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10/1/2007

Mercedes Homes Wins A 2nd National Housing Quality Award

This is the second win for Mercedes Homes - and the highest award our industry can bestow. There are thousands of American home builders; fewer than four dozen have ever won a National Housing Quality Award. Only three other builders in the nation have ever won two NHQ awards for their entire company. With a 1996 and now a 2008 win, we can rightfully call ourselves the best of the best in the nation. This is a very proud moment for Mercedes Homes.

Winning the NHQ Award requires more than just operating a great home building company; it requires genuine effort on the part of every individual. Not only must candidates have sophisticated operating processes that improve performance - those processes must also be documented in a very extensive application and then thoroughly verified by a site visit by a panel of NHQ Award judges. Everyone worked very hard to prepare for the site visits. In June and July, judges visited corporate, the Space Coast division, Tampa division and our Dallas Fort Worth division. They were clearly impressed by what they found.

Professional Builder editorial director Paul Deffenbaugh said, "The National Housing Quality Award is the hardest award to win in home building. It requires dedication and purpose throughout a home building company, and only the best can achieve this distinction."

6/11/2007

Space Coast Business Magazine Features Mercedes Homes as Cover Story
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2/17/2006

ABC’S “Extreme Makeover: Home Edition” Teams With Mercedes Homes to Make Dreams Come True in Central

Contact: Joyce Wilden, Mercedes Homes, 321-259-6972
Lauren Furey, MPB Communications, 407-592-7923
Email inquiries to ESpence@mpbc.cc

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

ABC’S “EXTREME MAKEOVER: HOME EDITION” TEAMS WITH MERCEDES HOMES TO MAKE DREAMS COME TRUE IN CENTRAL FLORIDA -Altamonte Springs Family Selected to Receive Complete Home Makeover-

Altamonte Springs, Fla. (February 17, 2006) — “Families helping families” described the theme of the door-knock celebration for the Holmes’ family when the design team from ABC’s “Extreme Makeover: Home Edition” showed up on their doorstep to announce that they had been chosen from thousands of applicants to receive a brand new home and operations building for their non-profit assistance center.

Mercedes Homes, an employee-owned, family managed home builder based in Melbourne, Florida has stepped forward to help another family in need. Established by the Buescher family in 1983, Mercedes Homes is a top twenty national builder that actively participates in programs that give back to the community.

“The entire Mercedes Homes family of employees, trade partners, vendors and community volunteers wants to lend a hand to the Holmes’ family to ensure that they can continue to do what they love to do—run this amazing non-profit, ” said Scott Buescher, Chief Operating Officer for Mercedes Homes. “We feel fortunate to have such great partners donating their time, labor and materials. Together, we’re going to build a home and non-profit center that is everything this deserving family could ever hope for.”

For years, Sadie Holmes, a single mother of five children from nine to 16 years of age, battled addiction but eventually won and turned her life around. The generosity shown to Sadie and her family by their community nearly a decade ago during their time of need led Sadie to establish her own non-profit organization, Sadie Holmes Help Service, Inc. The Help Service collects clothing, food and furniture to distribute to people in need of help in South Seminole County.

In typical “Extreme” fashion, the new home will be constructed in only one week. It will include Mercedes Homes’ innovative hurricane-resistant features and building methods, ensuring that the next hurricane to make its way into Central Florida will not interrupt the lives of the Holmes’ family or the lives of those members of the community served by Sadie’s non-profit.

Construction begins at 12 noon on Sunday, February 19. Mercedes Homes and ABC’s “Extreme Makeover: Home Edition” plans to present the new home and non-profit center to the Holmes’ family on Friday, February 24.

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How the Community Can Help
Log on to www.mercedes-extreme.com to learn how you can volunteer to help build the home and non-profit center for the Holmes’ family, and also to find out how you can donate to the family. Special utility, non-profit and educational funds have been established through Bank of America.

About Mercedes Homes
Mercedes Homes is the nation’s largest 100 percent employee-owned home builder with 120 locations in Florida, Texas, North and South Carolina. Mercedes Homes actively participates in many programs that give back to the community. The company focuses their donations primarily on organizations helping individuals with special needs, whether medical, physical or developmental, academic programs and scholarship funds, youth programs, construction-related charitable organizations and community service. To find out more about Mercedes Homes’ community efforts, log on to their web site at www.mercedeshomes.com.

About "Extreme Makeover: Home Edition"
"Extreme Makeover: Home Edition" is produced by Endemol USA, a division of Endemol Holding. David Goldberg is the president of Endemol USA. The series is executive-produced by Tom Forman and co-executive produced by Denise Cramsey. The show airs Sundays (8:00-9:00 p.m. ET), on the ABC Television Network.

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2/8/2006

Mercedes Homes' Southwest Florida Division Receives Presigious Industry Awards

Fort Myers, Fla. —Mercedes Homes’ Southwest Florida division won several awards for one of their Burnt Store models at the Builders' Showcase Awards Banquet held February 9th at Harborside Event Center in Fort Myers.

The event served to jump start the 2006 Cape Coral Construction Industry Association Builders' Showcase Tour of Homes, where potential home buyers have the opportunity to visit the best models that homebuilders in Cape Coral have to offer. The showcase began Saturday, Feb. 11, and ran through Sunday, Feb. 19. Participating builders compete for various awards divided by price categories including best exterior, kitchen, bathroom, pool area, interior design, floor plan, energy efficiency and landscaping along with special features awards.

Mercedes Home’s featured model was the Jacqueline II model located in the Burnt Store community of Cape Coral. The model, which includes four bedrooms and three bathrooms, has 3486 total square feet and features a study/fifth bedroom and a three-car garage. The Jacqueline II won in the categories of best landscaping, best interior and best energy efficiency.

More information regarding this award-winning Mercedes Homes’ model can be seen at http://www.cccia.org/cape-coral-builders-showcase.html.
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About Mercedes Homes
Mercedes Homes builds quality homes of outstanding design, enduring value and award-winning craftsmanship. Established in 1983 by the Buescher family, Mercedes Homes is the nation's largest 100 percent employee-owned home builder with 120 locations in Florida, Texas, North and South Carolina. Mercedes Homes is a recognized industry leader in technology and homebuilding innovation. More information about Mercedes Homes is available on their Web site at www.mercedeshomes.com.

8/31/2005

Mercedes Homes' Executive Honored With Statewide Award

Melbourne, Fla. (August 31, 2005) — Mercedes Homes is pleased to announce that Scott Buescher, chief operating officer of the nationally-regarded home builder, has been awarded the R. David Thomas Award by the Children’s Home Society.

Named for philanthropist R. David Thomas, an adopted child who became the founder of Wendy's International, the Child Advocate of the Year Award recognizes individuals and groups who have made a significant impact toward improving the lives of homeless, neglected and abused children throughout Florida. Award recipients have given their time, talent, and financial resources and have also set a standard of excellence toward ensuring a better world for future generations.

“Scott Buescher and Mercedes Homes have spent countless hours volunteering at the Hacienda Girls Ranch in Melbourne, ” said Teresa Miles, executive director of the Children’s Home Society. “It was Mr. Thomas’ hope that this award would serve as a catalyst to inspire people to improve opportunities for Florida’s children, and Scott, along with everyone at Mercedes Homes, is just a shining example of Mr. Thomas’ dream come true.”

Like many homes, the Hacienda Girls Ranch in Melbourne, operated by the Children’s Home Society of Florida, suffered damage as a result of the devastating 2004 hurricane season. Mercedes Homes, a long-time supporter of the facility that houses up to 45 girls ages 10-18 and provides a number of outreach programs to children and families, decided the girls deserved a “Mercedes Makeover.”

After countless hours of working with Hacienda staff and the Children’s Home Society, combining forces with local trade partners and suppliers and enlisting local employees to complete some of the work, Mercedes Homes recently unveiled the refurbished Hacienda Girls Ranch.

The makeover included new interior and exterior paint, landscaping, new bathroom vanities, kitchen cabinets, light fixtures and carpet. Other improvements included driveway paving and mural decoration.

Mercedes Homes actively participates in many programs that give back to the community. The home builder has a charitable contributions committee, whose mission is to make charitable donations to organizations and groups in geographic areas where Mercedes Homes conducts business. The committee focuses their donations primarily to organizations helping individuals with special needs, whether medical, physical or developmental, academic programs and scholarship funds, youth programs, construction-related charitable organizations and community service.