NBN Online for the week of July 24, 2006

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In This Issue:

Front Page
NAHB Interest Rate Concerns Arise in Bernanke Testimony
Share Nation's Building News With Your Staff. It's Free.
Builders Step Up Response to Job Site Thefts
Layouts for Living
Floor Plans: High-End Homes Command Inner Harbor Views
Coast to Coast
Southland Rents Soar
Economics & Finance
Housing Starts Slide in June
Uncertainty Over Fed Helps Sink Builder Confidence
A Few States Defying Downward Trend in Housing
Tips
Builder's Tip: A Tool to Make Seamless Stucco Patches
Business Management
For a Better Bottom Line: Read What ‘BoB’ Has to Say
Custom Home Builders, Have We Got an Award for You
Multifamily
Costly Mailbox Rules Take Effect in September
Remodelers
Remodelers Discuss Housing Needs of Disabled Veterans
Commercial
Commercial Builders Awards of Excellence Deadline Aug. 18
International
Trade Mission to Explore Niche Opportunities in Mexico
Education
Want to Know More About Designations? Ask an Expert
Education Calendar
Research
Redesign Makes ToolBase Web Site Easier to Use
Green Building
Seminar Proposals Sought for Green Building Conference
Regulation
NAHB Study to Gather Data on Wetlands Permit Times
Legal
Law Improves New Hampshire Application Process
Workforce housing
Apply for 2006 Workforce Housing Awards
Labor
CRAFT Students Serve the Community in Jackson, Mississippi
Building Products
Distribution Stepped Up for ‘Paint-On’ Projection Screen
TV
NAHB-Produced Programs on HGTV & DIY This Week
Endowment
Endowment Awards $100,000 HELP Grant to Maryland School
Association News
UPS Offers Up to 30% Discount to NAHB Members on Shipping
GM $500 Exclusive Offer for NAHB Members
Find Key Employees Through the NAHB Online Career Center
Fall Board Meets Sept. 13-17 in Salt Lake City
Calendar of Events
NAHB Career Center

Trade Mission to Explore Niche Opportunities in Mexico


Paradise Village in Nuevo Vallarta, Mexico has tapped into the growing high-end, resort vacation and retirement home market in Mexico that is attracting buyers from the U.S. and Europe.

The $5.3 billion niche market for high-end, resort vacation and retirement homes in Mexico is growing and attracting U.S. and European buyers — particularly in the areas of Puerto Vallarta, Nayarit, Puerto Penasco, Los Cabos and San Felipe along Mexico’s Pacific Coast. It is also offering growing opportunities for U.S.-based home building companies.

To learn more about this market, NAHB International is organizing a trade mission for U.S. builders and others in the industry to Puerto Vallarta/Nayarit and development sites in the Banderas Bay area on Nov. 12-14.

Developers, builders, suppliers and other industry professionals will be able to explore business opportunities and meet with private developers, public officials and other industry players. The trade mission will also include site visits.  

The trade mission will include private briefings with government and industry experts from FONATUR (Mexico’s Trust for Tourism Development), FIBBA, (Fideicomiso Bahia de Banderas), the Export-Import Bank of the U.S., the Overseas Private Investment Corporation and Stewart Title Guaranty de Mexico. 

Participants also can schedule "one-on-one" meetings with builder/developer members of Mexico’s Construction Industry Chamber (CMIC).

To view a draft agenda, click here.

To register, download and complete the registration form and e-mail it to Michael Boyce at NAHB (mboyce@nahb.com), or fax it to his attention at 202-266-8120.

For more information, visit the NAHB Web site for Vallarta/Nayarit details, e-mail Rita Feinberg at NAHB, or call her at 800-368-5242 x8415.


 

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