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Week of February 23, 2004

Front Page

* High Wood Panel Prices Are Back With a Vengeance

* Home Builders Launch Tort Reform Initiative
* Housing Snapshot

President's Message

* Housing America's Working Families

Housing Forum

* Close-Knit Communities: New Urbanism Made Marketable
* Letters to the Editor

Housing and Economics

* January Housing Starts Slow From Record Pace
* Bad Weather Puts a Chill on Builder Confidence
* California Housing Supply Lags Behind Job Growth, Report Finds

Housing Politics

* Homeownership Tax Credit Included in 2005 Budget Proposal

State and Local

* Three Projects Receive Boost from State & Local Issues Fund

Housing Finance

* Treasury Updates Mortgage Revenue Bond Purchase Price Limits, Additional Changes Sought

Business Management

* Consumer Survey Says Professionalism, Integrity Win Customers’ Trust and Business

Multifamily

* RAM Designation Helps Apartment Managers Advance in Their Career

Seniors Housing

* Solomon Named Seniors Housing Council Chair
* Save $50-$150 by Registering for Seniors Symposium by Feb. 27

Design

* Design Focuses on Making Homes Emotionally Rich

Building Quality

* Awards Highlight Quality Achievements in Business Practices

Small Builders and Remodelers

* Remodelers Assess What's Hot and What's Not

Sales and Marketing

* What Motivates Women to Buy Homes?
* How to Organize Sales Training

Military Housing

* Army to Hold Major Housing Privatization Forum in March

Labor

* Residential Construction Academy Making Impressive Strides

Building Products

* Edwards Elected NCHI Lifetime Honorary Trustee
* Web-Based System Streamlines Appliance Purchase, Delivery and Installation

Building News Coast To Coast

Association News & Events

* Professionial Designations Offer Rewards and Opportunities
* Two Builders Named to National Housing Hall of Fame
* Help Build This Year’s Family Build Home for a Mother of Three
* Resolutions Can Be Viewed on NAHB Web Site Prior to Spring Board
* Calendar of Events

NBN Back Issues

 

Save $50-$150 by Registering for Seniors Symposium by Feb. 27

Industry professionals planning to attend Building for Boomers & Beyond: Seniors Housing Symposium 2004, the nation’s leading educational and networking conference for industry professionals who serve the 50+ housing market, can save $50-$150 by registering online on or before Friday, Feb. 27, the deadline for “early bird” online registration.

The “early bird” online registration saves attendees $50 over regular online registration, and $150 over onsite registration.

Building for Boomers & Beyond, to be held April 14-16 at the Hyatt Regency Chicago, is expected to attract more than 500 builders, developers, architects, interior designers and merchandisers, land planners, sales and marketing professionals and others.


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Sponsored by the NAHB Seniors Housing Council, this year’s symposium will focus on the lifestyle component of 50+ seniors housing, explore the mindset of boomers and older seniors and provide information about how to size up local market demand, drive referrals through customer satisfaction, plan effective public relations and special events, devise the ultimate options program and more.

Nineteen education sessions will be offered, with separate tracks for design, finance, marketing and sales, research and trends and a new multifamily track for builders and developers about the rapidly expanding seniors rental market.

Click here to register online and take advantage of the "early bird" discount by Feb. 27. For information, click here or contact NAHB’s University of Housing at 800-368-5242 x8338 or registrar@nahb.com.
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