Your customers are looking for value when choosing a newly built home. Beyond wanting quality at an affordable price, today’s savvy shopper is asking, “What will this house cost me to operate over time?” Home energy costs are the largest operating expense after property taxes, according to the National Association of Home Builders. ENERGY PERFORMANCE [...]
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A Northwest ENERGY STAR Home is one that is at least 15% more efficient than a home built to standard building codes. For Legend Homes, building to the Northwest ENERGY STAR Homes specifications provided the baseline needed to take their energy efficient and sustainable building practices even further. Since 2007, Legend Homes has developed and [...]
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Northwest ENERGY STAR Homes honors home building industry leaders Portland, Ore. – May 2 – Northwest ENERGY STAR® has named Legend Homes as the 2010-2011 Regional Builder of the Year award for outstanding accomplishments and contributions in the field of energy efficient home building. The annual awards program, now in its fifth year, recognizes builders [...]
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Legend Homes earns award for building new homes that protect the environment through energy efficiency. Portland, Oregon – Legend Homes is pleased to announce that it has been recognized by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) with a 2011 ENERGY STAR Leadership in Housing Award. This award recognizes the important contribution Legend Homes has made [...]
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Learn How to Build and Remodel Green with NW Natural, Discover Energy-Saving Solutions with Energy Trust of Oregon, and Get Inspired in the Garden with Oregon State University PORTLAND, Ore. – March 17, 2011 – The Better Living Home, Garden & Lifestyle Show, the Northwest‘s largest sustainable lifestyle event, will pack the Portland Expo Center [...]
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Portland, Ore. – Legend Homes announces a Blowout Move-In Ready Homes Sales Event at EdgeWater on the Tualatin. The sales event will begin February 14, 2011 and offer up to $40,000 off move-in ready solar homes. The community of EdgeWater on the Tualatin is located at 16997 SW Tempest Way, King City, OR 97224. Combined, the discounts [...]
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Portland, Ore. – Legend Homes’ team members continue both their volunteerism and their involvement in the homebuilding community on local and national levels. Several Legend Homes employees have achieved notable awards as well as recognition for their service in 2011. Included among the individuals making new strides this year are Jim Chapman, President of Legend [...]
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Kickoff Open House This Weekend at Village at Orenco in Hillsboro Portland, Ore. – Legend Homes announces the launch of their Fall Sale Event, which will run September 30, 2010 through October 24, 2010. The kickoff event will be held on Saturday, October 2nd, and Sunday, October 3rd, from 12pm to 6pm, at their Village [...]
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Legend Homes announces the Grand Opening of New “Efficient Living” Collection of Homes at Willamette Landing in Corvalis Corvallis, Ore. – Legend Homes announces the Grand Opening of its brand new Efficient Living Collection of Homes at Willamette Landing in Corvallis. The Grand Opening Event will be held on Sunday, August 22nd from 12pm to [...]
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Wilsonville, Ore. – Legend Homes announces the Grand Opening of its new EarthSmart Model Home at Villebois in Wilsonville. The grand opening event will be held on Sunday, June 13th from 12pm to 4pm at the model located at 10475 SW Madrid Loop in the nationally recognized Villebois community. The grand opening will also feature [...]
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Hillsboro, Ore. June 8, 2010 – Legend Homes’ Village at Orenco community was selected as a destination for the U.S.A study tour organized by Zenkenren and the Japanese Builder’s Network. These prominent Japanese associations handpicked Legend Homes because of Legend’s commitment to 3rd party certifications and eco-friendly new home design and construction. The groups toured [...]
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Portland, Ore.—May 11, 2010 —Legend Homes announced today that the U.S. Bankruptcy Court, District of Oregon has approved it plans for restructuring under Chapter 11. Jim Chapman, who joined the company 16 years ago, will hold the title of president and CEO, succeeding David Oringdulph as CEO of the Portland-based production homebuilder. The company’s legal [...]
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Apr 27, 2010 – PORTLAND, Ore., April 27, 2010 – Close to 1,000 people, including more than 700 runners and walkers, came out to support Earth Day, green building and sustainable living at Earth Advantage Institute’s Earth Day Run on Saturday. The second annual event was held in Tigard outside Earth Advantage Institute’s national center. [...]
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Families rush for low prices, $8k federal tax credit plus $8k builder match Portland, Ore.—Jan 11, 2010 — Legend Homes today announced its end-of-the-year sale moved 19 of 22 homes, breaking Oregon’s trend of down home sales in the closing weeks of 2009. The average sales price of homes in the Portland area was down [...]
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Sales steady as company moves to launch new community of solar homes Portland, Ore.—Nov. 25, 2009 — A local leader in home building recently earned national recognition for their clever pitch to introduce Portland homebuyers to a revolutionary idea in sustainable living. Legend Homes was honored with two silver Sales and Marketing Awards from the [...]
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Home buyers capitalize on low prices, $8K federal tax credit plus $8K builder match Portland, Ore.- Nov. 17, 2009- Legend Homes today announced less than a dozen residences remain in their end-of-year clearance sale on move-in ready homes. Nearly a dozen Portland-area families have found these incredible home values since the sale began last month. [...]
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All buyers receive additional $8K Closing Credit Portland, Ore.—October 23, 2009—Legend Homes announced today an end of year clearance sale of the existing inventory of new homes. Prices on 21 homes located in various Legend communities have been further reduced by as much as almost $140,000 from the original asking price. Additionally, all buyers who [...]
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First Major NW Production Builder to Offer Solar as a Standard Feature Portland, Ore.—September 22, 2009—Legend Homes announced today that it is building a new line of affordable, energy efficient homes that include solar electric systems. The first EarthSmart-branded homes will be built at Edgewater on the Tualatin, the new home community in Tigard, Oregon. [...]
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PORTLAND, OR – The growth in the number of “green” certified homes in the Portland metro region is attracting some significant attention. Over the past year, three percent of all new homes sold in the Portland Metropolitan Area carried a sustainable or “green” certification brand. These homes earned more in the market than non-certified homes, [...]
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With its Earth Advantage® certification, Legend Homes is the largest – and one of the earliest – Oregon developers to create completely green residential communities of single-family homes, town homes and condominiums in Clackamas, Washington, Multnomah, Benton and Linn counties. Since 2003, Legend Homes has been an Earth Advantage certified builder, creating green communities in [...]
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