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Nation’s Home Builders Elect Leadership for 2017

Posted on January 16, 2017

The NAHB Board of Directors has elected four senior officers to top leadership positions within the federation during the association’s International Builders’ Show in Orlando, Fla. With more than 700 affiliated state ...

NAHB Recognizes Leaders in Residential Construction Safety

Posted on January 16, 2017

NAHB named 14 winners for the 11th annual NAHB/Builders Mutual Insurance Company Safety Award for Excellence (SAFE) for their commitment to strong safety programs, including KCHBA member Summit Custom Homes, Lees Summit, Mo.,...

NAHB Opposes HUD’s Proposed Flood Rule

Posted on January 6, 2017

On Dec. 27, NAHB filed comments opposing HUD’s planned implementation of the Federal Flood Risk Management Standard (FFRMS). As NAHB previously reported, it believes the proposed rule is substantially flawed and should be w...

Age of Housing Stock by State

Posted on January 6, 2017

According to the latest data from the 2015 American Community Survey (ACS), the median age of owner-occupied homes is 37 years. The age of housing stock is not evenly distributed across the United States. The geographic distr...

NAHB Legislative Conference Returns June 14

Posted on January 6, 2017

Put June 14 in your “Dates Not to be Missed” file: That’s the day that NAHB members visit their congressional delegations on Capitol Hill to discuss and advocate for issues of vital interest to the home building ind...

Help Create the 2018 NGBS

Posted on January 6, 2017

Nominations are now being accepted for the committee that will develop the 2018 version of the National Green Building Standard. While the ICC/ASHRAE 700-2015 National Green Building Standard is just beginning to be used to c...

Conventional Mortgages Riding High

Posted on December 27, 2016

NAHB economist David Logan has studied the most recent U.S. Census estimates on sources of financing for new home sales and finds that the share of mortgages financed through conventional products in the third quarter of 2016...

Building Business News for December 2016

Posted on December 22, 2016

Click here to read the December issue of the BBN – featuring 2017 HBA President Harold Phelps, as well as Missouri and Kansas election summaries....

Building Business News for November 2016

Posted on December 22, 2016

Click here to read the November issue of the BBN, which highlights the International Codes Council Conference held in KC as well as the HBA's political forecast breakfast and clay shoot....

Kansas City Area Single Family Permits Top 5000 (Nov. 2016)

Posted on December 22, 2016

Kansas City area homebuilders continued their increased activity, with 412 single family units permitted during November, bringing the year-to-date total to 5,144, according to the Home Builders Association of Greater Kansas ...

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...