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National Association of the Remodeling Industry
The mission: build a kitchen from the ground up in 2 days. Sound impossible? Not to the state champions who attended SkillsUSA June 20-24. These young people from across the U.S. represented the best high school and college students who are learning the trades. For the 11th year, NARI has sponsored The SkillsUSA TeamWorks competition—this year in Louisville, KY.
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National Association of the Remodeling Industry
The schedule for the NARI Fall Leadership Summit, Sept. 7-9 in Minneapolis is set. In addition to a behind-the-scenes tour of a cabinet manufacturing facility, there will be dynamic keynote presentations, educational sessions and networking opportunities. Register today!
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Professional Remodeler & EBA PRIME
The Extreme Sales Summit, Sept. 14-16 in Philadelphia, is the only sales-focused event for home improvement professionals. Hear from sales experts, build business excellence and learn new ways to reach customers.
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Since 1983, The HELPcard has provided an avenue for businesses to flourish by offering an affordable monthly payment option. The HELPcard specializes in prime and non-prime credit so you grow your business by providing consumers a fresh source of funds. Decisions are made instantly allowing work to start immediately.
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Home Depot
 Saving money has never been easier than with the Home Depot Rebate program! Those who enroll receive 2 percent semiannual cash back on all qualifying pre-tax purchases. Your savings just might pay for the cost of your NARI membership ... and then some. Learn how to enroll today!
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By Michael J. Berens
 Homeowners are pulling out the stops on home renovation. Increased confidence in the economy, rising home prices, a shortage of affordable housing, and a desire to stay put are combining to create near-record levels of renovation and remodeling activity. For new home buyers and those who plan to remain in their current home, kitchen and bathroom renovation projects top the list. Conditions have rarely been better than now for remodelers and interior designers.
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Total Mortgage
If you’re itching to make improvements to your home with hopes of upping your resale value, you may be tempted to renovate your bathroom, kitchen or closets. Although these updates can increase buyer appeal, as well as add to your own enjoyment of your abode, the return on investment for these projects typically is low.
The home improvement projects that will pay back the most aren’t as glamorous, but you’ll recoup more of the expense when you sell your home.
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Contractor Connection is the nation’s largest managed repair and remodeling network, comprising 5,000 growth-minded contractors serving large membership associations who partner with us to provide their members access to our network. Our contractors are held accountable not only through our stringent credentialing process but also through ongoing performance management.
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Remodeling Magazine
Americans will spend $31.2 billion this year to remodel 1.8 million kitchens and 2.5 million bathrooms, new research conducted for the National Kitchen & Bath Association suggests.
That $18.2 billion for kitchen remodels and $13.0 billion on bath jobs accounts for about a quarterly of the $121.7 billion expended on remodeling projects, NKBA said in its report, compiled by The Farnsworth Group of Indianapolis and released today.
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Houzz
If you’re looking for a sense of how much it will cost to renovate your home, and how long it might take, here are some numbers for you. The 2016 Houzz & Home annual survey gathered information from more than 120,000 registered users of Houzz, including more than 70,000 who renovated in 2015. Their responses provide insight into how your own renovation project might play out.
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Brookings
Racial diversity will be the most defining and impactful characteristic of the millennial generation. Newly released 2015 Census data points to millennials’ role in transitioning America to the “majority minority” nation it is becoming.
Millennials between ages 18 and 34 are now synonymous with America’s young adults, fully occupying labor force and voting ages. They comprise 23 percent of the total population, 30 percent of the voting age population, and 38 percent of the primary working age population.
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Remodeling
You don’t lack marketing ideas. You attend educational sessions, webinars, talk to colleagues, receive countless emails, and read books and trade publications. You’ve read all kinds of great ideas on how to better market your business. You don’t lack marketing ideas. What you lack is how to determine which ideas are most important to focus on and which will produce the best return on investment.
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Business Insider
On some days, the world can seem like it's full of mean people. From the person who screamed at you for accidentally bumping into them on the subway to the co-worker who insulted your idea for a new project, negativity can seem omnipresent.
But what if erasing all this pessimism were merely a matter of changing your perspective?
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