Son of a Builder, Rayburn Never Considered Another Career - 2004-05-24
When homebuilder and developer James R. "Bobby" Rayburn, president of Rayburn & Associates in Jackson, was chosen 2004 president of the 220,000member National Association of Home Builders, he brings to the table more than 33 years of experience building and developing single-family and multifamily homes.

There are a number of things that we can do to address. this problem. First, we need to maintain a strong, growing economy with affordable mortgage rates.
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Housing Gap Grows Wider - 2004-05-24
Home-ownership rates for low- and moderate-income working families with children have dropped since the late 1970s, even though the overall U.S. home-ownership rate has increased.

Since the study dealt only with data up to 2001, it was impossible to connect how the rise in mortgage rates this year would affect home ownership, said economist David Crowe of the National Association of Home Builders.
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