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In This Issue:

Front Page
Builders Report Rising Sales Losses From Credit Crunch
Oversupply of Rentals Weighs on Multifamily Housing Activity
Nation's Building News Will Not Be Published Sept. 3 and 10
Coast to Coast
Good Old FHA Loans Make a Comeback
Economics & Finance
July New-Home Sales Up Some From Weak June
Housing Affordability Remains Sub Par in Second Quarter
Sales of Existing Homes Stable in July
Online Resources Help Consumers Buy Homes, Avoid Foreclosure
Useful Links to Monitor Economic and Housing Trends
Construction Safety
SAFE Award Applications Now Available
Tips
Builders’ Tip: How to Use an Air Chisel to Trim Wood
Business Management
How to Manage in a Cyclical Downturn
Research
EPA Administrator Visits New NAHB Research Center Lab
Energy Efficiency Not Optional for Two Custom Builders
Green Building
Pulte, MHI Building Green to NAHB Model Guidelines
Jones Updates Tucson Builders on NAHB Program
NAHB Designation Proposed for Green Building
Sales
New, Free Toolkit Gives Tips to Boost Sales, Marketing
Three Communities Near Seattle on Fall Board Housing Tour
Enter The Nationals Sales and Marketing Awards by Sept. 28
50Plus Housing
Donald Trump Enters the 50+ Market: Here’s Why
Hear About Hot Design Trends for the 50+ Market at Fall Board
Multifamily
Immigrants Likelier to Move to Single-Family Over Time
Section 8 Housing Subsidy Payments Running Late
Entries Open for Pillars Design, Marketing Awards
How to Schedule RAM Courses for Local Multifamily Councils
Remodelers
Plan to Attend the Remodeling Show in Las Vegas
Updated CAPS Classes Debut at 2007 Remodeling Show
Building Systems
BSC Modular Member to Be Featured on Discovery Channel
Sept. 7 Entry Deadline Looms for BSC Excellence Awards
Log Homes Grading Program Receives IAS Accreditation
Market Trends, Successful Selling Hot Topics at Showcase
PATH Concept Home Uses System-Built Technology
Custom
Register for Custom Builder Symposium in Naples, Fla.
Education
Education Calendar
Legal
Drainage Key to Minimize Moisture in Exterior Walls
Workshop to Provide Guidance on Clean Water Act Compliance
Bosch Announces Recall of Skil® Circular Saw
Register for Construction Law Seminar on Sept. 6
Design
Speakers Wanted for Design Programs at Builders’ Show
Labor
Project CRAFT Students Help Spruce Up Florida Marina
Building Products
Marvin Windows and Pella Top J.D. Power Satisfaction Polls
TV
NAHB-Produced Programs on DIY, Fine Living and HGTV
Endowment
Ranieri, of Hyperion, to Give Dunlop Lecture at Harvard
Community Service Award Entries Due by Nov. 12
Association News
NAHB Political Operative Tom Baker Dies
Jirair Hovnanian, N.J. Home Builder, NAHB Life Director, Dies at 80
NAHB Board in Seattle for Fall Meeting Sept. 8
Take 1-800 Members Survey on Shipping Needs, Maybe Win iPod
Retaining Members Discussed at Membership Conference
Committee, Council Appointment Forms Now Online
Drive Away With a Shiny New $500 GM Offer
Introducing the Hertz Green Collection. Reserve and Conserve.
Get Free CD of Customer Service Forms From Biz Forms and Checks
Calendar of Events
NAHB Career Center

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Community Service Award Entries Due by Nov. 12

Ranieri, of Hyperion, to Give Dunlop Lecture at Harvard

 

Lewis Ranieri

 

Lewis S. Ranieri, founder of Hyperion private equity funds, CEO and president of the private investment firm, Ranieri & Co., Inc., and a longtime supporter of NAHB and the housing industry, will deliver the ninth annual John T. Dunlop Lecture in Cambridge, Mass. on Oct. 2.

The lecture, co-sponsored by the National Housing Endowment and the Harvard University Joint Center for Housing Studies, begins at 6:00 p.m. in Burden Hall at the Harvard Business School.

Widely regarded as an expert and innovator in both the mortgage and capital markets, prior to founding Hyperion, Ranieri served as vice chairman of Salomon Brothers, Inc., where he helped develop the capital markets as a source of funds for housing and commercial real estate and led the effort to obtain federal legislation to support and build the market.

In 2004, BusinessWeek magazine named Ranieri one of “the greatest innovators of the past 75 years.”

Ranieri has served on the NAHB Mortgage Roundtable since 1989, is an NAHB Housing Hall of Fame inductee and is a life trustee with the endowment.

He is also a recipient of the lifetime achievement award given by the Fixed Income Analysts Society, Inc. (FIASI) and was inducted into the FIASI Hall of Fame for outstanding practitioners in the advancement of the analysis of fixed-income securities and portfolios.

The lecture series honors John T. Dunlop, Lamont University professor emeritus of Harvard University from 1985 to 2003 and advisor to U.S. presidents, beginning with Franklin D. Roosevelt. He also was the secretary of labor during the Ford Administration. In 1986, Dunlop was named to the NAHB Housing Hall of Fame. He also was a founding trustee of the endowment.

The lecture series, begun in 1999, has featured such renowned housing officials and building industry leaders as Jack Kemp, former HUD secretary during the George H.W. Bush Administration; Henry Cisneros, former HUD secretary during the Clinton Administration; Angelo O. Mozilo, the CEO of Countrywide Financial; Herbert V. Kohler, founder, president and chairman of the Kohler Company; and F. Barton Harvey, chairman and CEO of Enterprise Community Partners, which has worked with more than 1,200 community-based nonprofit organizations to provide decent, affordable housing and a path out of poverty for low-income families.

To Register

The Dunlop Lecture is open to the public.

For more information and to register for the lecture, e-mail Elizabeth England, of the Joint Center for Housing Studies, or call her at 617-495-7640.


 

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