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    <periodOfReport>2022-02-03</periodOfReport>

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        <issuerName>M.D.C. HOLDINGS, INC.</issuerName>
        <issuerTradingSymbol>MDC</issuerTradingSymbol>
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            <rptOwnerName>MIZEL LARRY A</rptOwnerName>
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            <rptOwnerStreet1>4350 S. MONACO ST.</rptOwnerStreet1>
            <rptOwnerStreet2>SUITE 500</rptOwnerStreet2>
            <rptOwnerCity>DENVER</rptOwnerCity>
            <rptOwnerState>CO</rptOwnerState>
            <rptOwnerZipCode>80237</rptOwnerZipCode>
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            <officerTitle>Executive Chairman</officerTitle>
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                <directOrIndirectOwnership>
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                <natureOfOwnership>
                    <value>By Ari Capital Partners, LLLP</value>
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                <directOrIndirectOwnership>
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                <natureOfOwnership>
                    <value>By Cascia Holdings, LLC</value>
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                <directOrIndirectOwnership>
                    <value>I</value>
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                <natureOfOwnership>
                    <value>By Cheston Enterprises Trust</value>
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                <directOrIndirectOwnership>
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                <natureOfOwnership>
                    <value>By CGM Capital, LLLP</value>
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    <footnotes>
        <footnote id="F1">Restricted stock vesting -- share withholding pursuant to irrevocable election made outside of blackout periods.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F2">Shares of restricted stock granted on February 3, 2022 for no cash consideration pursuant to the Company's 2021 Equity Incentive Plan and a Restricted Stock Agreement.  The restrictions will lapse as to 33-1/3% of the shares over three years starting with the first anniversary of the grant date.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F3">Vesting of Performance Share Unit (PSU) award originally granted on August 5, 2019.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F4">PSU vesting - share withholding pursuant to irrevocable election made outside blackout periods.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F5">Closing price on February 3, 2022.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F6">Closing price on February 4, 2022.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F7">Reporting Person may be deemed to have beneficial ownership of the shares held by M&amp;G Growth, LLC (&quot;M&amp;G&quot;). M&amp;G is owned 0.1% by Reporting Person's spouse and 99.9% by trusts. Reporting Person's spouse is the manager of M&amp;G.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F8">These trusts hold a 99.9% ownership interest in M&amp;G.  Reporting Person may be deemed to have beneficial ownership of the shares held by these trusts, of which Reporting Person is the grantor, Reporting Person's spouse is the trustee and Reporting Person's grandchildren are beneficiaries.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F9">Reporting Person may be deemed to have beneficial ownership of the shares held by Ari Capital Partners, LLLP (&quot;Ari Capital&quot;).  The sole general partner of Ari Capital is CVentures, Inc. (&quot;CVentures&quot;), a corporation, which has approximately a 1% partnership interest in Ari Capital.  Reporting Person's family members are the beneficiaries of various trusts which own approximately 50.7% of the stock of CVentures.  Also, Reporting Person is a director and chairman of the board of CVentures and may be deemed to control the other approximately 49.3% of the common stock of CVentures.   A trust, of which Reporting Person is the sole beneficiary, is the sole limited partner of Ari Capital, and has approximately a 99% partnership interest in Ari Capital.  Reporting Person and Reporting Person's spouse are trustees of the trust.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F10">Reporting Person may be deemed to have beneficial ownership of the shares held by Cascia Holdings LLC (&quot;Cascia&quot;).  Cascia holds 2,645,395 shares.  Reporting Person's spouse, who is the sole manager of Cascia, holds all of the voting LLC units in Cascia, which constitutes 1% of the total outstanding LLC units in Cascia and represents a pecuniary interest in 26,453 shares.  Two separate trusts (Cheston Enterprises Trust and Courtney Enterprises Trust) hold all of Cascia's nonvoting LLC units, which constitute 99% of the total outstanding LLC units in Cascia.  Reporting Person's spouse is one of the trustees of each of the two trusts and Reporting Person's family members are the beneficiaries of these trusts.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F11">Reporting Person may be deemed to have beneficial ownership of these shares which are beneficially owned by this trust.  Reporting Person's spouse is a trustee of this trust and a family member of Reporting Person is the beneficiary of this trust.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F12">Reporting Person may be deemed to have beneficial ownership of the shares held by CGM Capital LLLP (&quot;CGM Capital&quot;).  The general partner of CGM Capital is CVentures, Inc. (&quot;CVentures&quot;), which has a 1% partnership interest in CGM Capital.  A trust, of which Reporting Person's spouse is the sole beneficiary, is the sole limited partner of CGM Capital, and has a 99% partnership interest in CGM Capital.  Reporting Person and Reporting Person's spouse are  trustees of this trust.</footnote>
    </footnotes>

    <ownerSignature>
        <signatureName>Joseph H. Fretz, Attorney-in-Fact</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2022-02-04</signatureDate>
    </ownerSignature>
</ownershipDocument>
