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www.NAHB.org Week of January 31, 2005 Front Page * Better Homes and Gardens Building a New Home Based on Its Readers' Suggestions * Help Tsunami Survivors Rebuild Their Homes * Home Buyers Looking for High-Quality Features Even When It Means Less Space * Housing Snapshot President's Message * NAHB Is Your Partner in Business Housing and Economics * New Home Sales Set Fourth Consecutive Annual Record in 2004 * Eye on the Economy Builders' Show * Put Technology to Work in Your Business, Perot Tells Builders Business Management * Human Resources: The Benefits of Offering Flexible Benefits Plans Education * Take Advantage of National Desigation Month Small Builders and Remodelers * Make a Zero Punch List for Every Job a Reality * Members Honored for Furthering Remodeling Construction Safety * Home Builders Need to Take Steps To Prevent Excavation and Trenching Accidents * OSHA Offers Tips to Protect Workers in Cold Weather State and Local * Associations Honored for Government Affairs Achievement Sales and Marketing * Booming Hispanic Home Buying Market Is Sold on Spanish Design * 2004 BALA Best in Housing Design Award Winners Announced Building Systems * Log Home Basics Labor * NAHB Student Chapters Make the Most of the Builders' Show * Job Corps Carpentry Graduate Wins Shirley Wiseman Lach Award * President’s Award Recognizes Achievement of HBI Job Corps Graduate Building Products * Fiber Glass and Slag Wool Insulation Good for the Environment Builder's Engineer * Does Halfwit Plus Halfwit Equal Fullwit? Building News Coast To Coast Association News & Events * Oregon Builders Win Housing Endowment Community Service Award * Awards Recognize Achievement in Workforce Housing * McGraw-Hill Partners With NAHB to Deliver Product Information to Members * Subscribe Your Employees to NBN Online and Earn a Chance to Win a Digital Camera * Calendar of Events NBN Back Issues   Print This Article   Print All Articles   Email the Editor     Sponsored by: National Association of Home Builders Reach 100,000+ Builders & Contractors Search 2005 International Builders' Show Exhibitors Think Green -- Attend the National Green Building Conference Members Save at BuilderBooks.com go to top Sponsored by: Countrywide Home Loans See how Countrywide’s Prime Rate OTC construction loan can offer more flexibility to qualified buyers. Learn how our Home Equity Loan offers flexible payment options and the ability to reuse the funds.

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