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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

 

Calendar of Events

Aug. 24, 2004 

2004 EOC Seminar

Destin, FL 

Aug. 26, 2004 

2003 EOC Association Excellence Awards 

Destin, FL 

Sept. 15, 2004

Innovation in Workforce Housing Awards

N/A 

Sept. 29-Oct. 3, 2004

NAHB Fall Board of Directors Meeting

Columbus, OH

Oct. 7-9, 2004

The Remodeling Show

Chicago, IL

Oct. 9, 2004 

CADRE

Chicago, IL 

Oct. 9, 2004

Remodelor™ of the Year

Chicago, IL 

Oct. 9, 2004 

Remodeling Hall of Fame 

Chicago, IL 

Oct. 23, 2004 

National Conference on Membership 

Memphis, TN 

Oct. 27, 2004

Fall Construction Forecast Conference 

Washington, DC

Oct. 31-Nov. 3, 2004

Building Systems Councils SHOWCASE

Austin, TX 

Nov. 4-6, 2004 

State & Local Government Affairs Conference 

Biloxi, MS 

Nov. 7, 2004 

2nd International Housing Conference of the Americas

Mexico City, Mexico 

Nov. 12-14, 2004 

Custom Builder Symposium 

Indian Wells, CA 

Jan. 12, 2005 

Best in American Living Awards 

Orlando, FL 

Jan. 13, 2005 

techHomExpo

Orlando, FL 

Jan. 13, 2005 

The International Builders' Show 

Orlando, FL 

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