NBN Online for the week of February 16, 2009

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In This Issue:

Front Page
Stimulus Provisions to Help Put Housing on the Right Track
Expanded Energy Tax Credit to Boost Demand for Renovation Jobs
Builders Launch Tax Credit Web Site
Coast to Coast
From Fannie and Freddie, Here Come the Fee Increases
Economics & Finance
Builder Confidence Languishes at Historic Lows
Eye on the Economy: Economic Growth Weaker Than It Looks
Useful Links to Monitor Economic and Housing Trends
Downturn
NAHB Members Can Get Free Business Survival Tips
Tips
Builders’ Tip: How to Secure a Log for Log Work
Business Management
Effectively Manage Business With Free, New Biztools Guides
sales and marketing
Auctions Creating Sense of Urgency and Moving Inventory
Multifamily
Job Losses, Tight Credit Erode Confidence in Apartments
Green Standard Scoring Tool Now Available for Multifamily Buildings
Remodelers
Home Remodelers Lower Their Market Expectations
Arizona Remodeler Selected as NAHB Remodelers Chair
Building Systems
Prefab Systems Can Help Solve Freddie Mac Appraisal Issue
Building Quality
‘Leading From the Front’ a Secret of Success
Education
CAASH in on Active Adults at 50+ Housing Symposium
New Consumer Brochures Tout Value of Designations
Boost Business, Skills During National Designation Month
Education Calendar
Green Building
Major Role Seen for New ANSI Green Building Standard
Perceived Higher Cost a Barrier for Introducing Green Products
Green Gives Builders the Sales Edge in Tight Florida Markets
35 Local Green Home Building Programs Join NAHBGreen
Conference to Look at Business Advantages of Building Green
design
Inaugural BALA Hall of Fame Inducted at Las Vegas Gala
hbi
Support for Project CRAFT Renewed in Florida
Building Products
Whirlpool Unveils its Most Energy-Efficient Kitchen Ever
TV
NAHB-Produced Programs on DIY, Fine Living and HGTV
Endowment
Webcast Touts Benefits of New ANSI Green Building Standard
Wanted: HBA Proposals for Challenge/Build/Grow Initiative
Association News
NAHB Members Can Save Big on FedEx Shipping Services
NAHB Members Can Get 10% Off Stays With Wyndham Hotel Group
Drive Away With a Shiny New $500 GM Offer
Calendar of Events
NAHB Career Center

Effectively Manage Business With Free, New Biztools Guides

Three new Biztools builder business guides ― created to help NAHB members manage their businesses more effectively and increase their profits — are now available free to NAHB members.

The guides provide members tips on technology, business planning, ensuring the financial health of their businesses and more. Each guide includes member-written articles that offer tips and advice on how to improve business — especially in tough times.

Produced by NAHB's Business Management and Information Technology Committee, and found in the business management resources section of the NAHB Web site — www.nahb.org/Biztools — the new 2009 Biztools Builder Business Guides include:

  • “Information Technology for Home Builders: Using Technology to Increase Efficiency”
  • “Business Management for Home Builders: Succession Planning to Map Your Future”
  • “Financial Management for Home Builders: Understanding Cash Flow”


All three concise guides ― which include lists of other valuable NAHB Biztools resources ― are free for members and HBAs.

For electronic versions, go to www.nahb.org/bbg. To order free hard copies, not including shipping, visit www.nahb.org/materialsordering.    

Free 2007 and 2008 Biztools Business Guides Available

The 2007 and 2008 Biztools builder business guides are also available free to NAHB members and can be downloaded from the NAHB Web site in a PDF format only.

To view or download the 2007 and 2008 guides, click here.

Free Biztools Flyer on Resources Also Available

A free Biztools Flyer indicating all the business-oriented resources available at BuilderBooks.com and NAHB’s Business Management Department is also available to members.

Packed with resources that can help keep businesses afloat, the flyer introduces members and HBAs to the many resources available through membership.

To order free copies, not including shipping, visit www.nahb.org/materialsordering.


  
NAHB Has Nearly 300 Resources to Help You Run Your Business More Profitably

Go to NAHB's Business Management Tools Web pages (available to members only) for instant access to nearly 300 timesaving, moneymaking and cost-cutting business resources to help you run your business more profitably. Get guidance on accounting and financial management, business strategy, computers and information technology, customer service, human resources and more.

Resources are added weekly, so bookmark www.nahb.org/Biztools to go directly to these vital business management resources.


 

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