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Housing market flashing recession signal
Gap between home prices and income point to a recession by the 2020
The housing market is
signaling there will be an
economic recession by the
2020 election, according to
Benn Steil, director of
international economics at
the Council on Foreign
Relations.
“Looking back at the years
preceding the 2008 financial crisis, a
critical warning sign was the surging
gap between the growth in home
prices and household income,” Steil
wrote in a blog post with former CFR
analyst Benjamin Della Rocca on the
think tank’s website. “Today, a
parallel dynamic is playing out.”
In 2018, as in 2005, housing-price
growth began slowing, with
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significant price drops occurring in
several major markets, the post said,
linking to a story on New York home
prices in “near free-fall” from earlier
this month.
Household income has been
growing, but it hasn’t come close to
keeping up with the increase in
home prices. For example, the
median annual household income in
August rose 1.3% from a year
earlier, Sentier Research said earlier
this month. That compares with the
4.7% gain in the U.S. median home
price in August from a year earlier,
using data from the National
Association of Realtors.
“The trend-line in existing-home
sales growth has also been down
since 2015, tipping into negative
territory at the start of last year,” the
post said. “Similar drops have
preceded nearly every recession
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since 1970,” it said.
“When income fails to keep pace
with home prices, the latter must fall
back,” the post said. “Falling home
prices, in turn, drive down household
spending by way of the so-called
wealth effect – that is, consumers cut
spending when their assets fall in
value.”
A slowdown in consumer spending,
which accounts for about 70% of
GDP, points to an economic
contraction. Economists define a
recession as two subsequent
quarters of negative GDP.
“If these trends continue, we
should expect broad falls in home
prices beginning by mid-2020, which
will, in turn, drag down household
spending against a darkening
economic backdrop,” the post said.
“Growth has been slowing, with
Trump’s tariff war hitting exports.
Manufacturing is contracting. Retail
sales, excluding autos, have stalled.
Consumer confidence is falling.”
The Federal Reserve probably
doesn’t have enough power to stop a
recession, the authors said. When
the economy slows, the Fed cuts its
benchmark rate to make it cheaper
to borrow and encourage economic
growth. But, the rate already is so
low it probably won’t be enough to
help, the blog post said.
“If we are really on the cusp of a
recession it will likely take more than
175 basis points of easing to prevent
it – and that is all the central bank
has to play with before we’re back to
the zero lower bound,” they wrote.
“At that point, applying monetary
stimulus becomes considerably more
challenging.”
By Kathleen Howley, Housingwire.com
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President’sMessage
Sergio Cuartas
President
El Paso Association of Builders
Have you ever had an idea which
does not get developed because you
do not have enough time to devote to
it?
During my 20+ years of working,
this has happened to me many times.
As a matter of fact, there are still
several business ideas that I could
develop, a couple of book ideas I
would like to explore, and a cause or
two that I would like to support by
starting a foundation. However, these
ideas are not gaining traction because
my time, energy and focus are
dedicated to other activities.
A good friend of mine told me
recently that the higher up in an
organization you are, the fewer direct
tasks you should be responsible for
doing and the more unscheduled time
you should have to think. In his
words, an operator’s time should be
almost 100% focused on direct tasks
while his supervisor should have
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WHO vs. HOW
fewer tasks and more time to evaluate
and think. Moreover, the supervisor’s
manager or director should have even
fewer direct tasks and more time to
think. Each higher level position
should follow this trend.
The other day, I listened to episode
57 of Exponential Wisdom. This is a
technology and future exploration
podcast produced by Peter Diamandis
and his entrepreneurial coach Dan
Sullivan. During this segment, they
entertained the concept of “Who, Not
How.”
The main idea of the podcast is
this: when you get excited about an
idea, instead of thinking of how to
make it happen, think of who can
make it happen. In place of spending
hours and attention on every aspect
of the design of how it should happen,
develop a vision of what the idea is,
why it is important (what need does it
supply?) and how to measure the end
results. Then go and find a who and
delegate the project to that person or
organization that can make it happen
in a way that is probably better and
faster than you yourself could ever
actually do it.
This concept of more whoing and
less howing can dramatically increase
your productivity individually and as a
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to find the who and continue to get
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constantly asking myself “who can SOCIAL MEDIA & WEBSITE
help?” or “who can actually do certain CONTENT MANAGEMENT
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things for me?” and that has allowed
me more time to think. How could you
do more whoing if you do not have
people working for you? Maybe you E-MAIL NEWSLETTERS
can outsource the task. People hire
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writers all the time to transcribe their
ideas into books. Others hire
companies overseas to do certain
tasks for them very cost effectively.
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applications to do many things for us.
The challenge is to be resourceful
enough. EDITORIAL SERVICES
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businesses with a member, recruit a
new member, continue to advertise in
our publications and participate in our
events. I appreciate very much
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Executive’sMessage Labor and the booming economy

Ray Adauto
Executive Vice President
El Paso Association of Builders
The news has been talking about
a booming economy, low
unemployment rate, and new trade
agreements that boost the stock
market. Housing sales are still hot
and that has its ups and downs.
One of the most important items in
all of the good news is that there is
a double edge sword to all of this.
I am talking about workers. And its
not getting better any time soon.
When I was going to school, we
had opportunities to take a career
path or two, notably a college track
or a skills track. We had what was
known as “shop” class where one
could learn a skill like mechanics,
welding, construction, wood class
or home making. Somewhere
along the line shop classes were
shuttered and you had to go to a
special trade school if you wanted
to learn a skill. The public schools
were not funded for shop class
anymore and that has led to where
we are today.
El Paso has always had a
sufficient labor force, but the reality
is that things have changed in
more than just school. Our skilled
labor is disappeared, taken higher
paying jobs in other fields or using
their talent at higher wages
elsewhere, or not allowed to enter
the country. In fact, our entire labor
force situation has dwindled and
that’s not a good thing. A
continuing labor shortage is going
to have a bigger impact than we
think. In this economy new home
construction is booming. No one
can disagree with this. What you
don’t see coming is that there will
be delays and those delays cost
money. If you don’t have the labor
to do the job then you don’t buy the
wood, order the concrete, or install
the appliances. Labor becomes
more expensive and so does the
cost of the house. A builder will
have to raise the prices, people will
need to qualify, and lenders will
have to propose larger down
payments. When construction stops
it affects everyday life as well.
Grocery stores, Walmart, Macy’s,
the car and truck dealers…they
suffer too. It’s a circle of concern.
We’re getting to a point of no
return with labor. Implementing
training or shop at school still will
be years away from getting those
students onto the job site. New
immigration rules need to be in
place to bring labor into the
country. But we need to start. If
not, it won’t make any difference if
we are a robust economy or not.
Dare I say it could cause the
biggest downturn ever in new
construction.
It’s time to get involved in the
solutions. And we promise this fight
is a fight for the lifeblood we call
home.

This is our time.

Now, more than ever before, our nation is looking to Texas to set the
standard in the homebuilding industry. Together we will overcome the
challenges facing our industry and help build our communities into
shining examples for the future of our nation.

The El Paso Association of Builders congratulates Randy Bowling

and looks forward to his term as the 2020 Texas Association of
Builders President.
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Builder Confidence Hits
20-Month High
Builder confidence in the market for
newly-built single-family homes rose three
points to 71 in October, according to the
latest National Association of Home
Builders/Wells Fargo Housing Market Index
(HMI) released today. Sentiment levels are
at their highest point since February 2018.
“The housing rebound that began in the
spring continues, supported by low
mortgage rates, solid job growth and a
reduction in new home inventory,” said
NAHB Chairman Greg Ugalde, a home
builder and developer from Torrington,
Conn.
“The second half of 2019 has seen
steady gains in single-family construction,
and this is mirrored by the gradual uptick in
builder sentiment over the past few
months,” said NAHB Chief Economist
Robert Dietz. “However, builders continue
to remain cautious due to ongoing supply
side constraints and concerns about a
slowing economy.”
Derived from a monthly survey that
NAHB has been conducting for 30 years,
the NAHB/Wells Fargo Housing Market
Index gauges builder perceptions of current
single-family home sales and sales
expectations for the next six months as
“good,” “fair” or “poor.” The survey also asks
builders to rate traffic of prospective buyers
as “high to very high,” “average” or “low to
very low.” Scores for each component are
then used to calculate a seasonally
adjusted index where any number over 50
indicates that more builders view conditions
as good than poor.
All the HMI indices posted gains in
October. The HMI index gauging current
sales conditions increased three points to
78, the component measuring sales
expectations in the next six months jumped
six points to 76 and the measure charting
traffic of prospective buyers rose four points
to 54.
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Do Economic Recoveries Die of Old Age?
Elliot Eisenberg
Economic & Policy
Blog
The US economy is clearly slowing.
After adjusting for inflation, GDP grew
by 2.9% in 2018, and by an even
better 3.1% in 19Q1. But growth
slowed to just 2% in 19Q2, is expected
to grow at a similar pace the rest of
this year, and to then slow further in
2020. According to some pundits, this
rapid slowing is a clear sign we are in
the final stages of this economic
recovery and that a recession is fast
approaching. They point out that we
are in the 11th year of this recovery,
making it the longest one in history,
and as such we are simply due for a
recession. Fortunately, they are
wrong, expansions do not die of old
age. Let me explain.
Prior to WWII, the idea that
expansions were more likely to end as
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they got older was very common and
was frequently mentioned in business
and economics textbooks. And indeed,
it was justified by the data. Using a
statistical technique called survival
analysis, which looks at the probability
of some particular event occurring
given the age of the subject, be it a
person or a car or sports team, it is
clear that prior to WWII recessions
were more likely to happen the longer
the recovery.
The intuitive starting point is based
on analogies to human mortality. In
short, this presumption suggests that
as an economic recovery ages,
assorted imbalances and rigidities
accumulate that hobble the economy
and make it more fragile. As a result, a
recovery is increasingly put at risk by
smaller and smaller shocks, and it
becomes increasingly likely the
economic expansion will fall into
recession the longer it lasts. Analogies
to cars are also frequently cited. All
else equal, as a car ages, the
probability that it will suffer a
mechanical breakdown increases.
Thus, older cars are considered less
reliable and generally command a
lower price than new ones.
Happily, however, various postwar
changes in the economy have
contributed to more robust and longer-
lived expansions! One key change
has been the rise in the share of
services produced in the economy and
the concomitant decline in goods. This
change has diminished the importance
of inventory fluctuations and, as a
result, has moderated the business
cycle.
The role of the federal government
has also drastically changed. Since
WWII, government activity has, among
other things, increasingly focused on
stabilizing the economy. In short, the
government has gone from a laissez-
faire hands-off attitude towards the
economy to a forceful, countercyclical
policy. This approach has not only
prolonged business cycles but has,
importantly, eliminated the pattern of
cycles becoming increasingly fragile as
they age. In a sharp reversal, it is now
recessions that are increasingly likely
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to end the longer they last as
policymakers take action to revive
growth, such as passing tax cuts and
spending increases and lowering
interest rates.
In closing, enjoy the current
expansion. Treat it like a good friend or
a fine glass of wine and savor every
extra month together. While it is almost
ten and a half years old, it might well
last another year, two if we are lucky.
Better yet, the recession that follows is
not likely to be particularly deep, as
there are no asset bubbles in the
making, nor are the sectors of the
economy that usually drive us into
recession growing inappropriately
quickly.
Elliot Eisenberg, Ph.D. is President of
GraphsandLaughs, LLC and can be reached at
Elliot@graphsandlaughs.net. His daily 70-word
economics and policy blog can be seen at
www.econ70.com.
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Fall Golf Tourney
a winner
Whenever you plan a golf outing there
is one item that you can’t control, not
even at the PGA level. That’s the
weather. We have had tremendous
weather for the 90% of our golf dates
that it would be unfair to say otherwise.
This Fall 2019 event was exactly what
we had hoped for, a clear beautiful
October day with sunshine and a cool
breeze and no rain or snow. This
contrasted with the 2018 event where in
the first hour of the tournament we got
rain, wind, dirt, snow, ice thrown at us. It
was miserable enough that some player
threw in the towel, but not this year.
With an over capacity group of teams,
we had the perfect weather that we
enjoyed. Our 23 teams had a great
time, all of them vying for a shot at the
hole in ones, the long drives, or in the
case of the difficult Fazio layout, just
staying out of the bunkers and rough.
“We had to keep the ball in the fairway
for this tournament because if not you
could spend hours looking for that ball,”
said chairman Sam Shallenberger. He
was right as several teams looked for
their drives only to be discouraged
enough to have to pull another ball out of
the bag. Butterfield Trail is the premier
publicly owned golf course in El Paso,
tough but playable, with long fairways
and challenging greens.
“No matter what you hit with you have
to know that the course will dictate your
results, luckily for our team we did pretty
good,” said Scott Whisenant from
StrucSure Home Warranty, one of the
major partners.
The El Paso Association of Builders
two golf tournaments are always sold out
early and the reason we keep hearing is
that it’s a fun tournament. “We try to
have players with experience and little
experience mix it up and the result is a
good day of fun,” said Shallenberger.
The tournaments Presenting Partner
was Haskins Electric. Chuck Haskins,
owner, says he supports the event
because of the fun. “Our company is
very proud to be involved because this
tournament and the one in Spring has
great reputations,” he said. Considering
the fun, it doesn’t come without a lot of
help from members, sponsors, and a
great golf staff. “We did a quick survey
of the players immediately after they
came in and your tournament rated
superior in every way,” said Tim Krebs,
PGA Professional and General Manager
for Butterfield Trail. “Clearly the players
enjoy the day out and what you guys do
for them,” he continued.
It starts with a lot of work from
Margaret Adauto coordinating the teams,
players, sponsors and making sure
things are set. Her working partnerships
with our volunteers are tremendous. This
year we once again had terrific support
on the goodie bags, from the number of
gifts to the packing of them. Each year
we have a dedicated group of volunteers
joined by some new folks.
Our thanks to the breakfast sponsor
Morrison Supply, our lunch sponsor
HUNT Communities, and our beverage
sponsor Sherwin Williams. Our tee box
markers were sponsored by StrucSure
Home Warranty, the flags were from
WestStar, our longest drive courtesy of
Centricity Home Warranty, our closest to
the pins 84 Lumber and Interceramic,
while our driving range was partnered by
HUB International.
While the date for the Spring
tournament is not set yet we look for
another sell out. Stay tuned to our
announcement soon and the partnership
opportunities that will be available.
 Texas Contract class well attended
membership.
Enter our good friend James Rudnicki,
attorney for builders and creator of the
Texas Association of builder’s contact, and
exclusive comprehensive contract for TAB
builder members. “I wish that I didn’t have
to come and talk to the builders about
For All Your Electrical contracts, but I do this on my nickel
because it is important for them to protect
Residential Specialists themselves and the consumer,” James told
the Outlook. A TAB Builders contract costs
Every two years the Texas Legislature
$400 for two years of downloads, with
Tract Homes • Custom Homes meets and makes laws that affect us. This
year the lawmakers were once again
updates added at no additional costs as
court cases or laws change them. “For the
targeted to increase legislation on builders
cost of a one-hour consultation with me or
and lenders. And target they did. The
another attorney the builder member has a
Texas Association of Builders (TAB) has full
document that is refined, complete, and
time lobbyist who meet with the legislators
tested to protect the builders interest,” he
and staffs year-round, and that has been a
continued.
big reason home building is still a great
Sponsoring the event were StrucSure
Total Customer 915-208-9313 profession in Texas. Time after time the
opposition has tried to create laws that
Home Warranty and Builder Agent
Network. The classroom was full and the
would kill the industry as we know it. So
Satisfaction 800-853-3996 far TAB has been able to keep that from
questions were flying.
Rudnicki is a partner in the Bush,
happening. However, there are some
Rudnicki and Shelton law firm with offices
important changes in how to do business in
in Arlington, Texas and Austin, Texas.
Texas and that means new rules to follow
James Rudnicki can be contacted at
or adapt to. The courts have also deemed
james@brstexas.com or by calling 817-
changes to contracts and that’s why TAB
635-7407.
offers a contracts class as a part of

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3RD PARTY INSPECTIONS BANKS/BANKING SERVICES Ken Donham CONCRETE ACCESSORIES & CUSTOM PADS, LANDSCAPING,
Vision Consultants, Inc. Bank of Texas 505-991-4719 MASONRY-LANDSCAPE CUSTOM AQUARIUM, BUBBLE
Kelly Sorenson Ray Owen McCoy's Building Supplies Border Construction Specialties WALLS
915-227-2100 915-313-6720 Doug Danner Ricardo Yvellez The Dorian Group/Ocean Gallery USA
City Bank Texas 915-751-8261 915-566-1688 Miguel Angel Mercado
ALARM SYSTEMS Bob Kotarski L & P Building Supply 915-778-5111
ADT Security 915-833-0267 Denise McConnell CONCRETE WORK-POST TENSION
Veronica Vazquez Citizens Loan Center 575-527-8000 J & H Concrete & Post Tension DISPOSAL HAULING
915­258­3870 Jim Easley Foxworth Galbraith Lumber Jorge Herrera ‘ Demcon Disposal Management, LLC
915-275-0715 Dan Villarreal 915-581-3103 Ryan Robles
APPLIANCE DISTRIBUTORS First National 1870 915-779-7777 915-577-9477
Builders Source Appliance Gallery Ernesto Avila CONSULTING, COACHING AND
Sandra Lucero 915-881-6702 CABINET MANUFACTURING TRAINING DOOR SHOP/ MILLWORK
915-775-1000 Vantage Bank J. B. Laminates Senpai Training and Development SUPPLIER
Morrison Supply Josie Cantu Gina Rodriguez Leonardo Corral Trim Team
Sam Shallenberger 915-594-3404 915-886-5510 915-303-0743 915-856-0791
915-778-3086 Western Heritage Bank
DOORS
Kathy Carrillo CABINETS CONSULTING/ENGINEERING Franklin Door and Trim
APPLIANCES 915-782-2400 Cabinet Masters LOI Engineers Jesse C. Brown
GE Appliances WestStar Bank Mike Robles Bernardino Olague 915-781-1532 940-210-0450
Christine R. Villanueva David Osborn 915-256-5012 915-871-1190
806-252-3683 915-747-1640 DUMPSTER RENTAL/SPRAY FOAM
Whirlpool CORPORTATE RETIREMENT PLANS INSULATION
Gwen Walker BATHROOM RENOVATIONS CIVIL ENGINEERS Bukaty Financial Companies Group 915 Siteworks, LLC
505-220-3915 Rebath of El Paso/Las Cruces Moreno Cardenas Inc. Ruth Rivera Miguel Chavez
Lisa Walling Roberto Moreno 512-796-1205 915-859-3713
ASPHALT PAVING 915-633-8101 915-532-2091 CPA
ELECTRICAL CONTRACTORS
Alpha Asphalt Beasley, Mitchell & Co., LLP Haskins Electric
Gabriel Chavez BRICK CONCRETE Brad Beasley Charles B. Haskins, Jr.
915-252-6244 Acme Brick Company Oropeza Concrete 575-528-6700 915-629-9196
Brent Smith Angel Oropeza James L. Ellis, CPA, PC IES Residential
ASSOCIATION 915-859-9171 915-873-7391 Jim Ellis 915-593-7070 Joshua Garnica
El Paso Mortgage Bankers Association 915-598-8631 915-356-5644
Brenda Aguirre CONCRETE & LANDSCAPING SBNG, P.C. Saldivar Electric, Inc.
915 204-3867 BUILDING MATERIALS MATERIAL Tyler Smith Martin A. Saldivar
Greater El Paso Assoc. of Realtors BMC Select GCC Sun City Materials, LLC 915-544-6770 915-778-7085
Jason Sanchez David Quintana Antonio “Tony “ Chavez Randall Smith, CPA
915-779-3521 915-218-5816 915-565-4681 Randall Smith
ENERGY STAR RATER
Greater El Paso Chamber of Commerce Boise Cascade Jobe Materials, LP 915-225-5200 915-533-8266 Senercon
David Michael Jerome Mike Flores Charlie Tellez Javier Ruiz
915-534-0522 915-525-6037 915-298-9900 CREDIT UNION 915-892-0547.
DWS Building Supply Mini Concrete Materials First Light Federal Credit Union
ATTORNEYS Sabrina Voorhies Joe Soto Lorenzo Revelez ENGINEERING
Firth, Johnston, Bunn & Kerr 915-351-7300 915-852-4468 915-225-0581 CEA Engineering Group
Jay Kerr; Victor Firth E.F. Building Materials, Inc MTI Ready Mix, Inc. GECU- Greater El Paso Credit Union Jorge L. Azcarate
915-532-7500 Efren Fraire Tony Mullen Danny Galindo 915-544-5232.
915-593-1301 915-859-5767 915-774-4733 Conde, Inc.
Conrad Conde
El Paso Building Materials TFCU
915-592-0283.
AUTO HOMEOWNER INSURANCE Ken Wade Yolie Melendez-Estrada TRE & Associates
TAB endorsed State Auto 915-549-1170 915-843-8328 Linda Troncoso
(Association Insurance Solutions) Franklin Building Materials 915-852-9093.
Russ Sartain, Danner Bethel Cristina Sheldon
512-203-2910 915-855-3859
Simpson Strong-Tie Company, Inc.
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EXTERIOR FOIL SHEATHING Great American Insurance Sun City Winnelson SURVEYING ENGINEERING VEHICLE DEALERSHIP WINDOW TREATMENTS
Powerfoam Insulation Group Dean Moore Barragan & Associates Rudolph Chevrolet Gotcha Covered
Arnie Pedersen Julie Tomlinson 915-532-1600 Benito Barragan Mike Ruffin Sophie Soudaiha Agraz
972-299-5556. 513-412-4921 El Paso Winnelson 915-591-5709 915-544-4321 915-201-4264
Rene Goldfien Southwest Décor El Paso
EXTERIOR PATIO PRODUCTS Joe Bernal Ins. & Financial 915-778-4640. TESTING & ENGINEERING WASTE DISPOSAL Corporation
Modern Exteriors Services, Inc. W.W. Sales CQC Testing and El Paso Disposal Chris Matthews
Hector Macias Joe M. Bernal Eric Hoppes Engineering,LLC Irma Parsons 915-594-9240
915-857-5126 915-542-0900. 505-463-8204 Jaime Rojas 915-772-7495
915-771-7766 WINDOWS
FIREPLACES/INSTALLATION INSURANCE - RISK PORTABLE RESTROOMS WATER SOFTENERS Pella Windows
Jack White Building Specialties MANAGEMENT Sarabias Blue Sanitation TILE & NATURAL STONE El Paso Water Softeners Jason Bates
Claudia Lardizabal HUB International Monica Brown Floor & Decor Rebecca Estrada 915-833-3066
915-855-8630 Luis Rosas 915-544-9022. 915-533-3108 Pedro (Peter) Ramirez 915-307-9183 Sun West Windows and Glass
915-206-6023 Porta- Jons 915-407-5599 Ernie Hernandez
FLOORING Interceramic Tile & Stone 915-383-2201
Bordertown Carpets POST TENSION Gallery WATER REMOVAL
Brian M. Abraham INSURANCE AND BONDING Post Tension Steel David Holguin Jimmy Garza Emergency
915-522-8993 C. D. Lee/Britton Insurance & Dennis Moore 915-593-7357 Water Removal
Bonding 915-474-0180. 915-532-0119 Jimmy Garza
Anthony Landavazo/Lisa TITLE & ESCROW COMPANIES 915-562-1123
FOAM INSULATION Daniels Del Sol Title Co.
New Era Foam 915-595-3393 PUBLICATIONS Hector Phillips
George Tollen Homes of El Paso 915-838-8000
915-861-6683 IRON WORK PRODUCTS Riley Stephens Lone Star Title Co. of El Paso
Area Iron & Steel Works, Inc. 915-585-1000 Aaron Rich
FOUNDATION REPAIR & Fred L. Edmonston Jr. Su Casa Magazine 915-545-2222
STABILIZATION 915-833-9494 Edwin Rosario Prosperous Title
G & G Enterprises Gen. 915-355-7190 Liz Olivar
Contractor 915-288-2462
Juan F. Garcia LEGAL SERVICES/TITLE PUBLISHING SERVICES Sierra Title Company
915-726-8995 COMPANY Snappy Publishing, LLC Angelique Roman,
David J. Ellis Fee Office for Ted Escobedo Marielsa Pulido
Sierra Title 915-820-2800 915-544-3322
GRANITE/QUARTZ David J. Ellis Stewart Title of El Paso
COUNTERTOPS 915-566-2666. 915-566-0111 READY MIX Cindy Bilbe
Stone City Rocks MTI Ready Mix, Inc. 915-225-8200
Chris Baca LIGHTING Tony Mullen WestStar Title
915-246-7614 City Lights 915-859-5767 Rachel Valles
Thomas Brown 915-849-5537
915-533-6045. 915-533-6096 REAL ESTATE SERVICES Texas Title Company
HOME & AUTO INSURANCE Designer's Mart Team Juan Uribe, LLC Steve Raney
State Auto/Association Valerie Edmiston Juan Uribe 915-593-3400
Insurance Solution 915-778-9223 915-479-5151.
Danner Bethel Home Pros Real Estate Group TOTAL OFFICE SOLUTION
512-203-2910 LIGHTING & BATH FIXTURES Penny Moore. SOURCE
Ferguson Enterprises Inc. 915-585-8806 Spectrum Technologies
Albert Holguin Legacy Real Estate Services Miled Daou

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HOME FURNISHINGS 915-231-5836. 915-231-9357 Patrick Tuttle 915-781-2000. 915-781-2288
Copenhagen Imports 915-231-9994.
Flemming Carlsen LOW VOLTAGE WIRING Century 21 The Edge TRUSS
915-581-8897 915-584-7769 Prewire of El Paso, Inc. Scott Kesner El Paso Truss
Steven Drury 915-772-0553 Luis Mendiola Make the most of your next trip with a complimentary upgrade when you
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HOME WARRANTY Lane Harris Franklin Building Materials, AWD # G572900.
2-10 Home Buyers Warranty LUMBER 915-443-8423 Cristina Sheldon,
Leslie Schey 84 Lumber Bella Vista Realty 915-855-3859 Visit avis.com/nahb or call 1-800-331-1212.
915-242-7699. 303-306-2222 Ernie Chavez Grisel Ortega
Centricity 915-584-8447 915-491-2056 UTILITY
Brent R. Morgan New Beginnings Real Estate Texas Gas Services
800-749-0381X4790 MIRROR, SHOWER DOOR, Gordon Sather Maria Ortiz
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Scott Whisenant Hector Hernandez Massey Johnson
210-232-3947 915-592-5583 Josie Ledesma
915-487-3359
HVAC
A C Refrigeration, LLC
Angel Cabrera
MOLDING & LUMBER
Adams Moulding & Lumber
Tom Swahlen
ROOFING
MAK Roofing & Construction
HAVE YOU CHECKED
915-820-8503 915-584-1440 Felix Vizarreta
Startech Heating and Air
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Luis Procter
MORTGAGE COMPANIES
Cadence Lending Group
915-691-0532
Imperial Construction
Alexandro Garcia
YOUR RESTROOMS
915-757-1982 Carolyn De Leon

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915-222-3838
Wolf Air 915-779-1633 915-706-2649 USA General Contractors
Arturo Alcantar New American Funding Javier Olmos
915-694-8214 Tania Guzman Campaign 915-633-3339
757-831-7322.
Patriot Mortgage ROOFING PRODUCTS
HVAC DUCTLESS MINI SPLIT Randy Bowling ABC Supply Co., Inc.
Mitsubishi Electric Trane HVA 915-757-9500 Larry Eck
505-228-4264 Rocky Mountain Mortgage 915-533-0645
Company Eagle Roofing Products
HVAC EQUIPMENT Justin Hahn Scott Aguilar
Lennox Industries 915-593-3111 928-220-3899.
Brandon Walker Supreme Lending
818-932-5063 Lisa Wren SANITATION & FENCE
Goodman Mfg. 601-549-6768 United Site Services
Jorge Guajardo Commerce Mortgage Ramon Armendariz
915-219-3896 Stephen Sepulveda, 915-330-2318
Gilbert Pedregon
HVAC SALES/INSTALLATION 915-209-3189 SELF STORAGE
Belmont's Air Conditioning, Inc. Remcon Self Storage
Rafael Belmonte NEW CONSTRUCTION Will Harvey
915-778-7399 EQUIPMENT & SUPPLIES 915-833-2399.
ProCon
HVAC Supplies Shane Davis, 575-524-1671 SIDING, WINDOWS, PATIO
Hercules Industries
John Chaney NEWSPAPER
COVERS,CARPORTS
Modern Exteriors
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Hector Macias
915-857-5126
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I T SUPPORT/PREWIRE 915-546-6244. 915-546-6406
All Tech Systems LLC
Javier Terrones PAINT DISTRIBUTOR SOLAR PANELS
915-777-2585 Dunn-Edwards Paints Border Solar
Nathan Gordon Javier Ruiz
I T & WEB DESIGN 915-855-7535 915-855-8168 915-613-4168
Cognent, Inc. Sherwin Williams Paint Solar Smart Living
Martin Paredes Cruz Lopez Larry Perea
407-809-4417. 915-532-6921. 915-400-2995
PLUMBING
INSULATION Q Martins Plumbing STORMWATER/SAFETY
New Start Insulation
Jose Carreon
Jose Martinez
915-240-5218.
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915-256-2371
PLUMBING & IRRIGATION
Jose L. Garcia Ramirez
915-775-1171 915-775-1174
915-307-3463 or 833-437-6776
INSURANCE SUPPLIES-DISTRIBUTORS
Bundle Bee Insurance Agency Baron Supply
Victoria Dominguez David Trammell Trusted by the El Paso Association of Builders
915-598-3500 915-886-3697
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Parade of Homes
Showcase draws thousands
The 2019 Parade of Homes came to
a conclusion on October 6 after a very
successful two week run. The
showcase had a total of nine homes
that were shown in the Upper Valley
subdivision Valley Creek unit 3. The
property was developed by Hanson
Asset Management and has
completely sold out. The participating
builders also had many stories of
success. “Deal 2 Deal Custom
Homes presented two totally different
floorplans and we feel very fortunate
to have been involved in the Parade,”
said Delton Deal. “We try to offer little
extras to make our homes unique to
the buyer,” he continued. Deal, who
along with wife Lucinda and family
own Deal 2 Deal Custom Homes have
participated in the Parade over the last
few years. “We have been involved
and committed to offering our plans
wherever the Parade is going,
something that we feel very proud to
do,” Deal continued.
The participating builders were
Diamond Custom Homes, Deal 2 Deal
Custom Homes, Pacifica Homes, BIC
Homes, Palo Verde Homes, JER
Custom, ICON Custom Builder,
Rosewood, and Winton Homes. “I
think that our home was so different
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that many of our industry friends were Franklin Building Materials (FBM).
surprised at our offering,” said Mark Morrison Supply, GECU Mortgage,
Dyer of Winton. “We felt like we could WestStar Bank, and First Light
showcase our design and it went very Federal Credit Union sponsored
well. We had the property sold before specific employee groups. “We
we opened the Parade, so I guess we believe that our partnership with the
hit the point,” Dyer continued. EPAB is important, since this is a
While the Parade had some highly anticipated community event
unexpected weather issues that and GECU Mortgage’s commitment to
closed the show down, it was really a our Education Employee base was a
very well attended event. “We came perfect fit,” said Danny Galindo.
in at over 6800 visitors in those two of Homes sponsor. “When we can The 2020 Parade of Homes is being
weeks in spite of the closure on showcase the great homes, our worked on as of this writing.
opening Saturday, a Monday and then builders produce we want to be there
another on what forecasters said was to support them and the association,”
going to be a gully washer, but didn’t,” said Cristina Sheldon, President of
said Ray Adauto. “We have a
builder committee that makes the
decision, and all of these were spot
on, as to potential issues like rain or
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high winds,” he continued. The
weather forecasts online as well as
on local channels called for
significant rain on that Thursday that
just didn’t pan out. “You never know
what mother nature has in mind, but
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shutdown was proper,” Adauto
continued.
The Presenting Partner, Franklin
Building Materials, was appreciative
of the opportunity to be the Parade
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Federal Code Mandates

Costly and the Wrong
Approach to Boost
Energy Efficiency
The National Association of Home
Builders (NAHB) today urged Congress to
oppose any federal mandates that require
the adoption of more stringent building
codes because it would harm housing
affordability, prevent healthy competition in
the marketplace and may not achieve the
intended results.
Testifying on behalf of NAHB before the
House Select Committee on the Climate
Crisis, Jimmy Rutland, a home builder and
developer from Montgomery, Ala., said that
maintaining housing affordability must be
the cornerstone to any efforts to create
cleaner and stronger homes.
“Any efforts to improve or increase the
efficiency or resiliency of the U.S. housing
stock should focus on cost-effective,
market-driven solutions,” said Rutland.
New homes built to modern codes are
efficient, safe and resilient, which makes
increasing code stringency unnecessary,
Rutland told lawmakers. “Similarly, because
the codes are nearing a point of diminishing
returns in terms of the cost-benefit ratio,
additional updates may not be cost
effective.”
As policymakers seek to improve
efficiency and mitigate the effects of future
natural disasters, they need to create
opportunities and incentives to facilitate
upgrades and improvements to the older
homes, structures and infrastructure that are
less resilient to natural disasters. A full 130
million homes out of the nation’s housing
stock of 137 million were built before 2010,
and therefore, were not subject to the new
building codes now in effect.

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