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Visit www.HousingZone.com for more industry news and features. July 9, 2003

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IN THIS ISSUE:

Today's Headlines: Baby Boomers Changing Face of Retirement Housing

Featured Topic: Design

Building Technology: The Anatomy of Innovation

Call for Entries: BALA, Web Awards

Event: Benchmark 2003

Today's Headlines

Baby Boomers Changing Face of Retirement Housing

If you think retirement living means selling the old homestead and moving to a smaller place in a warm climate, think again. A new study shows that baby boomers -- the oldest of whom turn 57 this year -- continue to rewrite the rules.

Deseret News (Salt Lake City)

Mortgage Rates Leap in Latest Week

Mortgage rates rose sharply last week, a second straight gain that put the benchmark 30-year loan nearly one-quarter of a percentage point above its modern-day low reached three weeks ago.

CBS MarketWatch

Insurers Given OK to Exclude Mold Claims in land

land joins at least 38 other states that have recently allowed the exclusion of mold coverage. Insurance industry experts say mold claims have sharply increased their costs of operations at a time when their income from stock market investments has declined.

The Baltimore Sun

Home Buyers Forced to Play 'The Price Range Is Right'

In the world of value-range pricing, homes are advertised in a range: There are two prices, low and high, and buyers are asked to offer something in between.

Los Angeles Times

New Class of Glass Opens Windows to New Functions

Today's high-tech window wizardry enables glass to darken and lighten on cue and automatically repel dirt and grime.

The San Diego Union-Tribune

Group to Simplify Linking Digital Devices

The Digital Home Working Group, made up of 17 leading tech and consumer electronics firms, wants to make it easier for a range of products to share digital files -- tackling some of the headaches that still occur when networking tech gadgets at home.

Investor's Business Daily

New Front Opens in Long Political War Over Plastic Pipe

For several decades a political war has been waged in California over whether homes, either new or remodeled, could be plumbed with plastic water pipe or would have to use metal pipe, usually copper.

Sacramento (Calif.) Bee

Week in Review

Catch up on the industry's headlines in our weekly news section.

Regional News

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Northeast News | Southeast News

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Featured Topic: Design

Ways to Make Great Rooms Feel Less Cavernous

While the elimination of walls between the kitchen, dining room and living room has produced an impressive-looking space -- often capped with an equally impressive soaring ceiling -- many a rueful home buyer has come to realize that the so-called "great room" is in some ways not so great.

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

Popular Porches

Widely seen in n times, porches fell out of favor, but nostalgia is now fueling their popularity.

Morning Call (town, Pa.)

Building Technology

The Anatomy of InnovationFrom Professional Builder magazineWhile large national and regional builders might have the best resources to be leaders in innovation, small builders with a clear sense of purpose also can be effective early adopters of technology.

Call for Entries

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July 25, 2003 — Deadline for Registration Form July 31, 2003 — Deadline forEntry Notebooks Enter your award-winning project.

HousingZone.com Web Awards

The HousingZone.com Web Awards recognize the best Internet sites in the residential construction industry. With a focus on sales and marketing, these winning sites offer the best in content, design and functionality. Enter by completing the entry formby Aug. 31, 2003.

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