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Foundation Topgolf Tournament 2021: Thank You!

Posted on March 25, 2021

KCHBA members enjoyed a beautiful, albeit rainy, night at Topgolf on March 10 for the second annual KCHBA Foundation Tournament. Event sponsors and over 25 teams raised a total of $4,433 to support the Foundation. Thanks to o...

New Homes Can Cost $25,000 More Just in Lumber

Posted on March 25, 2021

"There has been a pretty significant supply chain disruption related to COVID-19," said Will Ruder, executive vice president of the Home Builders Association to Brian Johnson, a reporter for KMBC News recently. In the story, ...

PWB Happy Hour

Posted on March 19, 2021

Join us for the Professional Women in Building Happy Hour! Questions? Contact Courtney@kchba.org....

April 2 Deadline: 2021 Career Ready and Scholastic Scholarship

Posted on March 19, 2021

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Construction Trades Job Fair: Sign Up Today

Posted on March 9, 2021

VIRTUAL EVENT Wednesday, April 21, 2021 9:00 a.m. – 11:00 a.m. & 1:00 p.m. – 3:00 p.m. for students 4:00 p.m. – 6:00 p.m. open to public Meet virtually with students enrolled in construction trades p...

Building Business News March 2021

Posted on March 8, 2021

Cover Story: Mike Rowe Debunks Stigmas, Myths Surrounding the Skilled Trades Rowe believes that if we do a better job of presenting examples of people prospering as a direct result of mastering a skill, sooner or later t...

Call to Action: Submit Your Lumber Testimony to NAHB

Posted on March 8, 2021

The unprecedented spikes in lumber prices have added nearly $16,000 to the price of the average, new single-family home. The escalating lumber prices are largely due to insufficient domestic production. With a new administrat...

Bid on a Children’s Playhouse for Charity

Posted on March 5, 2021

Starting April 24 at 11:00 a.m.! Nine playhouses in total will be auctioned off to the highest bidders. You can view the playhouses in person at Nebraska Furniture Mart between April 24 and May 2. Bidding closes at 6:00 p...

Housing Begins 2021 with Solid Numbers but Concerns Grow (January 2021)

Posted on March 3, 2021

Single-family housing permits maintained a solid pace as the new year began, according to the Home Builders Association of Greater Kansas City’s (KCHBA) monthly Residential Building Permit Statistics report. With 406 sing...

Record-High Lumber Prices Add $24K to the Price of a New Home

Posted on March 2, 2021

Lumber prices have skyrocketed more than 180% since last spring, and this price spike has caused the price of an average new single-family home to increase by $24,386 since April 17, 2020, according to NAHB standard estimates...

Price of OSB Up More Than 500% Since January 2020

Framing lumber prices garnered more attention than any other building material over the past year as prices quadrupled between April 2020 and May 2021. But even as lumber prices decline, the spotlight on lumber continues to...

Why Builder Lumber Prices Remain Higher than Headlines Suggest

NAHB recently provided the below article to help home builders explain to customers why decreasing lumber futures prices aren't correlating to lower new home prices just yet. Lumber futures prices have decreased by 52 perc...

Join the KCHBA Young Professionals at City Barrel

Join the KCHBA Young Professionals for a night at City Barrel Brewery + Kitchen! This event is FREE to attend. Appetizers and complimentary drinks will be provided. Thank you to JamesHardie for sponsoring! Please RS...