Builders’ Show Sets the Stage for Emerging Housing Market

By the tens of thousands, home builders and other housing industry professionals will be heading to next month’s 2010 International Builders’ Show (IBS) from across the country and around the world to gather information geared to ensuring that their businesses are prepared to capitalize on recovery from one of the most punishing downturns on record.

Economists at NAHB are optimistic that the housing industry will slowly gather strength in the year ahead, but market conditions will be different from those of the period preceding the housing slump and builders are going to have to retool and take a new perspective in order to succeed in connecting with a growing number of prospective home buyers. ...

Special International Builders' Show Issue

This issue of Nation’s Building News previews many of the new products, technologies, classes and events that you can attend, see and sample at the 2010 International Builders’ Show in Las Vegas next month.

Save this issue for reference until you get to the show.  

Extensive reports from IBS will begin appearing following the show starting with the Feb. 1 edition.

IBS Offers Virtual Tours of New American Home

The most exciting and innovative products and technologies from The New American Home will be on display at the Las Vegas Convention Center for the International Builders’ Show (IBS) on Jan. 19-22.

A special exhibition, “Vision 2010: The New American Home,” will feature a narrated, state-of-the-art virtual tour of the 2010 home, as well as an exhibition of the most innovative products going into the showcase home. ...

'Opportunity Knocks' Brochure Updated with New Tax Credits

NAHB has revised the popular consumer brochure “Opportunity Knocks for Home Buyers” to include information on the extended $8,000 first-time home buyer tax credit, the new $6,500 repeat buyer credit and the increased income limits — which give many more Americans the opportunity to take advantage of a tax credit for buying a home.

The four-color, four-page brochure also provides real examples of typical tax savings through the first five years of homeownership, explains the power of leveraging and describes other advantages of owning a home. ...