SEATTLE, Sept. 27, 2011 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Blueprint Capital, LLC, the leading residential construction lender in Seattle, Washington, today announced that one of its member builders, Dwell Development, recently received the 2010-2011 Home of the Year Award by Northwest ENERGY STAR Homes. The award recognizes Dwell for outstanding accomplishments and contributions in the field of energy efficient home building. Dwell also received the Master Builders Association's Built Green Hammer Award, which honors outstanding residential green building projects and leaders in innovative green building practices statewide. Dwell Development is the second Blueprint member builder to win the Green Hammer Award.
"Our customers' success is our success, and we congratulate Dwell Development for their conscientious commitment to building some of the highest quality energy-efficient homes in the state. Dwell is also commended for educating homeowners on how they can embrace energy saving measures," said Dan Duffus, Co-founder and Chief Executive Officer. "Blueprint is proud to provide financing to innovative builders, like Dwell Development, who are committed to building smart, sustainable new homes."
Blueprint's number one asset is its customer base: a select group of Seattle builders responsible for 36% of all new, detached single family homes sold in Seattle in the first half of 2011. Much of their success is attributed to building quality homes with designs and prices that are in demand. Green building practices are one of the major attributes that help Blueprint builders' homes sell faster.
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Blueprint Capital is the leading residential construction lender in Seattle, Washington. As a specialty financing company, Blueprint provides loans and development services to builders of smart, smaller-scale construction among Seattle's urban neighborhoods. Using a unique, co-operative business model, Blueprint pools the resources of builders, suppliers and community stakeholders enabling local builders to meet housing demand. In addition to financing, Blueprint provides its customers with design, permitting and marketing services including ready to build projects. Blueprint's goal is to continue expanding its builder and capital base along with an efficient operations platform. www.blueprintcap.com