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Homes by Chris Takes KMBC-TV on Tour of Home During Fall Parade

Posted on October 2, 2019

Builder Chris Ragland of Homes by Chris gave KMBC reporter Matt Stewart a tour of her home on the Fall Parade of Homes. Watch the clip here. This home is tour #43. Find more information about all the homes on the Parade at KC...

Missouri Combined Area Council

Posted on October 2, 2019

Join us Oct. 30 for the last Missouri Area Council of the year at Staley Farms. ...

Single-Family Permit Numbers Down Slightly in August (August 2019)

Posted on September 30, 2019

The number of single-family housing permits issued in August in the Kansas City metro stayed about the same as July, according to the monthly Residential Building Permit Statistics report compiled by the Home Builders Associa...

LSJ Features Summit Homes, Builder-Community Relationship

Posted on September 30, 2019

The Lee's Summit Journal recently wrote an article about the Fall Parade of Homes, highlighting Summit Homes and the strong relationship between Lee's Summit builders and city officials. “It’s a really great dialog...

Earn Rewards in October

Posted on September 25, 2019

You’re a member of the HBA for a reason, right? If you share your reason (or reasons) with non-members and they join in October -- you win prizes! The prizes available to win vary based on the number of new members e...

Spaces Features Fall Parade

Posted on September 25, 2019

SPACES journalist Megan Felling explored trends and design details that can be seen in the nearly 300 homes from 97 home builders across the metro area, which are included in the Fall Parade of Homes beginning on Sept. 28...

Building Business News September 2019

Posted on September 11, 2019

We are entering a slowdown not a recession, according to Laird Goldsborough at the Kansas Area Council last month. Learn what else he and Dan Whitney had to say in this issue. Also in the September edition -- learn how one me...

Annual KCHBA Clay Shoot

Posted on September 11, 2019

Join us for a fun day of shooting clay pigeons at Powder Creek on Oct. 10. Contact Paige@kchba.org to register a team or to be a station sponsor. ...

NAHB Transitional Board Meeting Webcast on Sept. 11

Posted on September 9, 2019

The NAHB 2019 Fall Transitional Board of Directors Meeting will take place on Wednesday, Sept. 11, at 10 a.m. at the National Housing Center in Washington, D.C. All members of the Transitional Board of Directors are requir...

Local New Home Permit Numbers Rebound in July (July 2019)

Posted on August 23, 2019

Metro-wide housing starts jumped up in July, according to statistics compiled by the Home Builders Association of Greater Kansas City (KCHBA). The organization reported a seasonally adjusted total of 471 single-family homes p...

“American Graduate” Features Student Parade Tours in Video

The KCHBA's Fall Parade of Homes student tours were recently featured in a video created by "American Graduate: Getting to Work,” which is a two-year public media initiative made possible by the Corporation for Public Broad...

Jeans Day Fundraiser Supports Artisan & JDRF

Support the Artisan Home Tour and JDRF with this fundraiser! For $10 a day, your staff can wear jeans and blue (colors of JDRF and HBA)! All proceeds benefit JDRF on behalf of the Artisan Home Tour. Take a photo, share on Fac...

KBIG Returns Money to Members

The Home Builders Association of Greater Kansas City is pleased to announce that, through a partnership with KBIG, $1,412 will be returned to members through part of their rebate program. Thank you to KBIG for continued partn...