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Volume V, Issue IV
| April 2010
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| Demographics Are Changing...
Are Your Homes Keeping Up? | |
 By Charles C. Shinn, Jr., Ph.D., The Shinn Group
Trends in housing have shown that buyers want smaller, more simple homes. But, why? Take a look at the demographics. Read more ... |
Help Customers Select Sherwin-Williams Colors | |
 Contractors now have a new tool, the Exterior Residential Color Cards from Sherwin-Williams, to help homeowners and give them the inspiration to make the right color selection. Read more ... |
| Continuous Insulation (ci) and STYROFOAM SIS Brand Structural Insulated Sheathing from Dow | |
 Did you know that about 40 percent of home heating and cooling costs can be attributed to air infiltration? Or that buildings can use twice as much fuel and produce twice as much greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions as cars? Read more... |
| 50 Mistakes Builders Make, Part 16:
Lack of Good Sales Training | |
By Charles C. Shinn, Jr., Ph.D., The Shinn Group
Although builders have seen more traffic through their homes and communities lately, it is still a buyer's market out there. Your sales team should treat each lead as if they were going to buy a home. Read more... |
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| Energy Star Program Honors BP Builder | |
  Ivey Residential's commitment to build every one of its houses to Energy Star certification had more to do with a commitment to quality than sales, said Matt Ivey, one of the company's owners. "We just felt it was a better way to build a home," he said. Read more... |
| IRS Releases List of FAQ on Small Business Health Care Tax Credit | | | The new health reform law gives a tax credit to certain small employers that provide health care coverage to their employees, effective with tax years beginning in 2010. Read more ... |
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| Why is Warren Buffett on the Cover of Professional Builder Magazine? | |  Two recent articles in Professional Buildermagazine discuss uber investor Warren Buffett's investment in Simpad, a plan-services company that offers outsourced, optimized plans to home builders with the help of tools like 3D-CAD and building information modeling (BIM) software. Read more ... |
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Fypon Introduces PVC Unassembled Column Wraps | |
Following the overwhelming success of the 2006 launch of their PVC Column Wraps, Fypon® has introduced the PVC Unassembled Column Wrap in an Economy Plain Style. Read more... |
| Kova Makes Constructech List
of Top Products for 2010 | |  Launched in 2006, Kova leverages the latest in Web technologies to provide homebuilders with a complete production management system, with applications for sales, design, bidding, purchasing, estimating, scheduling, customer service, warranty, and accounting, among others. Read more... |
New Dow "Air Sealing Center" POP Display Takes Guesswork Out of Homeowner Tax Credits | |
The new "Air Sealing Center" point-of-purchase display from Dow Building Solutions makes it easier for dealers, builders and remodelers to boost sales from energy efficiency projects that can help homeowners qualify for tax credits. Read more... |
| Kichler Reinvigorates Outdoor Lantern Collection with 22 New Families | |
 Complete with a stand-alone catalog and 22 new outdoor families, Kichler is reinvigorating its standing in the outdoor lantern category with the company's largest outdoor product release to date. Read more... |
| CertainTeed Expands Cedar-Alternative Product Offering | |
 The number of options in creating eye-catching exterior designs using fiber cement siding continues to grow, thanks to the introduction of CertainTeed® WeatherBoards Individual Shakes. Read more... |
| The Millennials: Confident. Connected. Open to Change. | |  The Pew Research Center recently completed another in a series of reports exploring the behaviors, values and opinions of the teens and twenty-somethings that make up the Millennial Generation. Read more... |
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