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Services Help Builders Diversify Into Remodeling
With more than 50% of the builder members of NAHB taking on remodeling jobs during the current housing downturn, NAHB Remodelers has become an even more important resource for successfully navigating this increasingly competitive market.
NAHB Remodelers’ resources can help members gauge demand and maximize their profits in a business that has some unique differences with home building. NAHB Remodelers is committed to improving the management and technical competency of remodeler members, providing excellent service to the consumer, and representing the industry at the federal, state and local government levels.
Working in partnership with locally organized remodelers councils at more than 150 NAHB-affiliated state and local home builders associations, NAHB Remodelers provides information, certification, education and recognition programs that can help support a thriving remodeling business.
Among the benefits of NAHB Remodelers membership:
- Listing in the Directory of Professional Remodelers, a popular consumer resource on the NAHB.org Web site that allows home owners to search for a local remodeler.
- Materials to promote remodeling companies to consumers and the media. The remodeling Web site for consumers at www.nahb.org/remodel provides articles on how to plan a remodel, how to hire a professional and what remodeling projects to consider. Customizable marketing materials promote remodeling and professionalism during National May is Remodeling Month and throughout the year.
- Information about federal energy-efficiency tax credits and a free audio program about what products qualify and how consumers can use them for remodeling at www.nahb.org/efficiencycall.
- Remodeling news, special member offers and expert business tips in the ReNews monthly e-newsletter and the Remodeling Channel, a Web portal updated several times a week with the latest information on the remodeling industry.
- Information and tips on managing market issues, such as lead paint regulation, aging in place and green remodeling.
- Educational opportunities, such as the audio seminar on the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s new lead paint regulation. “EPA’s Lead Paint Rule and What It Means for You” is available free to members.
For more information on the benefits and services of NAHB Remodelers, click here.
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