NBN Online for the week of May 8, 2006

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In This Issue:

Front Page
Financial Realities to Hit Retirement-Age Baby Boomers
Quality of Life Found to Rise With Residential Growth
The Race Is On for National Membership Day
Nation's Building News Will Not Be Published May 15
Coast to Coast
Nine Months After Hurricanes, Construction Costs Still Up
Politics & Government
Oklahoma 29th State to Enact Opportunity to Repair Law
Economics & Finance
Miami Could Be the First Hot Market to Land With a Thump
Immigrants Help to Fill U.S. Construction Labor Shortages
Hovnanian Lowers 2006 Expectations as Market Cools
Eye on the Economy: Fed Chair Hints at Another Rate Hike
Tips
Builder's Tip: Shop Vac Works for Hard-to-Fill Glue Ups
Legal
Employment Records Subject to Immigration Law Audits
Business Management
Vendor Summits Build Winning Team, Increase Profits
50Plus Housing
Awareness of Active Adult Housing Rising Sharply
Multifamily
Cooling Housing Market Could Deliver a Glut of Condos
Remodelers
May Is ‘Remodeling Month’ and NAHB Has Resources for You
Commercial
Small Tilt-Up Projects Can Be Profitable and Efficient
Education
Want to Know More About Designations? Ask an Expert
Education Calendar
Building Quality
Sponsorships Available as 28th Builder Earns NHQ Certification
Research
Builders Can Help Guide New Product Development
Labor
Job Corps Students Step Up for National Youth Service Day
Building Products
America’s Ugliest Doors Win High-Performance Makeovers
Builder's Engineer
'Builder's Engineer' Column on a Hiatus
TV
NAHB-Produced Programs on HGTV & DIY This Week
Endowment
Enter Awards Programs for Community Contributions
Association News
GM $500 Exclusive Offer for NAHB Members
Find Employees Through New NAHB Online Career Center
Calendar of Events
NAHB Career Center

Builders Can Help Guide New Product Development

The NAHB Research Center is looking for builders to join the Home Builders Online Research Panel, where they can draw on their experience in the industry to provide key information that will provide the basis for making effective marketing and business decisions.

The panel was created to help product manufacturers improve the performance and durability of the nation's homes.

Information from panelists provides the Research Center with insights into the perceptions, motivations, reactions and decision-making processes of home builders. The valuable feedback of the panel's builder members is then put to work to help solve manufacturer problems and influence the development of new products.

Joining the panel is simple. Members are asked periodically to offer confidential responses to brief questionnaires. Membership is free, and participants earn points that can be traded in for cash and other gifts.

For more information, or to join, click here.

For those attending the spring board meeting in Washington, D.C. this week, information will also be available at the NAHB Research Center booth.


 

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