NBN Online for the week of August 28, 2006

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In This Issue:

Front Page
NAHB Study Shows How Much Bathrooms Are Really Worth
Sustainable TND Community, Daybreak, on Tour at Fall Board
NAHB Economist Calls Inclusionary Zoning a Bad Idea
Share Nation's Building News With Your Staff. It's Free.
Coast to Coast
Sweetening the Deal to Sell a Home
Housing Forum
Letters to the Editor: Learn How the Codes Work
Politics & Government
Pact Sets Builders Searching for New Lumber Sources
Survey Finds NIMBYs on the Rise in Both U.S. and Britain
Economics & Finance
New Single-Family Home Sales Down, Inventory Up in July
Mortgage Rates Nudge Down Housing Affordability
Eye on the Economy: Housing Will Not Drag Economy Into Recession
Tips
Builder's Tip: Using Wall-Sheathing as Insulation Stops
Business Management
Working With Subcontractors: Pros, Cons…and Cautions
Base Pay of California Builders Up 6.8% in 2005
Multifamily
Condo Market Retreating From 2005’s Record Sales
Building Systems
Approved Guide for Installing Tile Roofing Now Available
Education
Want to Know More About Designations? Ask an Expert
Education Calendar
Green Building
Dallas the Latest to Hop on the Green Building Bandwagon
Katrina Recovery
Lowe’s to Sell Expandable Katrina Cottage Kits
Legal
NAHB Weighs in on Two Pending Wetlands Cases
International
Sign Up for Trade Mission to Puerto Vallarta, Mexico
Workforce housing
Apply for 2006 Workforce Housing Awards
Labor
Beazer Internships Put Hispanics on the Fast Track
Building Products
David Weekley Homes Names Trane Supplier of Choice
TV
NAHB-Produced Programs on HGTV & DIY This Week
Endowment
Endowment Scholar Trades in Swatches for Home Building
Association News
New NAHB Video Shows How to Communicate With Media
'Associate Appreciation Month' Is Almost Here
GM $500 Exclusive Offer for NAHB Members
Securely Collect Payments on-the-Go With Solveras
UPS Offers Up to 30% Discount to NAHB Members on Shipping
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

Sign Up for Trade Mission to Puerto Vallarta, 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 market for resort and 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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