December 19, 2007 | Vol 2, Num 50
W&D Weekly, Delivering the Fenestration Industry to Your Desktop
The Latest...
CMI Targets Asia with Joint Venture in China
Brockway-Smith to Handle Jeld-Wen
Fiberglass Doors
Contact Earns Wood Certification
Huttig Consolidates Facilities
Fenestration China Opens Opportunities for U.S. Companies in the Booming Chinese Market
The Outside View...
The Talk...
e-Poll
My company's New Year's resolution is to...
...kick it up a notch with customer satisfaction.
...weather the storm and come out of 2008 relatively unscarred.
...focus on employee retention and productivity.
...find ways to be leaner (companies can shed pounds too!)
...expand our geographic scope.
...find a new market niche.
...broaden our product offering.



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The Outside View...

Housing Starts Decline 3.7 Percent In November
from the National Association of Home Builders
Nationwide housing starts declined 3.7 percent to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 1.19 million units in November as home builders wisely continued to put the brakes on new-home production, according to newly released data from the U.S. Commerce Department... read more

Housing Industry Looks to Congress for Help
from the Orlando Business Journal
The housing industry is counting on help from Congress to prevent a tidal wave of foreclosures that would further depress residential real estate values. Foreclosures already are at record highs, but they could explode over the next two years as monthly payments on 1.8 million subprime mortgages reset at much higher interest rates. The Bush administration brokered a mortgage industry plan to streamline modifications and refinancing of these loans, but even it concedes more needs to be done to help families keep their homes... read more

Homeowners Smile Through Dust of a Green Remodeling
from HerladTribune.com (Sarasota, Fla.)
Before Ingemar and Janet Persson even finish the green remodeling of their house, they'll have saved tens of thousands of dollars. That's because this project, on Palos Verdes Drive in the 1960s River Forest neighborhood off Sarasota's South Tamiami Trail, is the ultimate do-it-yourself effort... read more

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