Home Depot is to become the exclusive supplier of building materials to Home-Vestor of America. This is a franchising company with nearly 200 partners who specialise in buying up houses, renovating them, then selling them on. The group executed transactions to the value of US $ 367 mio (€ 292 mio) in 2003. Now Home Depot will be supplying the local Home-Vestors branches with goods and services, both through its stores and the Home Depot Supply division.