NBN Online for the week of May 11, 2009

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In This Issue:

Front Page
Builders Say Banks Putting a Cold Chill on Recovery Hopes
Affluent Baby Boomers the ‘Sweet Spot’ in 50+ Housing Market
HBAs Activate Superhero Powers for National Membership Day
Next Week: NAHB Member Resources to Get Back to Business
Coast to Coast
Where Home Prices Crashed Early, Signs of a Rebound
Politics & Government
House, Senate Pass Mortgage Assistance Legislation
Administration Proposes $17 Billion in Budget Cuts
Economics & Finance
Spring Price/Rate Thaw, Tax Credit Draw Homes Buyers
Stimulus Projects to Perk Up Gloomy Cement Demand by 2010
Eye on the Economy: New Home Supply-Demand Balance Improving
Useful Links to Monitor Economic and Housing Trends
Downturn
Adapt Your Marketing Strategies to the New Reality
May 14 Seminar Provides Tools to Find Local Stimulus Projects
Tips
Builders’ Tip: Quick, Easy Sanding-Disk Alignment
sales and marketing
National Homeownership Month Materials Available
legal
Illegal Worker Enforcement Focus Shifts to Employers
Business Management
Members Should Keep Tabs on Their FICO Credit Scores
50Plus Housing
Best of 50+ Housing Honored at Symposium in Philadelphia
Remodelers
Tax Credits, Rebates Cut Costs of Improving Energy Efficiency
Boost ‘Remodeling Month’ With Free Materials From NAHB
Building Systems
Webinar to Discuss Using Concrete in Green Building
Education
Education Calendar
Green Building
NAHB Honors the Year’s Best in Green Home Building
The New American Home Earns Green Home Project Award
Workforce housing
Conference to Look at Working Family Housing Solutions
hbi
HBI Infuses Green Building Into Job Training Programs
Building Products
GAF Plant in Texas Supplies Low Slope Roof Market
TV
NAHB-Produced Programs on DIY, Fine Living and HGTV
Endowment
Endowment Establishes Green Scholarship
Association News
NAHB Spring Board Meeting May 26-30 in Washington
Spring Board Last Chance for Spokesperson Training in 2009
Save More With Hertz Off-Airport Locations
Williams Scotsman Offers $1.99 First-Month Storage Container
Drive Away With a Shiny New $500 GM Offer
Calendar of Events
NAHB Career Center

Related Articles

NAHB Spring Board Meeting May 26-30 in Washington

Spring Board Last Chance for Spokesperson Training in 2009

Williams Scotsman Offers $1.99 First-Month Storage Container

Drive Away With a Shiny New $500 GM Offer

Calendar of Events

Save More With Hertz Off-Airport Locations

With more than 1,700 off-airport locations around the country, finding a Hertz Local Edition close to home or your travel destination is convenient.

NAHB members also can take advantage of Hertz local pick-up and return service and NAHB discounts for their business and personal travel.

Some of the benefits found at Hertz Local Edition (HLE) locations include:

  • Unlimited mileage
  • Clean, good quality, low-mileage vehicles with many features
  • Guaranteed availability
  • One-way rentals
  • Convenient customer pick-up and return service available within 15 minutes of the HLE location
  • Affordable leisure and replacement rates
  • Pick-up in your neighborhood and drop-off at the airport


To check rates, make a reservation and receive other, special NAHB Member Advantage discounts from Hertz, visit the Hertz page on the NAHB Web site. Be sure to use NAHB Discount CDP# 51046 when making reservations.

Other Member Advantage Discounts

For the most up-to-date details on the Member Advantage discount program and all of the participating companies, go to www.nahb.org/MA.


 

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