Coldwell Banker Howard Perry and Walston Builder Services President Receives 2006 Triangle Business Journal Women in Business Award

Raleigh, NC, August 15, 2006 --(PR.com)-- Don Walston, president and CEO of Coldwell Banker Howard Perry and Walston, has announced that Debbie Houston has been honored by the Triangle Business Journal as one of the Triangle's top women in business. Houston is one of 25 women to receive the award recognizing their business accomplishments in the Triangle. The award ceremony was held at the Sheraton Imperial Hotel on Thursday, August 10 from 12 p.m. – 2 p.m.

“I am honored to win the Triangle Business Journal’s ‘Women in Business’ award,” said Houston. “The growing power of women in businesses contributes greatly to our economy, I hope my experience will influence other women to stake out their own success as leaders in business.”

About Debbie Houston:
Debbie S. Houston, MIRM, CSP, Broker, President of Coldwell Banker Howard Perry and Walston Builder Services Howard Perry and Walston, entered the Raleigh/Triangle real estate market as a general brokerage associate in 1978. She joined Howard Perry and Walston's new home division as an on-site associate in 1983 and was promoted to sales manager in 1985. Houston assumed the responsibilities as director of Howard Perry and Walston Builder Services and senior vice president of Howard Perry and Walston in 1991 and was named president of the division in 2005. She has twice been awarded Sales Manager of the Year by the Triangle Sales and Marketing Council in 1986 and 1990. Her neighborhood awards include numerous Parade of Home winners, Mayor's Award for Excellence, Major Achievements in Marketing Excellence, Triangle Sales and Marketing Council's Million Dollar Circle, and several national Better Homes and Gardens awards including Best of Show, Best of the Best and most recently The New Construction Marketing award for new home marketing. She is past Triangle Sales and Marketing Council Chairman, MAME Awards Chairman, Education Chairman and National Home Builders Association National Membership Chairman. She holds the CSP designation, is a Member of the Institute of Residential Marketing (MIRM) and is a licensed real estate Broker. Houston has been a national speaker for Better Homes and Gardens and the National Home Builders Association. In 1997 she created the New Home Marketing System new construction manual for Better Homes and Gardens Real Estate Services in Des Moines, Iowa, to be used by over 800 Better Homes and Gardens/GMAC national franchises throughout the country. Houston is an active member of the Urban Land Institute (ULI) and serves on the Residential Neighborhood Development Council.

About Coldwell Banker Howard Perry And Walston:
Howard Perry, an established builder, and Don Walston, a real estate entrepreneur, formed Coldwell Banker Howard Perry and Walston in 1972. Today the company has over 600 real estate professionals, 12 sales offices, the area’s premier new homes division, a mortgage company, title company, an award winning relocation division, a growing Concierge home services division, the area’s number one real estate school, and the state’s number one real estate Web site. The company has become the largest full-service residential real estate company in the Triangle and one of the leading realty firms in the nation, with more than 11,000 transactions a year and almost $3 billion in sales. For more information about Coldwell Banker Howard Perry and Walston visit their Web site at http://www.hpw.com.

Patty Briguglio
MMI Associates, Inc.
7406-H Chapel Hill Road
Raleigh, NC 27607
(919) 233-6600 • (919) 233-0300 (fax)
patty@mmimarketing.com

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