NBN Online for the week of May 9, 2005

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In This Issue:

Front Page
Housing to Stay Healthy as It Recedes From Its Peak
Will You Be the Next Winner of a Digital Camera?
Customize Your Computer’s Cursor With the NBN ‘Hammer’
Key Endangered Species Rules Revised in Florida
Layouts for Living
Floor Plans: High-End Rental Overlooks San Francisco Bay
Coast to Coast
Adjustable Real Estate Loan Activity Soars
Economics & Finance
Hot Markets Raise Some Housing Bubble Concerns
Housing Busts Don’t Inevitably Follow Booms
Housing Consolidation Trend to Continue
Sunbelt Shines as Hottest Housing Region
Rural Housing Discussed With Agriculture Secretary
Eye on the Economy
Tips
Builders' Tip: Locking Electrical Cords Together
Business Management
For Better Sales Success: Define Your Product
Seniors Housing
Active Adult Rental Housing Is an Emerging Trend
Remodelers
PATH Provides Advice on Energy-Efficient Rehabs
Education
Make Your Home Designs Stand Out
Education Calendar
Sales and Marketing
Home Buying a Lengthy Decision for Most Consumers
Labor
Project CRAFT Grads Cap Decade of Success in Orlando
Building Products
Underground Tanks Fuel Gas Appliances in Rural Areas
Builder's Engineer
The Three Levels of 'Idiotdom'
TV
NAHB-Produced Shows on HGTV & DIY — This Week
Endowment
Greystone Gives Million-Dollar Gift to Endowment
Association News
Tangye, Ruma Inducted Into Housing Hall of Fame
Teachers Go for Network Version of Building Homes of Our Own
Get GM Discount on More Than 80 Vehicles
Calendar of Events

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Make Your Home Designs Stand Out

Education Calendar

May 16-18 

Building for Boomers & Beyond: Seniors Housing Symposium 2005

Chantilly, Va. 

May 22-24

Building Systems Councils Plant Tour

Charlotte, N.C.

June 13-14

Understanding Housing Markets and Consumers (IMR 1)

Bradenton, Fla.

June 13-15 

NAHB/BALA Design Institute for Builders

Denver, Colo. 

June 26-28 

Concrete Technologies Tour

Kansas City, Mo. 

Aug. 9-13 

2005 EOC Seminar

Big Sky, Mont.

Sept. 4-6

Certified New Home Sales Professional (CSP)

Reno, Nev.

Sept. 14-16

House Construction as a Selling Tool

Youngstown, Ohio

Nov. 11-13 

3rd International Conference of the Americas

Mexico City 

Nov. 6-9

2005 Building Systems Councils SHOWCASE

New Orleans, La. 

Nov. 11-13

Custom Builder Symposium

New Orleans, La.

Nov. 13-14

National Conference on Membership

Spokane, Wash.

Nov. 17-19 

2005 State and Local Government Affairs Conference 

Phoenix, Ariz.

2006

 

 

Jan. 11-14

International Builders' Show

Orlando, Fla.

March 12-14

National Green Building Conference

Albuquerque, N.M.


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