Register Onsite for IBS: It's Quick, Easy, Convenient
Onsite registration for the 2005 International Builders’ Show (IBS) in Orlando, FL — the one trade event big enough and powerful enough to match the energy and strength of today's home building industry ― is now open.
IBS features more than 1,600 exhibitors on more than 1.5 million square feet of exhibit space and more than 200 educational seminars.
To register onsite, go to the Hall B Lobby, Level 1 in the West Building of the Orange County Convention Center from:
- 7:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m., Monday to Saturday, Jan. 10-15
- 7:30 a.m.-1:00 p.m., Sunday, Jan. 16
Speakers, moderators and plan reviewers for NAHB seminars who have been approved by an NAHB staff education planner, but have not yet registered, can get their complimentary registration at the Speaker Registration counter in the Hall A Lobby, Level 1 in the West Building of the convention center
For help finding a hotel room, visit www.Orlandoinfo.com or call the Orange County Convention & Visitors Bureau’s housing hotline at 407-363-5872.
For last minute tips on how to get the most out of IBS, including planning your visit, shuttle bus schedules, car rentals and special builders’ events, click here.
To read a sampling of NAHB council and committee meetings, events and seminars at the builders’ show, click here. For more information, visit the 2005 International Builders’ Show web site.
NBN Staff Is Attending the International Builders' Show
Nation's Building News will not be published on Jan. 17. Publication will resume Jan. 24.
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Housing Snapshot
Mortgage interest rates declined last week and remained safely below the 6% threshold. "Economic news seems to reflect steady growth and low inflation, placing little upward pressure on interst rates," said Amy Crews Cutts, Freddie Mac's deputy chief economist. "Although we expect mortgage rates will start to trend gently upward over the year, 30-year fixed-rate mortgage rates should stay under 6%, at least through the first quarter." The Labor Department announced on Friday that 157,000 new jobs were created in December, bringing the total for the year to 2.2 million, the highest number since 1999. Holiday sales were weaker than expected, according to the International Council of Shopping Centers, which reported that business at chain stores was up 2.3% in the November-December period, below projections for a 4% increase. Reversing a recent trend, the dollar moved up last week against the euro. Random Lengths reported that the cost of framing lumber was up last week, reaching $383 per 1,000 board feet, up from $380 during the previous week.
| Mortgage Interest Rates |
| 30-Year Fixed-Rate |
5.77% |
| 15-Year Fixed-Rate |
5.21% |
| 1-Year ARM |
4.1% |
| Housing Starts - Nov. 2004* |
| Total |
1.77 million |
| Single-Family Starts |
1.448 million |
| Multifamily Starts |
323,000 |
New Home Sales
Nov. 2004* |
1.125 million |
Existing Home Sales
Nov. 2004* |
6.94 million |
| * Seasonally adjusted annual rate |
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