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TO SUPPORT ITS BURGEONING role as a full-service building product commercialization consulting firm, the NAHB Research Center recently held a groundbreaking ceremony to start construction of a new material and structural systems testing laboratory facility on its Upper Marlboro, Md., campus. With...
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- The Home Builders Institute, partners with Retention Education to develop an English as a second language learning tool for the residential construction industry.
- The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers agrees to stop enforcing the so-called Philadelphia Ditch Rule.
- The NAHB creates a new...
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IN 2005, THE NAHB PUBLISHED the Model Green Home Building Guidelines to move green building further into the mainstream and to provide a practical baseline for resource-efficient, cost-effective home building.
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- Today's newly built homes are substantially larger and packed with more amenities than 30 years ago, according to annual data released by the U.S. Census Bureau.
- Recent NAHB study provides in-depth analysis of the nationwide use of the mortgage interest and real estate deductions.
- The...
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BUILDERS SEARCHING FOR practical and reliable information on innovative construction products and practices now have a new place to go. Well, not exactly new, but certainly improved. A fully redesigned version of ToolBase.org, the online technical resource, was recently launched to help builders...
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- The NAHB/Wells Fargo Housing Opportunity Index lists Indianapolis as the nation's most affordable major housing market for the third consecutive quarter.
- Concrete now accounts for 16 percent of all above-grade residential walls—up from 2 percent in 1993.
- The NAHB partners with the U.S...
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EVERY YEAR, WITH THE PARTICIPATION of thousands of builders nationwide, the NAHB Research Center's annual Builder Practices Survey (BPS) documents materials usage in new-home construction. Recognized as one of the most comprehensive sources of data on residential building materials available, the...
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- Housing industry expert Bill Webb releases instructive guide that shows how to maximize sales potential and profits in lean times.
- NAHB's Building Systems Councils offer free brochure on the benefits of modular homes.
- NAHB encourages members to take advantage of a free savings analysis...
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- The NAHB's education simulation program is named as a finalist for the first Computers for Youth Family Learning Software of the Year Award.
- The National Housing Endowment receives a $1 million gift from The M/I Homes Foundation.
- The NAHB releases a national study of more than 350 builders'...
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- The NAHB/Wells Fargo Housing Opportunity Index lists Indianapolis as the nation's most affordable major housing market for a second consecutive quarter.
- Higher interest rates and rising home prices cause nationwide housing affordability to slip for a fourth consecutive quarter.
- Congress...