2006-01-03
4th R, remodeling, marked 2005 for Enid schools
Enid News & Eagle, OK - Dec 31, 2005 The three R’s of education — readin’, ‘ritin’ and ‘rithmetic — were joined in 2005 in the Enid Public Schools by one more, remodeling.
2005 also was the year drug testing for EPS students participating in extracurricular activities was instituted. All students in grades 8-12 who participate in activities sponsored by Oklahoma Secondary Schools Activities Association were required to submit a urine sample for baseline testing prior to the start of the school year. Nearly 1,100 underwent the baseline tests. The district can randomly test students up to 12 times throughout the school year at the cost of $30 per student.

2006-01-02
How remodeling affects your home's value
New York Daily News, NY - Dec 21, 2005 NEW YORK (MarketWatch) - A home is the most significant asset that many people own, and remodeling can considerably affect its resale value.
Stevens hopes the report will help homeowners choose the projects that increase home value while avoiding those that lose money. In West Coast states, for example, kitchen upgrades return an average of 112% of costs when homeowners sell their home. By contrast, kitchen projects typically recoup only 85% of their costs in the Midwest. For their part, Midwesterners place a premium on exterior siding.

2005-12-13
Moving slowly on remodeling pays dividends
Inside Bay Area, CA - Nov 28, 2005 dreams. You would think the myriad home-improvement shows on TV might try to at least hint at the reality of remodeling. Instead
You would think the myriad home-improvement shows on TV might try to at least hint at the reality of remodeling. Instead, we see Ty and his blowdried crew gut and reconstruct a 100-year-old farmhouse in one week on "Extreme Makeover: Home Edition," while in real life it's standard to wait six times that long for special-order floorboards. Or we watch an ugly room transformed in 48 hours when we know it takes that long for painters to return a phone call.

2005-12-12
Remodeling Can't Raise 'Rent'
Kentucky.com, KY - Nov 22, 2005 By Rich Copley. It happens so often: You hear a favorite musical or book is being made into a movie, and you hope, you pray, you
The movie focuses on rocker Roger (Adam Pascal) and stripper Mimi (Rosario Dawson), which is an arguable choice, but it's at the expense of Angel (Wilson Jermaine Heredia), the drag queen who really is the show’s heart. We miss moments from Larson's work, including his depiction of Angel's first meeting with Tom Collins (Jesse L. Martin) that really showed how Angel, suffering from AIDS, thought only of everyone else.

2005-12-06
New York is No. 2 in remodeling
Buffalo Business First,  United States - Nov 22, 2005 New Yorkers are big on remodeling their homes, as shown by a report released Tuesday by the US Census Bureau. Contractors completed
The remodeling work in all 50 states totaled $45 billion in 2002. Joining California ($6.36 billion) and New York ($3.44 billion) in the top five were Florida ($2.29 billion), Illinois ($2.21 billion) and Texas ($2.12 billion).

2005-12-05
Remodeling Slows Moderately in Third Quarter
National Association of Home Builders (press release), DC - Nov 22, 2005 November 22, 2005 - Growth of remodeling activity slowed moderately in the third quarter of 2005, according to the National Association of Home Builders
The RMI is based on a quarterly survey of professional remodelers, whose answers to a series of questions were assigned numerical values to calculate two separate indexes. The first index gauges current market conditions and is based on remodelers’ reports of major and minor additions and alterations, plus maintenance work and repairs, on both owner- and renter-occupied dwellings. The second index gauges expectations for the near future and is based on remodelers’ reports of their calls for bids, amount of work committed for the next three months, job backlogs and appointments for proposals. A variety of “special questions” are also asked at the end of the survey to help pinpoint market trends.

2005-12-01
American Woodmark To Cut Jobs, Raise Prices
Washington Post, United States - Nov 30, 2005 The company said home remodeling slowed as labor, transportation and manufacturing costs jumped. About two-thirds of the cabinet
The company's chief financial officer, Jonathan H. Wolk, told analysts that there are mixed signals about the future. While new-home sales have been strong, mortgage rates have been climbing, and several large builders have lowered expectations for 2006, he said. Wolk also speculated that "record-high fuel costs as we approach the winter heating season" may discourage spending on remodeling.

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