HAMLET HOMES PROMOTES DAVE MARTIN TO PURCHASING MANAGER

  SALT LAKE CITY (July 11, 2006) – Salt Lake City-based Hamlet Homes has promoted Dave Martin to the position of purchasing manager. Martin has been with Hamlet Homes since 2004 and previously served as homebuilding supervisor and assistant supervisor for Hamlet. As purchasing manager, Martin will handle the purchasing and estimating functions for Hamlet’s production department, including controlling the quality and cost of all homebuilding materials, negotiating price bids with trade contractors and working within building budgets. Martin has extensive experience in the homebuilding industry. Prior to working with Hamlet Homes, Martin was assistant superintendent with Village Communities LC and was in the remodel/small construction department for Beaver Builders, Inc. He is a graduate of Utah Valley State College, where he received his bachelors of science in construction management.

About Hamlet Homes

Hamlet Homes crafts quality, customer-oriented homes, ranging from condominiums and townhomes to single family homes, located in attractively designed neighborhoods for homebuyers in northern Utah. Since the company’s founding in 1995, Hamlet Homes has developed more than 3,360 lots and constructed more than 2,250 homes in 34 communities. The company is continually striving to meet and exceed the expectations of its homebuyers and live up to its brand of “Great Homes. Great People. Great Experience.” In 2004 and 2005, Hamlet was awarded the Builder of Integrity Award from the Quality Builders Warranty Corporation, and in 2003, 2004 and 2006, Hamlet was awarded Utah’s Best of State medal for residential construction. Located in Salt Lake City, Utah, Hamlet Homes is part of the Hamlet group of companies, which also includes Hamlet Development, Stirling Mortgage and Diversified Habitats.