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HBA Featured on NARI’s Home Time Radio Program

Posted on November 10, 2017

HBA Executive Vice President Joshua Clark and 2018 President Gary Kerns of Gary Kerns Homebuilders and sat down with the National Association of the Remodeling Industry (NARI) to discuss the home building industry during its ...

2018 ICC Code Adoption Kits Now Available

Posted on November 9, 2017

As states and jurisdictions prepare to upgrade to the latest building and energy codes released by the International Code Council (ICC), NAHB has already prepared resources so HBAs can suggest cost-effective changes to im...

Star Companies Insulation Installer Wins $10,000

Posted on November 9, 2017

The HBA would like to congratulate insulation installer David de la Fuente of Star Companies, Inc., for winning the America’s Best Installer award. De la Fuente takes home $10,000 grand prize in 15th annual insulation insta...

80% of Builders Surveyed Sold or Earned Build Job During Fall Parade

Posted on November 9, 2017

Ninety percent of 2017 Fall Parade of Homes builders who participated in a survey said attendance during the Parade of Homes was good or excellent, according to an Home Builders Association. Twenty-five percent of respondents...

Consumers Pleased with Fall Parade of Homes Overall

Posted on November 9, 2017

Eight-eight percent of consumers surveyed said they would rate the Fall Parade of Homes as good and/or excellent, according to the Home Builders Association of Greater Kansas City. When asked how they heard about the Parad...

Building Business News for November 2017

Posted on November 3, 2017

Who won the Hammer Out Hunger Challenge -- Kansas or Missouri? What about the annual Clay Shoot? Click here to read the this issue and find out....

Building Business News for October 2017

Posted on November 3, 2017

Check out stories and pictures from the Fall Parade of Homes Awards Celebration and other events the HBA hosted in September. Click here to read....

Permit Activity Remains Strong Through Third Quarter (Sept. 2017)

Posted on November 3, 2017

KANSAS CITY, MO – The third quarter of 2017 ended with 511 permits issued during September, according to the Home Builders Association of Greater Kansas City’s (HBA) monthly Residential Building Permit Statistics report.�...

Olathe Chamber Career Expo 2017

Posted on November 1, 2017

The Olathe Chamber is hosting a career expo on Tuesday, Nov. 14 from 8:30 a.m.-3:30 p.m. The chamber is expecting 1,300+ junior and senior students from multiple districts in the area and they are encouraging college students...

SOLD OUT: Economic Forecast Breakfast

Posted on October 31, 2017

Schedule: Registration / Networking: 7:45 a.m. Breakfast Buffet Begins: 8:15 a.m. Program Begins: 9:00 a.m. RSVP: This event is sold out. ...

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...