To say that jobsite theft is rampant in home building would be an understatement.... More
The Florida HBA's concerns over massive property tax cuts leading to increased impact fees spilled over into a political donnybrook in which prominent state politicians returned campaign contributions to the HBA, and Wayne Bertsch, the trade group's political director, was dismissed. More
In theory, national buying power is one of the biggest weapons large national builders have that their smaller local competitors don't. In practice, it's been a difficult one to wield. More
The Insync home could not have been built without the support of its many sponsors... More
The New American Home would not be possible without the support of the members of the National Council of the Housing Industry (NCHI)/Supplier 100, as well as a legion of local and regional suppliers and installers. More than 40 NCHI members contributed products to this year's house and provided consulting services and installation support to the design-build team for a truly memorable collaboration. More
- Vancouver, Wash.–based lumber supplier Abitibi-Consolidated reports $225 million in refunded softwood duties as part of the U.S. and Canada tariff dispute. - The Northeast Florida Builders Association reports that the slowing housing market is a sign of stabilization, not gloom and doom. - The 2,500 members of the Mexican real estate association, Asociation Mexicana de Professionales Inmobiliarios, become Realtors as part of the first joint reciprocal membership agreement with a foreign real estate organization for the National Association of Realtors More
Designing a house “by committee” is, as any architect or builder will tell you, a patently insane notion. Yet every year since 1984, The New American Home has done it in spectacular fashion, bringing together the world's leading suppliers and a host of consultants and valued trade partners to assist the design-build team. More
- The National Housing Endowment receives a $1 million gift from Greystone & Co. - NAHB VP testifies in April before a House small business subcommittee about inefficient regulations that unnecessarily harm housing affordability. - Members of the House sent a letter to President Bush urging the administration to eliminate duties on Canadian lumber shipments into the United States. More
THE NEW AMERICAN HOME 2005 WOULD NOT BE POSSIBLE without the generous support and contribution of products and services by the members of the NAHB's National Council of the Housing Industry (NCHI)/Supplier 100 and other consultants, contributors, installers, suppliers, and trade partners. More
