January 23, 2008 | Vol 3, Num 4
W&D Weekly, Delivering the Fenestration Industry to Your Desktop
DOE Updates Northeast Manufacturers on Plans for Energy Star Revisions
Solar Innovations Invests in New Facility
MI to Handle CertainTeed Window Brand in East
Private Buyer to Purchase Ram Industries
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The Outside View...

Remodeling Activity Projected to Remain Sluggish
from Harvard Joint Center for Housing Studies
Tighter credit standards and falling consumer confidence are expected to depress remodeling spending through 2008 according to Harvard’s Joint Center for Housing Studies. The Leading Indicator for Remodeling Activity (LIRA) reports that homeowner spending for home improvement activity will continue to decline, falling by an annual rate of 2.6% through the third quarter of 2008...
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NAHB Applauds Fed Rate Cuts; Calls On Congress To
Do Its Part

from National Association of Home Builders
The National Association of Home Builders (NAHB) today applauded the Federal Reserve Board’s aggressive action to cut interest rates by 75 basis points to help jump-start the economy...
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America's Most Lucrative Neighborhoods
from Forbes.com
Twenty years ago, few house-hunters were interested in Charlestown, Mass. In this small, dense neighborhood, just across the river from Boston, commercial fishing piers and industrial development fell in the shadow of Interstate 93. Property values were appropriately low. But the Big Dig, a project that rerouted part of Interstate 93 under the heart of Boston and officially completed late last month, changed that by opening the Charlestown waterfront to luxury real estate development. With the area's highways underground, the waterfront became attractive to buyers seeking views of the city...
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