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Week of July 12, 2004

Front Page

* Vacation Homes Whet the Appetite of Affluent Households, Study Finds
* Storm Water Permitting Guide Available at BuilderBooks.com
* Knowledgeable Insurance Pros Can Help Solve Liability Insurance Woes
* Housing Snapshot

President's Message

* Please Take the Time to Help Us Solve the GLI Crisis

Housing Politics

* Flurry of Amendments Delays Tort Reform Effort in the Senate
* White House Would Be a Hot Property on the Open Market

Housing and Economics

* More Economists Discount Doomsday Housing Bubble Scenarios

Workforce Housing

* Employer Assisted Housing Among Private Sector Strategies Addressing Affordability Issue

Regulation

* Inclusionary Zoning Seen as a Poor Cure for California's Affordable Housing Shortage

Small Builders and Remodelers

* Why Bother to Join the Builders Association?

Sales and Marketing

* These Marketing Truisms Will Help Increase Your Market Share

Design

* Best in American Living Award Deadline Extended

Business Management

* Builder Bright Ideas: Two (Inexpensive) Ways to Show Customers You Care
* Build Your Knowledge at the Custom Builder Symposium

Seniors Housing

* How to Turn Boomer Women Into Satisfied Customers
* 20 Club Forming for Seniors Housing

Labor

* Students Graduate From Popular Pre-Apprenticeship Program in Dallas

Housing Products

* Precast Foundation Systems the Easy Way to Build Better Basements

Builder's Engineer

* Take the Spaghetti Test to Understand the Strength of Compression Members

Building News Coast To Coast

Association News & Events

* More Than Seven Thousand New NAHB Members Recruited on National Membership Day
* HomeAid Looking to Expand Shelters in San Francisco Bay Area
* Member Advantage: Save Up to 20% From Hertz
* Awards Programs Deadlines
* Calendar of Events

NBN Back Issues

 

Awards Programs Deadlines

Awards Program

Entries Due

Remodeling Hall of Fame 

July 12 

Best in American Living Awards (BALA)

July 31 

EnergyValue Housing Awards 

Aug. 9 

CADRE

Sept. 3 

Remodelor™ of the Year 

Sept. 3

BSC Excellence in Marketing & Home Design Awards

Sept. 10 

The Nationals — The National Sales and Marketing Awards

Sept. 24 

Best of Seniors Housing — Celebrating Excellence...Visions of the Future 

Oct. 22 

Innovation in Workforce Housing Awards

Oct. 29 


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