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Week of January 24, 2005

Front Page

* NAHB Directors Adopt Policy on Regulating Housing Government Sponsored Enterprises
* Subscribe Your Employees to NBN Online and Earn a Chance to Win a Digital Camera
* Voluntary Green Building Guidelines Aimed at Mainstream Housing
* Housing Snapshot

Housing and Economics

* Demand for Building Materials to Remain High in 2005, But Some Relief Possible on Lumber Prices
* Home Starts Rebound in December, Single-Family Production Sets a Record in 2004
* Builders Voice Confidence at the Start of a New Year

Housing Politics

* Senate Majority Leader Frist Voices Commitment on Housing Concerns
* Administration Renewing Push for Homeownership Tax Credit and Zero-Down Mortgage, HUD Secretary Says

Housing Finance

* GSE Reforms Must Strengthen National Commitment to Housing, CEOs Tell Builders
* GSEs Gearing Up to Meet Housing Needs of Minority and Immigrant Families

Business Management

* How to Manage Risk to Protect Your Business

Builders' Show

* Builders Attended IBS in Orlando in Record Numbers

Construction Safety

* Builders Required to Post 2004 Job-Related Injuries and Illnesses

Multifamily

* Growing Popularity of Condos Rejuvenating Urban Areas
* Finalists Announced for 2005 Pillars of the Industry Awards

Seniors Housing

* Experts See Major Changes Afoot in Today’s Seniors Housing Market
* Find Your Place in the Affluent Boomer Market

Small Builders and Remodelers

* Iowa Remodeler, Don Novak, to Lead National Remodelors™ Council

Education

* February Is National Designation Month — Look for Discounted Class Fees

Builder's Engineer

* Concrete Too Wet Equals Weak Concrete

Building News Coast To Coast

Association News & Events

* Idaho Custom Builder David Wilson Elected NAHB President
* George Goudreau, Sr., NAHB Charter Member, Co-founder of Cleveland HBA, Dies at 101
* Log In to NAHB Web Site for Chance to Win Digital Camera
* Get Double the Discount from Dell Through January
* Calendar of Events

NBN Back Issues

 

Builders Attended IBS in Orlando in Record Numbers

A record number of housing industry professionals — 104,922 — came to the 2005 International Builders’ Show (IBS) in Orlando, Fla., earlier this month. Attendance topped last year’s record set at the show in Las Vegas.

This is the first year that IBS was held in Orlando. The show will be held in Orlando’s Orange County Convention Center again next year from Jan. 11-14.

Show attendees saw demonstrations and product displays and services from more than 1,400 exhibitors. The exhibitors represented more than 300 building industry categories.

IBS also featured more than 200 educational seminars, including such courses as “Kitchen & Bath Design Trends 2005,” “50 Must Have Features for Today's Homebuyers” and “Building Better Not Bigger —The Not So Big House.”

Handouts from many of the seminars are available through the Builders’ Show Web site and can be downloaded at http://www.BuildersShow.com/seminars.

To learn more about the 2006 International Builders’ Show and to see photos of the 2005 show, visit the International Builders’ Show Web site.


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