 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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New-Home Sales Bounce Back In August
Sales of new single-family homes rose 4.1 percent in August to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 1.050 million units, following substantial downward revisions to the sales rate for the previous three months, according to figures released by the U.S. Commerce Department reported today. The preliminary sales pace was down 17.4 percent from a year ago. ( ...more )
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Construction Forecast Conference - Fall Webcast
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September 20, 2006 - As the nation’s homeowners greet the first day of fall, they’re also bracing for an anticipated hike in their heating bills. Now, the National Association of Home Builders Model Green Home Building Guidelines are allowing more and more builders and remodelers to help their customers embrace green building concepts by providing a blueprint for successful design and construction. ... ( Read More )
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How do builders decide whether to use panelized house
systems? What factors come into play when a builder is contemplating
making a move to panelized construction? And for what reasons would
builders who are inclined to try a new building technology choose not
to use panelized construction? These are some of the questions asked in
this study conducted for the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban
Development's PATH (Partnership for Advancing Technology in Housing)
program in an effort to understand how builders decide to use panel
systems.
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