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Our Guidebook Cover Family’s Trans-Atlantic New Home Building Experience

This empty nester couple from South Africa graces our cover and shares their home building experience with Parade of Homes Guidebook readers. Building Halfway Across the World Johan and Sophia broke ground on their townhouse in Woodbury’s Dancing Waters Development in December 2013. With fresh snow on the ground and…

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BATC Honors its Best at the 2013 Awards of Excellence Gala

A full house at a red carpet Awards Gala on Thursday, October 24th, suggests the Twin Cities housing market continues to gain strength. The Builders Association of the Twin Cities (BATC) honored its top firms and individuals for excellence in home building last evening at the Lafayette Club in Minnetonka…

Posted in Awards, Housing First Minnesota News, Parade of Homes | Tagged: Amaris Homes, Association Excellence Awards, BATC, Bob Bennett, Builders Association of the Twin Cities, Curt Christensen, Divine Custom Homes, Donnay Homes, Fireside Hearth & Home, Home Building, Homes by Tradition, Ian Peterson, Imperial Homes, John Kraemer & Sons, K.A. Witt Construction, Lee Lyn Construction, Lowell Pratt, Lyman Lumber, MC Custom Homes, Michael Nelson, Pamela Belz, Paulson Construction, Pratt Homes, Pulte Homes of Minnesota, Reggie Awards, Semler Construction, Swanson Homes, Trillium Awards, Zawadski Homes