NBN Online for the week of October 2, 2006

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In This Issue:

Front Page
Buying in a Soft Housing Market
Play Builders' Free Online Pro Football Game. Don't Miss Out.
Share Nation's Building News With Your Staff. It's Free.
Downswing Will Not Drag Economy Into Recession
Coast to Coast
Even as Housing Prices Cool, Families Continue to Flee Florida
Politics & Government
House Passes Bill Giving Property Owners Day in Court
House Approves HOPE VI, Bill on FHA Multifamily Limits
Multifamily
HUD Convinced Not to Raise FHA Multifamily Premiums
Codes and Standards
NAHB Defeats Mandated Fire Sprinklers at Code Hearings
Economics & Finance
New Home Sales Bounce-Back in August a Nice Surprise
Pending Home Sales Index Suggests Market Stabilizing
Design
Attached at the Garage, Homes Live and Look Detached
Tips
Builder's Tip: Emergency Flat-Roof Repair
Business Management
IRS Plans to Look at Small Builders More Closely
'How to Thrive in Changing Market' at Custom Builder Symposium
Protect Your Profits Through ‘Defensive’ Estimating
Remodelers
Remodelors Council Gala at Chicago Cultural Center
Sales
Last Call to Enter The Nationals Sales and Marketing Awards
Education
Want to Know More About Designations? Ask an Expert
Education Calendar
Environment
Company Faces Penalties Over Lead-Based Paint Notice
Building Quality
National Housing Quality Award Winners Announced
Workforce housing
Easy Design Changes Can Help Connect With Latino Market
Walnut Place an Answer to High Home Costs in California
Labor
Scholarships Help Job Corps Grads Start Housing Careers
Building Products
New Deadbolt Secures Homes Against Holiday Burglaries
TV
NAHB-Produced Programs on HGTV & DIY This Week
Endowment
Centex CEO to Discuss Future of Home Building on Webcast
Association News
Challenging Times Put NAHB Membership on the Rise
NAHB Funds Transforming Lives of Tsunami Victims
Free NAHB Video Instructs How to Deal With the Media
GM $500 Off Exclusive Offer for NAHB Members
UPS Offers Up to 30% Discount to NAHB Members on Shipping
Find Key Employees Through the NAHB Online Career Center
Calendar of Events
NAHB Career Center

Centex CEO to Discuss Future of Home Building on Webcast

 

 

Timothy Eller, chairman and CEO at Centext Corporation.

Timothy Eller, chairman and CEO of Centex Corporation, will discuss the future of residential construction during a Webcast beginning 11:00 a.m. ET on Thursday, Oct. 19.

The 50-minute Webcast will be moderated by 1991 NAHB President Mark Tipton.

The Webcast is the first in the series, "The Building Communities Webcast Seminar Series on Residential Construction Management."

The series is sponsored by the National Housing Endowment, the philanthropic arm of NAHB, in partnership with East Carolina University (ECU).

The seminar series targets future leaders of the home building industry and is open to students and professors in construction management, science and technology programs as well as NAHB Student Chapter members and NAHB members. HBAs are encouraged to notify their Student NAHB Chapters.

As  part of the discussion, the seminars will feature selected questions from the audience. For the first seminar, students and professors can register for the Webcast and submit questions for Eller.

To register, visit www.rcmseries.ecu.edu.

The series Web pages also feature seminar archives and links to industry-related university programs and other organizations.

Eller joined Centex in 1973 and became chairman and CEO in 2004. He has a degree in construction management from the University of Nebraska. He is also chairman of the NAHB High Production Home Builders Council.

 


 

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