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Week of June 21, 2004

Front Page

* NAHB, Treasury, HUD Extol Local, National Economic Benefits of New Housing
* Register Now for IBS and Save
* Builders Urge Democratic Party to Adopt Housing Policy Agenda
* Housing Snapshot

President's Message

* You Can Help Solve the General Liability Insurance Problem

Housing and Economics

* Prospective Home Buyers Hoping for Decline in Prices Could Be Out of Luck, Report Suggests
* Home Price Increases Slow to More Sustainable Rate in First Quarter
* Senate Approves Greenspan for Fifth Term as Fed Chairman
* May Housing Starts Virtually Unchanged From April
* Eye on the Economy

State and Local

* Voters Face Bigger Decision Than Bush vs. Kerry in 2004 Elections

Seniors Housing

* Tighten Up Your Focus Groups for Better Quality Feedback

Design

* Inside Design: Smaller Rooms, More Creativity, Flex Space
* Best in American Living Awards Entries Due in July

International

* Opportunities Abound to Improve Mexico's Housing Delivery System, Harvard Study Finds

Small Builders and Remodelers

* What Do Customers Say About Your Service?

Environment

* State Legislatures Keeping Irrational Mold Fears Alive

Green Building

* Tucson Builder Lauded for Achievement in Residential Energy Efficiency
* Green Building Featured in Grand Rapids Parade of Homes

Construction Safety

* Free Construction Safety Seminars at Various Locations This Summer

Business Management

* How to Make Your Business Presentable So You Can Sell It
* Build Your Knowledge at the Custom Builder Symposium

Building Systems

* Enter the Systems-Built Marketing and Design Competition

Building Quality

* Competition Opens for EnergyValue Housing Awards

Building Products

* Fiberglass Gains Entry Door Market Share

Builder's Engineer

* Spreadsheets Rock

Building News Coast To Coast

Association News & Events

* National Housing Endowment Provides Support for Symposium on Housing Needs of Mentally Ill
* Only YOU Can Help Solve the GLI Crisis!
* Sign Up for 2005 Committees and Councils by July 9
* Awards Programs Deadlines
* Calendar of Events

NBN Back Issues

 

Only YOU Can Help Solve the GLI Crisis!

More than 50,000 NAHB members have received a “call to action” to fill out a survey about their general liability insurance (GLI). The survey is part of a GLI initiative to get an accurate national picture of the loss experiences of the residential construction industry and to develop new GLI products exclusively for the NAHB membership.

“NAHB members who receive the mailing should sit down and complete the survey and provide the materials needed to make this project a success,” said NAHB President Bobby Rayburn. “With insurance costs rising and exemptions making coverage less effective, it’s in everyone’s interest to participate in this effort.”

NAHB is partnering with Marsh, a global insurance and consulting firm, to develop new GLI products that will meet members’ needs. Marsh and NAHB are working on a timetable that would bring new GLI products to the market by January 2005.

Elements of the mailing, which are available online at www.nahb.org/gli, include insurance surveys plus a model consent letter authorizing insurance providers to supply crucial background information for this effort.

For more information, contact Clayton Traylor at 800-368-5242 x8490 or Blake Smith, x8583.


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