Special Edition - NBN Online for the week of December 22, 2008

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In This Issue:

Front Page
Major Blitz Urges Central Role for Housing in Stimulus Plan
Down But Not Out, Builders Press for Stimulus to Rally U.S. Economy
NAHB Shares Construction Lending Concerns With FDIC Chairman
Nation's Building News Will Not Be Published During the Holidays
Read More in Nation’s Building News — Win a Full IBS Registration
Coast to Coast
S.J. Housing Demand Seen Jumping
Economics & Finance
Slump in Housing Starts Intensified in November
Builders Support FDIC Foreclosure Relief Plan
Credit Crisis Paralyzes New-Home Market in California
Eye on the Economy: The Housing Market Is Contracting Sharply
Remodelers
Remodelers Struggle With Clients’ Lower Credit Lines
Legal
Some Funds Recoverable in OSB Class Action Lawsuit
Labor
Superintendent Training Key to Reducing Construction Costs
Association News
Calendar of Events
NAHB Career Center

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Major Blitz Urges Central Role for Housing in Stimulus Plan

Down But Not Out, Builders Press for Stimulus to Rally U.S. Economy

NAHB Shares Construction Lending Concerns With FDIC Chairman

Nation's Building News Will Not Be Published During the Holidays

Read More in Nation’s Building News — Win a Full IBS Registration

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