Spring 2025 Parade of Homes Dates and Deadlines
SPRING 2025 PARADE OF HOMES
APRIL 26-MAY 11
IMPORTANT DATES AND DEADLINES
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- Feb. 5: Guidebook premium advertising space applications due (drawing will take place Feb. 7)
- CLICK HERE for premium advertising information
- Feb. 14: Parade guidebook ad contracts due
- CLICK HERE for advertising information; contact for an ad contract
- Feb. 14: EARLY entry deadline ($1,250) | homes entered on or before February 14
- Feb. 21: REGULAR entry deadline ($1,500) | homes entered February 15-21
- Feb. 28: LATE entry deadline ($2,300) | homes entered February 22-28
- Homes entered into the Parade after this date can NOT be guaranteed printed guidebook inclusion; online/app only option is available for late entry price
- The KCHBA is NOT able to offer Parade entry refunds. However, if the KCHBA is notified that your Parade home has sold on or before the late entry deadline, your home can be taken off the Spring 2025 Parade and those funds can be applied to an entry in the Fall 2025
- March 3-6: Builder online proofing within portal; builder access is limited to certain features on March 7.
- Most importantly, ensure the COUNTY is correct during this proofing period. If incorrect you need to call 816.733.2217 or email to update.
- Double check the geolocation of your home is correct; the listed address and the mapped geolocation run independently of one another. This ensures your map pin is correct in the printed guide and correct within the app using longitude and latitude. Consumers use this to find your home!
- Include front elevation photo, floor plan image(s), construction status, pricing, directions, etc.
- Note: Additional interior photos can be added at any point leading up to and during the Parade. Please do include extra photos if you have them!
- March 6: This is the absolute deadline to “swap” out any Parade homes NOT within the same community if your original Parade entry sold. Deadline to swap homes within the SAME community is March 14.
- March 7: Final sort of the Parade entries – final tour numbers will be assigned
- March 12: Parade guidebook advertising creative due
- March 12: Parade Awards Ceremony tickets on sale (early bird pricing until April 8)
- March 14: FINAL deadline to change or add printed guidebook information
- You will need to call or email to make any changes from March 7-14.
- This is the deadline to “swap” out any Parade homes within the SAME community if your original Parade entry sold. Addresses finalized on this date. Status (sold, not open, etc.) can be changed for the online/app listing during the Parade, but no address changes can be made after this deadline. All tour addresses in the printed guide must match the tour addresses within the app/online.
- March 28: Contest EARLY deadline ($350/entry per contest) | homes entered on or before March 28
- April 4: Contest LATE deadline ($525/entry per contest) | homes entered March 29-April 4
- April 8: EARLY BIRD ticket pricing ends for Parade awards ceremony
- April 9: Builder deadline to update contest home price (no exceptions!)
- April 22: Builder Parade material pick-up at the KCHBA (8:00 a.m.-4:00 p.m.)
- April 23: Builder Parade material pick-up at the KCHBA (8:00 a.m.-1:00 p.m.; 1:00-5:00 p.m. by appointment)
- April 23: Ticket sales end for Parade awards ceremony
- April 24-25: Parade contest judging
- April 26: 2024 Fall Parade of Homes begins
- April 27: Final day to email front elevation photos of contest home(s) for Awards Ceremony
- April 30: Parade Awards Ceremony
- May 11: 2024 Fall Parade of Homes ends
Editing Parade entries: After submission, portal users will be able to edit almost all home information aside from address, city, state, zip code and county. Until the final day of builder proofing, home description, sold status, furnished status, amenities, written directions, front elevation photo and floorplan photo are able to be edited within the portal. Contact with any questions.
Wrong county: If your address is correct, but the county is wrong, you will need to contact to get it changed to the correct option at any point.
Front elevation and floorplan photos: If you are submitting a home and do NOT currently have a front elevation and/or floorplan photo, but you will before the deadline, please upload a placeholder photo to proceed with adding your Parade home. Otherwise you will be prompted to select a rendering service to complete submission. You will be able to make the switch during builder proofing. If your floorplan has more than one photo, please send the additional photos to and indicate the home they are for.
- Register for Parade Awards Ceremony: kchba.org/calendar
- View current Parade contest form: kchba.org/paradecontestentry
- Parade builder portal: paradeofhomes.io/login
Paige Livingston, Director of Parade of Homes & Communications Strategist
direct 816.733.2217 |
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