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could have a second life, one in which the association hoped could be used in its themed condition. Several considerations were made but one kept coming up over and over again. Fort Bliss, Texas and the soldiers kids. Contact with the Garrison Commander, Colonel Joseph Simonelli, Jr. got the association on track with the potential donation. The colonel was candid saying that because it was a donation that certain steps had to be processed for an approval, including a letter to the Department of the Army.
Notification of acceptance was received by the EPAB and the gift delivery was worked out. On January 8, 2012 the United States Army, and in particular the US Army Installation Management Command, Headquarters, Untied States Army Garrison, Fort Bliss, Texas accepted the gingerbread house on behalf of the Child and Youth Services Skies Unlimited Program. The gingerbread house was now in the Army. The gingerbread house was immediately swarmed on by waiting
pre-school children whose parents are active duty military, some on duty in Afghanistan and other hot spots around the globe. In making the presentation on behalf of the association 2012 President Frank Arroyos told the crowd and media that this gift is just another symbol of the support and love the association has for our military community. With the smiles and laughter coming out from inside the gingerbread house we knew that was all the thanks needed. More photos page 8
Housing can act as a job catalyst if regulators and lending institutions return to prudent underwriting standards that do not exclude creditworthy borrowers and if they move to restore the flow of credit to viable home building projects.
In its message to Congress, the Fed said that restoring the health of the housing market is a necessary part of a broader strategy for economic recovery. Housing can act as a job catalyst if regulators and lending institutions return to prudent underwriting standards that do not exclude creditworthy borrowers and if they
move to restore the flow of credit to viable home building projects. In normal times, housing accounts for more than 17 percent of the nations economic output. Constructing 100 new homes creates more than 300 full-time jobs, $23.1 million in wage and business income and $8.9 million in federal, state and local tax revenue. With cash-strapped municipalities across the land desperately searching for new revenue sources, home building can increase the property tax base that supports local schools and communities. Removing the obstacles limiting access to mortgage credit and enabling builders to obtain construction loans to build in markets where demand is firming is imperative to get housing back on track, to put our nation back to work and to keep the economy moving forward, said Nielsen.
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Presidents Message
Frank Arroyos
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Starting a new year always lends itself to ponder and analyze what and how and with whom we spent our energies on last year. What did we accomplish in our personal, business and spiritual lives? What could I have done differently? What am I going to do this time around to adjust and correct those actions that werent to my benefit? All these things come to mind or should come to mind to be acted upon. 2012 will be a monumental year in our generation due to the fact that we continue to tread onto uncharted territory, with unemployment at an alarming high; tensions around the world high mostly caused by frail economies and strife. Economic problems continue at home with continued home foreclosures, excessive regulations on lending, and some lack of confidence by consumers. With the presidential elections coming in November and all the lack of leadership in Congress confuse an already confused populace. We are bombarded with so many negatives that sometimes we lose sight of the most important things in life, family and friends. My goals and hopes for this year are to earn the leadership role that you have entrusted me with. Keeping open the communication lines with our city leadership and our related business
associations is a priority of mine. We must keep housing affordable and available in El Paso. We will continue our efforts to lower bond requirements, less permit fees, smaller government involvement in our businesses and working to bring about reform in lending. All these things need attention from our association. Most importantly you need to know that it cannot be done by one or two people, but it can be done by coming together in a united front to bring forward solutions and ideas to combat these issues. I ask for you to get involved in the association this year, bring your energy to us, and give the El Paso Association of Builders a fighting chance for change. We will do our best to represent you and your interests but we need your help and input. Are you up for the challenge? Good things happen when you bring the strength of numbers to the fight. Happy New Year and prosperity to you and yours.
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Perspective
Ray Adauto, Executive Vice President EPAB
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The month of January is usually a time of change, a time when we take stock over what we accomplished or left undone the previous year. Looking over at 2011 I have to say that as an association we took some steps forward. The locomotion should continue into 2012, at least from what it looks like today. Heres how I rate our accomplishments last year: City elections. Without a doubt the election pitted pro-business candidates talking about how anti-business the city was. That resounded with the voters and two newcomers were elected. City council. Efforts by the EPAB to bring a fact filled face to face meeting with city council, the mayor and the
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confidence is still low and banks are still hesitant to lend. And Congress and the president remain at odds over how to spur job creation, which many say is the key to stabilizing the housing market. Obama was in many ways hemmed in as to how to effectively and positively affect the housing crisis, said Gabriel Stuart, director of UCLA's Ziman Center for Real Estate. The economy was moving under their feet. Missed opportunities One thing some experts say Obama could have done is required servicers, as well as Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, to write down the principal balance on loans. This, however, has been a very controversial step because it would have forced large losses on banks and the government-controlled mortgage finance
companies. But at least the administration could have come down harder on the mortgage servicers, forcing them to expand and improve their foreclosure prevention processing procedures more quickly, experts said. In Phoenix, Obama's foreclosure programs are helping some people, but many more could take advantage of them if the administration had taken a harder line with servicers, said Patricia Garcia Duarte, chief executive of NHSPhoenix, which counseled 1,800 delinquent homeowners last year. The missing ingredient was that it was a voluntary program, she said. If it hadn't been, we would have had much better results.
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The first regular board of directors meeting was held on January 10 at the EPAB office. President Frank Arroyos led the meeting with his executive team and the members intently listening to reports from committees. The board approved the budget for 2012 and took on the recommendation from the executive board and finance committee to increase associate dues beginning in February, 2012. The adjustment in dues comes after over 15 years of holding the amount while the costs of doing business increased. Associate members who have not renewed this year will be sent the increase which works out to a little over $8 dollars a month. In other action the board has sent the Land Use committee the assignment to oversee the recently published Plan for El Paso from the City of El Paso. There are wide ranging implications for the residential and commercial builders who plan to build in the future El Paso.
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New-Home Sales Rise in November
Sales of newly built, single-family homes edged up 1.6 percent to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 315,000 units in November, according to newly released figures by the U.S. Commerce Department. This marks the third consecutive monthly gain in new-home sales and the fastest pace of such activity since April. With todays report, we have now seen three straight months of modest gains in sales, starts and builder confidence in the market for new single-family homes, said Bob Nielsen, chairman of the National Association of Home Builders (NAHB) and a home builder from Reno, Nev. While the numbers are still quite low on a historic basis, this upward trend indicates that the market is slowly finding its footing and bodes well for the months ahead. Our concern is that overly restrictive lending conditions for both builders and buyers will constrain this growth and postpone the arrival of a recovery in housing and the overall economy. Extremely favorable mortgage rates and prices are starting to lure buyers back to the market in select areas of the country where the economy is strengthening, said NAHB Senior Economist Robert Denk. As a result of this improving demand and the limited amount of new construction that is taking place, inventories of new homes for sale continued to fall to another all-time record low in November. Such limited supplies should eventually lead to some greater building activity in those improving markets, which in turn will boost job growth and further economic gains. Regionally, new-home sales were mixed in November. The South and Midwest posted gains of 12.9 percent and 7.5 percent, respectively, while the Northeast and West posted respective declines of 26.3 percent and 16.9 percent. The inventory of new homes for sale fell 1.3 percent to 158,000 units in November. This is a new record low and represents a six-month supply at the current sales pace.
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Moments in our 65 year history
The year was 2002. Ten years ago this association was being led by Herschel Stringfield of Winton Homes. His presidency produced one of the top Parade of Homes and it featured some of the most innovative designs in home construction up to that point. In his welcome to the Parade attendees Herschel thanked the sponsors including BMC West, 84 Lumber, Jobe Concrete and Stewart Title of El Paso. He also thanked the developer, Southwest Land Development on whose property twelve member builders showcased their latest plans. The builders were Gaddy Construction with plan Casa Maria, touted as a Transitional plan with the California touch. Natural stone was the material of choice and Gaddy offered the three bedrooms home accentuated with a stunning stone fireplace mantel. Cardel Homes offered the Tuscan, a three car garage, three bedroom home was designed to fit the need of todays lifestyle. Oeste Homes brought us the Vista Del Norte plan, a home in the Santa Fe charm and beauty with New Mexico vigas and a kiva fireplace. It was N. H. Designs that brought the Casa Rebecca to the Parade, a Mediterranean two story home with natural light, high ceilings and a gracious place to welcome friends and family. This home featured three bedrooms and five bathrooms, an exercise room and covered patio. Winton Homes presented The Michelangelo, a 3752 square foot two story home with Mediterranean styling with columns, arches and niches. Winton touted its ISO 9001 certification with this home. Cullers & Caldwell Builders showed the Parade attendees Hacienda Desierto, a residence as rich and beautiful as its desert mountain home. The home featured Saltillo tiled floors, wood vigas and lintels, and an earthy selection of granite and colorful tiles. Curved walls were also a part of the floor plan. Porter Homes presented Casa De Vista, a home with vivid colors, bold simplicity, granite, tile, stucco and stone. Porter was committed to provide innovation and exceptional value. These builders are but seven of the original twelve with five of them still building homes in El Paso. Cardel has since transitioned into Cardel Designs and offers design services while still doing some construction. N.H. Designs belonged to Naji Hajjar, a gifted home builder who tragically was lost to us in a motorcycle accident, ironically just prior to another Parade of Homes. Gaddy, Winton/Flair, Oeste Homes, Cullers & Caldwell as well as Porter continue their membership in the association. Many of the suppliers and vendors to the builders continue to be members as well. Southwest Land Development still develops land in and around the city with developments west, Northeast, and east El Paso. 2002 seems like a long time ago, but these past ten years are witness to the ever changing landscape of home construction and associated businesses in El Paso. Our plans for 2012 include a Parade of Homes and we are hopeful that many of these 2002 builders and vendors will join us in it. By Ray Adauto
A Look Back is a monthly feature of the El Paso Association of Builders publication the Builders Outlook. Look for more history of the El Paso Association of Builders in coming editions.
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and we need to plan for another successful year by the associates council . The associates council is the fund raising back bone of our association, in other words just like in our own businesses we need to make money to keep the association strong and doing the political work that keeps us all working. I would invite all of you to become active in our associates council and attend our meetings. We have a whole slate of functions planned for this year but we need new ideas and we need your help with the events that we will be doing. In the planning stages are the following. January 20th through 22 Home and garden show call the office for details February Winter bowling tournament date to be announced April spring Golf outing details to follow. This is the fun tournament even if you dont play golf you need to be in this one. March- Probably a speed networking date to be determined. I think I will stop now as we all get the Idea. We are working on some new projects that prove to be fun and some that are educational. Please attend our associates council meeting which will be announced soon .
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