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Week of September 29, 2003

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President's Message

* The White House Has Sent Congress a Dangerous Proposal

Housing Politics

* Board Adamantly Supports HUD Oversight Over Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac Programs

Housing and Economics

* August New Home Sales Pile on the Good Housing News
* August Home Resales as Good as They’re Likely to Get
* Home Starts Recede in August From 17-Year Peak
* Home Buyers Take a Breather From Rising Mortgage Rates
* Builders Confident of Healthy Six-Month Outlook for Home Sales
* Eye on the Economy

Multifamily

* Index Finds Rentals Weak But Improving and Condos Stronger

Smart Growth

* Workers Face Housing Affordability Woes in Rhode Island

Business Management

* Builders May Be Entitled to CIAC Refunds From Utilities
* Maximize Your Marketing With Press Releases
* Use ‘Administrative’ E-mail Addresses When Posting on Web Sites

State and Local

* Liability Insurance Top Housing Industry Concern
* NAHB Promotes Infrastructure Finance Alternatives Among Public Officials

Codes and Standards

* NAHB Prepares for Ventilation Standard Appeal Hearing

Research

* Sheathing Alternatives to OSB and Plywood May Be Worth Considering

Environment

* Environmentalists Charge Court Officials With ‘Voodoo’ Science
* More Anti-Housing Arson Attacks Reported in San Diego
* Model Legislation Targets Ecological Terrorists

Small Builders and Remodelers

* Don't Make Accounting a Foreign Language

Seniors Housing

* A New Concept in Retirement Housing Gains Favor

Housing Finance

* Congress Revives Stalled FHA Multifamily Insurance Programs
* More ARMs in the Future as Mortgage Rates Rise

Member Dividends

* HBAs Use NAHB e-Resources to Communicate With Members

Labor

* Field Superintendent Courses Tailor-Made for California

Building Products

* Implementing Best Practices Can Reduce Cycle Time

Building Systems

* Showcase 2003 a Time to Learn and a Time to Play

International Housing

* Mexico Is Focus of International Housing Conference

Building News Coast To Coast

Association News & Events

* Sears Recognizes Builders for Furthering the American Dream
* Boost Your Marketing Through These Awards Programs
* Calendar of Events

NBN Back Issues

 

HBAs Use NAHB e-Resources to Communicate With Members

State and local association staffers know that putting together member publications can often involve last minute scrambles for meaningful information.

NAHB has a wealth of valuable information online that associations can access quickly for their member publications and communications .

“We use articles from several NAHB sources — including Nation’s Building News, Monday Morning Briefing, the EO mailing and articles from www.nahb.org,” says Cheri Grunewald, administrative assistant for the Suburban Northwest Builders Association in Elk River, MN. “Since neither one of us in the office considers ourselves to be writers, the articles make it a lot easier to come up with material for Plumbline, our monthly publication.”


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Julie Mancl, executive officer of the Central Wisconsin Home Builders Association in Wisconsin Rapids, WI, has been running Tech Talk articles in The Blueprint, her monthly newsletter for members. Written by technology consultant Bill Allen, the Tech Talk series is published by NAHB’s Business Management Department as part its Building Business Briefs (BBB) series for home builders and remodelers.

These business management articles appear monthly in the EO mailing and periodically in Business of Building e/Source, an electronic newsletter for NAHB members. They are also reprinted in Nation's Building News Online. Mancl likes the fact that the articles are posted online, too. “Having them at your fingertips is awesome,” she says. “They make us look good.”

Building Business Briefs are organized in eight categories within a special, members-only section of NAHB’s Web site called Business Management Tools:

The articles are designated with the NAHB logo and the words “Web Page,” and are easy to insert in newsletters, magazines and other member publications. “They are extremely useful and are well received by our membership,” says Arlene Kerner, executive vice president of the York County Builders Association in York, PA.

Be sure to check out the HBA Resources section of NAHB’s Web site, which contains a variety of communication tools. You’ll find HBA alerts, ready-to-use articles and other resources to help you get the word out to your members.


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For information on activating new AT&T Wireless Services call 888-444-4410; be sure to mention code 50001515 and your NAHB membership. If you have existing AT&T Wireless Services and would like to start receiving the 5% discount, call 800-459-6524, mention code 50001515 and mention your NAHB membership. Or visit the AT&T Wireless Web site by clicking here.

To order online and for details on more than a dozen other money-saving Member Advantage discount programs click here, or send a blank e-mail to membersavings@nahb.com.

Go to www.nahb.org and look under “Join NAHB” to explore the numerous advantages associated with membership in your local, state and national home builders association.


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