Leslie Ensor

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  • That's how much of the mail addressed to CUSTOM HOME begins. Dennis Dixon, who writes our “From the Trenches” column, is a great story teller, and after nearly a quarter century in the home building business, he's collected plenty of stories. Dennis' stories can be dramatic, suspenseful, or humorous, and always hit home.

  • Custom Builders-USA (CB-USA), the company that develops and manages local buying networks of custom home builders, announced a partnership with federally chartered Chevy Chase Bank that promises to let CB-USA members make an end run around the jumbo mortgage drought.

  • A mountain home with a sense of place.

  • Subprime loans have been all over the news. It's been enough to give borrowing a bad name. But there is a type of borrowing that doesn't cost a thing and that will pay interest to the borrower for years to come. I'm speaking of borrowed space.

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