50+ Housing e-Source - 11/21/2008 (Plain Text Version)

Joanne Theunissen
50+ Housing Council Chair

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In this issue:
Be Part of the 50+ Housing Market Index — Get Valuable Housing Data Every Quarter
Call for 50+ Industry Icons — Nominate This Year's Industry Leaders
Codes and Standards: NAHB Contests ICC Vote Mandating Fire Sprinklers
50+ Events at IBS — More Hotel Savings Through NAHB
Regulatory: HUD Releases Final Rule on Fair Housing Accessibility Safe Harbors
Winners of the 2008 Livable Communities Awards: Affordable, User-Friendly Homes
Finance: NAHB Helps Builders Meet FHA Financing Guidelines
AARP Surveys Boomers on the Likelihood of Staying in Their Homes
Check Out the New Resources on the 50+ Channel!
50+ Local Events: Best of 50+ New England Housing Award Winners
NCHI Product: SHARP Insight Pro® Cooktop+Microwave Drawer®
Resource: New Reports Show Positive Economic Impacts of Building 55+ Housing
Calendar: Conferences and Events

Be Part of the 50+ Housing Market Index — Get Valuable Housing Data Every Quarter

NAHB's 50+ Housing Council is developing a quarterly 55+ housing market index that will track and forecast builder activity in the 55+ housing market, and we need your feedback to expand this invaluable resource. This new index is modeled on NAHB's monthly housing market index (HMI), which evaluates conditions in the single-family housing market., and is widely respected and used by builders, financial markets, media and researchers in the housing industry. You are invited to participate in this new quarterly 50+ index.

The information retrieved from a short quarterly survery will allow NAHB economists to build a credible, reliable index of 55+ market conditions that can be tracked and analyzed over time and that will serve as an important source of critical information for builders, developers, owners, lenders, investors, and the media. This index also will provide needed information to the Council for developing financing and sales resources, as well as other products and services.

Each participating company will receive individual data, but responses will be kept strictly confidential. Only aggregate numbers will be reported. Results will be posted quarterly at www.nahb.org.

If you would like to be a vital part of this survey please let us know.

Your assistance is greatly appreciated. If you have any questions, please call Rose Quint (800) 368-5242, extension 8527.