BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//ChamberMaster//Event Calendar 2.0//EN METHOD:PUBLISH X-PUBLISHED-TTL:P3D REFRESH-INTERVAL:P3D CALSCALE:GREGORIAN BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART:20110526T160000Z DTEND:20110526T160000Z X-MICROSOFT-CDO-ALLDAYEVENT:FALSE SUMMARY:WHERE IS THE REMODELING MARKET HEADED - WEBINAR PRESENTED BY NAHB DESCRIPTION:WHERE IS THE REMODELING MARKET HEADED Webinar \n \n FREE FOR BLSJ MEMBERS/ $25 pp non-member Register for the NAHB Remodelers presentation about the remodeling market outlook with David Crowe\, NAHB chief economist\, and Kermit Baker\, director of the Remodeling Futures Program at Harvard University's Joint Center for Housing Studies. These market experts will share their projections on where the remodeling market is headed in the coming years\, including details on the expected growth of the remodeling market and niche remodeling opportunities. Participants can ask the speakers questions about the remodeling market and how to apply market trends to their remodeling business. \n Learning outcomes: To understand current remodeling trends and how they can be applied to individual markets. To understand how changing home owner demographics affect the remodeling market. To gain a better understanding of how energy retrofit activities and aging-in-place remodeling can provide increased business opportunities for remodelers. Answer questions about the remodeling market. This webinar is worth one hour of CEU credit. Speakers: David Crowe is chief economist and senior vice president at the National Association of Home Builders (NAHB). Dr. Crowe is responsible for NAHB's forecast of housing and economic trends\, survey research and analysis of the home remodeling and building industry\, consumer preferences and microeconomic analysis of government policies that affect housing. Dr. Crowe is also responsible for the oversight of the Remodeling Market Index\, which reports current remodeling conditions and future expectations based on a quarterly survey of professional remodelers. The Economics and Housing Policy Group at NAHB also recently developed a model for estimating remodeling expenditures by county based on data from the U.S. Census Bureau. This new tool provides NAHB Remodelers members with information on top counties for remodeling expenditures. Past research has concentrated on homeownership trends\, tax issues\, demographics\, government mortgage insurance\, local land use ordinance impacts and the impacts of housing on local economies. Kermit Baker is a senior research fellow at Harvard University's Joint Center for Housing Studies\, and is the project director of the Remodeling Futures Program. This research effort\, which began in 1995\, is the first comprehensive analysis of U.S. remodeling activity ever undertaken by the Joint Center. Its goal is to develop an improved understanding of the dynamics of the U.S. repair and renovation industry so that businesses can better take advantage of the opportunities that this market offers. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

WHERE IS THE REMODELING MARKET HEADED Webinar \; \;

FREE FOR BLSJ MEMBERS/ $25 pp non-member

Register for the NAHB Remodelers presentation about the remodeling market outlook with David Crowe\, NAHB chief economist\, and Kermit Baker\, director of the Remodeling Futures Program at Harvard University&rsquo\;s Joint Center for Housing Studies. These market experts will share their projections on where the remodeling market is headed in the coming years\, including details on the expected growth of the remodeling market and niche remodeling opportunities. Participants can ask the speakers questions about the remodeling market and how to apply market trends to their remodeling business.

Learning outcomes: \; \; \;
This webinar is worth one hour of CEU credit.

Speakers:

David Crowe is chief economist and senior vice president at the National Association of Home Builders (NAHB). \; Dr. Crowe is responsible for NAHB&rsquo\;s forecast of housing and economic trends\, survey research and analysis of the home remodeling and building industry\, consumer preferences and microeconomic analysis of government policies that affect housing. \;
Dr. Crowe is also responsible for the oversight of the Remodeling Market Index\, which reports current remodeling conditions and future expectations based on a quarterly survey of professional remodelers. The Economics and Housing Policy Group at NAHB also recently developed a model for estimating remodeling expenditures by county based on data from the U.S. Census Bureau. This new tool provides NAHB Remodelers members with information on top counties for remodeling expenditures. Past research has concentrated on homeownership trends\, tax issues\, demographics\, government mortgage insurance\, local land use ordinance impacts and the impacts of housing on local economies. \;

Kermit Baker is a senior research fellow at Harvard University&rsquo\;s Joint Center for Housing Studies\, and is the project director of the Remodeling Futures Program. This research effort\, which began in 1995\, is the first comprehensive analysis of U.S. remodeling activity ever undertaken by the Joint Center. Its goal is to develop an improved understanding of the dynamics of the U.S. repair and renovation industry so that businesses can better take advantage of the opportunities that this market offers.

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