April 24, 2008 - Calling green building “the next evolution in
residential construction,” the National Association of Home Builders
(NAHB) told Congress today that the best way to help small home
builders promote residential energy efficiency and sustainability
technology in home construction is by extending tax incentives for new
energy-efficient homes. ( Read More )
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 Ignore the headlines.
That's no easy thing. How do you tune out all the chatter and ink on recession, housing, subprime woes, the credit crunch, rogue traders, insolvent bond insurers, $100 oil and nukes in Iran? It's enough to make you sit on your thumbs and wait before making any big moves. But what, exactly, are you waiting for? ( Read More )
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 November 20, 2007 - A bounce-back in the volatile multifamily
market lifted total housing starts 3.0 percent in October to a
seasonally adjusted annual rate of 1.229 million units as the downswing
in the single-family housing market continued, according to figures
released by the Commerce Department today. Total starts were down 16.4
percent from a year earlier. ( Read More )
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 October 26, 2007 - Though there appears to be no let-up to the
current housing downswing, economists participating in the National
Association of Home Builders Fall Construction Forecast Conference on
Oct. 24 said they expect the industry to bottom out and to start
turning around in 2008. ( Read More )
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 October 25, 2007 - Sales of new single-family homes rose 4.8
percent in September, recovering a portion of the substantial ground
they lost in the previous month, according to data released by the U.S.
Commerce Department today. Sales reached a seasonally adjusted annual
rate of 770,000 units following major downward revisions to figures for
the previous three months. ( Read More )
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September 18, 2007 - The National Association of Home Builders
(NAHB) today applauded the House for passing legislation to implement
reforms to the Federal Housing Administration’s single-family mortgage
insurance programs that would enable more working families to become
home owners. H.R. 1852, the Expanding American Homeownership Act of
2007, was approved by a strong bipartisan margin of 348 to 72. ( Read More )
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 September 17, 2007 - The National Association of Home Builders
(NAHB) today called on the
U.S. House of Representatives to approve
legislation this week that would allow the Federal Housing
Administration to insure more home loans and address problems in the
subprime mortgage market. ( READ MORE )
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 The August 1, 2006 Professional Builder discuss shortcuts that can help builders profit in a new market. When the housing market cools, builders can maintain a competitive edge by improving construction quality while controlling costs with innovative construction methods found in pre-engineered structural products. An NAHB Building Systems Council studied a 2,600-square-foot home built with trusses and prefabricated panels and found that it used 26 percent less lumber; was erected in 37 percent of the man hours of a similar, stick-built home; and created 76 percent less waste. ( Read More )
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 October 26, 2006 - Sales of new single-family homes rose 5.3
percent in September to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 1.075
million units, according to figures released by the U.S. Commerce
Department today. The increase followed downward revisions to the sales
rate for the previous three months, and the sales pace was down 14.2
percent from a year ago. ( Read More )
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From now through 2015, housing starts are unlikely to exceed last
year’s record 2.073 million single-family and multifamily units,
according to the long-term forecast just published by economists at
NAHB. However, starts won’t be too far from the record in at least a
couple of those years, and on average will exceed those of the previous
10-year period.(Read More)
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