigned's capacity as a

director of Avatar Holdings Inc. (the "Company"), Forms 3, 4 and 5 in accordance with

Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the rules thereunder, and any

other forms or reports the undersigned may be required to file in connection with the

undersigned's ownership, acquisition, or disposition of securities of the Company;



(2) do and perform any and all acts for and on behalf of the undersigned which may be

necessary or desirable to complete and execute any such Form 3, 4 or 5, or other form or

report with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission and any stock

exchange or similar authority; and



(3) take any other action of any type whatsoever in connection with the foregoing which,

in the opinion of such attorney-in-fact, may be of benefit to, in the best interest of, or

legally required by, the undersigned, it being understood that the documents executed by

such attorney-in-fact on behalf of the undersigned pursuant to this Power of Attorney

shall be in such form and shall contain such terms and conditions as such attorney-in-fact

may approve in such attorney-in-fact's discretion.



The undersigned hereby grants to such attorney-in-fact full power and authority to do and

perform any and every act and thing whatsoever requisite, necessary, or proper to be done

in the exercise of any of the rights and powers herein granted, as fully to all intents and

purposes as the undersigned might or could do if personally present, with full power of

substitution or revocation, hereby ratifying and confirming all that such attorney-in-fact,

or such attorney-in-fact's substitute or substitutes, shall lawfully do or cause to be done

by virtue of this power of attorney and the rights and powers herein granted.  The

undersigned acknowledges that the foregoing attorney-in-fact, in serving in such capacity

at the request of the undersigned, is not assuming, nor is the Company assuming, any of

the undersigned's responsibilities to comply with Section 16 of the Securities Exchange

Act of 1934.



This Power of Attorney shall remain in full force and effect until the undersigned is no

longer required to file Forms 3, 4 and 5 with respect to the undersigned's holdings of and

transactions in securities issued by the Company, unless earlier revoked by the

undersigned in a signed writing delivered to the foregoing attorney-in-fact.



IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Power of Attorney to be

executed as of this 25th day of May 2006.





     Signature:  /s/ Roger W. Einiger





STATE OF FLORIDA  )

    ss:

COUNTY OF MIAMI-DADE )



I HEREBY CERTIFY that Roger W. Einiger, who is personally known to me and who did not take an oath, executed the foregoing Power of Attorney in my presence for the purpose therein expressed this 25th day of May, 2006.





     Signature:   /s/ Gloria P. Alfonso

     Notary Public, STATE OF FLORIDA





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