Adele Kerr, marketing manager at the Apex Builder Group, says Excel’s parade offers choices aplenty to first-time homebuyers — like the 1299-square-foot Ashburn from $189,900 including lot and GST — while move-up shoppers will feel at home in front-drive garage gems such as the 1,500-square-foot Hampton II, from $212,900.

Some models, such as the 1,749-square-foot Princeton, are limited in how many can be built, says Kerr, so would-be Coventry Hillers will want to visit soon. To get there (hours are Monday to Thursday 2 p.m. to 8 p.m., weekends noon to 5 p.m.), take Country Hills Blvd. to Coventry Hills Blvd., turn left on Covebrook Gate and left again at Covebrook Close and follow the Excel signs to 25 Covebrook Close N.E.