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In a recent Fox4 segment, Jeff Robinson of JS Robinson Fine Homes introduced the Tibron House, named for its...
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In a recent Fox4 segment, Patrick Willis, owner of Willis Homes, provided an exciting preview of the up...
There is a major gap between buyers’ expectations and home prices, according to recent surveys from NAHB and the U.S. Census Bureau.
While 38% of buyers expect to pay less than $250,000 for their next home, only 5% of ho...
The share of new single-family homes built in the 1,600-3,000 square-foot range closely matches the share of buyers who want homes of that size, according to recent surveys from NAHB and the U.S. Census Bureau. The surveys sh...
Do Your Salaried Employees Now Require Overtime Pay?
The U.S. Department of Labor’s (DOL) new rule increasing the salary level for determining overtime pay requirements for certain salaried employees went into effect o...
The U.S. homeownership rate was 65.6 percent in the second quarter of 2024, unchanged from the first quarter of 2024, according to the Census’s Housing Vacancies and Homeownership Survey (HVS). However, this marks the lowes...
NAHB is calling on its members to contact their members of Congress and tell them to support H.J. Res 170, a resolution that will stop the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) and the U.S. Department of Agr...
In this issue:
Do Your Salaried Employees Now Require Overtime Pay?
Learn which of your employees now qualify for overtime pay based on the Department of Labor’s new rules and what you need to do to comply.
2024 Lead...
You are invited to join us for KCHBA's third quarter education and new member event - 5 Ls of Home Building - hosted by the Associates Council.
KCHBA's Executive Vice President, Will Ruder, will touch on the 5 biggest ch...
YTD SF Permits Up, But Down from Historical Average
With 1,744 single-family permits issued between Jan. 1 and May 31, the total number of permits issued year-to-date is up compared to 2023, when only 1,514 SF permits wer...
This week, Will Ruder, EVP of the KCHBA, sat down with KMBC reporter Matt Evans to discuss the growing concern over potential tariffs on Canadian lumber and the uncertain impact these tariffs could have on the local housing m...
An aging housing stock, record levels of home equity and favorable demographics will create positive growth prospects for the remodeling sector in 2025, according to industry experts at a panel hosted by the National Associat...
All KCHBA members are invited to attend this panel discussion. While technology evolves in homebuilding, fraudulent behavior does as well. Don’t miss industry professionals share their insight on ways to spot it and how to ...
