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Housing Begins 2013 with Continued Improvement

Posted on February 20, 2013

January single family housing starts were their strongest in five years according to the Home Builders Association of Greater Kansas City’s (HBA) monthly Residential Building Permit Statistics report. With 273 single family...

NAHB’s Top Lawyer Addresses Recent Changes for Your Business

Posted on February 14, 2013

David Crump, NAHB Director of Legal Research Get your legal questions answered by NAHB’s top lawyer, David Crump, February 19, 11:30 and learn how recent changes in the law may impact your approach to business planni...

NAHB’s David Crowe to Deliver Economic Forecast at Union Station

Posted on February 12, 2013

David Crowe, NAHB Chief Economist David Crowe, Chief Economist for the National Association of Home Builders, will give his economic forecast on February 14, 11:30 a.m., at Union Station (30 West Pershing Rd, KCMO 6410...

Social Media Training

Posted on February 12, 2013

Members will learn more about social media for business, February 12, 11:30 a.m. at the HBA. Kate McKinney, contributor to the Kansas City Business Journal will teach a class on how to use social media to reach new customers ...

HBA Board Unanimously Approves a Resolution Opposing Governor Brownback’s Tax Proposals

Posted on February 4, 2013

Kansas Governor Sam Brownback Kansas Governor Sam Brownback made his priorities clear through the release of his proposed tax proposal and one of his top priorities is to eliminate the mortgage interest deduction (MID)...

Get the Economic Outlook with Elliot Eisenberg

Posted on January 29, 2013

Sign up now for the Economic Outlook program with Elliot Eisenberg, January 31, 12:30 a.m. – 2:00 p.m. Hear a nationally recognized economist discuss the impact of proposed regulations, tax policy, demographics and budgetin...

Building Business News – February 2013

Posted on January 28, 2013

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Housing Experienced Significant Growth in 2012

Posted on January 17, 2013

Single family housing experienced significant growth in 2012 over 2011 and reached the highest number since 2007 according to the Home Builders Association of Greater Kansas City’s (HBA) monthly Residential Building Permit ...

Range of Industry Education Opportunities Offered

Posted on January 9, 2013

Take advantage of education classes through the winter that are designed to provide members with information and knowledge to succeed in the home-building industry. The HBA has organized sessions ranging from economic outlook...

Q&A with Kansas City, Missouri Building Officials and Inspectors

Posted on January 9, 2013

Wednesday, January 16, 2013, 11:30 a.m. to 1:00 p.m., Cost $20 (lunch included.) at Cascone’s, 3733 North Oak Trafficway, Kansas City, MO 64116. Come hear from Greg Franzen, KCMO Building Official, Vergil Phillips, an ins...

More than 300 Homes on 2024 Spring Parade of Homes

The Spring Parade of Homes, open April 27 through May 12, offers the opportunity to see one of the largest and most impressive displays of new homes in the country. Sponsored by Mike Bryant Heating & Cooling, the spring p...

Fox4 Interview Ruder on KCHBA’s KCMO Proposal

“The end result that we’ve gotten with the code having been adopted in the way that it was and our efforts to comply with it is a historic reduction in new housing starts in Kansas City, Missouri,” KCHBA Executive Vice ...

KCHBA Announces Proposal to Reignite Housing Starts in KCMO

According to A Vision for Housing: Solutions for Kansas City, the city has a goal of creating 10,000 new, low-income housing units by 2027. Yet housing starts have dropped significantly in KCMO, while they are on the rise mos...