Articles Tagged with ''National Association of Home Builders (NAHB)''

Over 200 product entries in six categories were judged by 18 industry and media representatives. Finalists were evaluated on criteria such as innovation, functionality and design.

While housing starts ended the year on a strong note, rising lumber prices and increasing regulatory cost concerns could affect future production.

Members of the National Association of Home Builders elected four senior officers to top leadership positions within the federation at the conclusion of this week's NAHB Winter Leadership Meetings.

Higher home prices stemming from rising lumber and other building material costs as well as a lack of inventory due to a shortage of buildable lots offset solid demand for new home sales in December.

The National Association of Home Builders released its Remodeling Market Index (RMI) for the fourth quarter of 2020, posting a reading of 79.

Rising material costs led by a huge upsurge in lumber prices along with a resurgence of the coronavirus across much of the nation pushed builder confidence in the market for newly built single-family homes down three points to 83 in January, according to the latest NAHB/Wells Fargo Housing Market Index.

The National Association of Home Builders is encouraging members, and all residential construction companies, to halt work for at least 10 minutes the week of Jan. 11-15 for a COVID-19 Jobsite Safety Stand Down to remind workers what they should do to keep themselves safe from coronavirus and to help reduce its spread.

This online alternative of IBS, a business-building event in residential construction, will showcase the most innovative new products, offer live and semi-live interactive education sessions with on-demand recordings, feature creative networking opportunities such as live chat and one-on-one meeting requests, and much more.

Single-family starts flattened in November as builders struggled to meet demand, while overall housing starts increased 1.2 percent to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 1.55 million units, according to a report from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development and the U.S. Census Bureau.

Ending a string of three successive months of record highs, builder confidence in the market for newly built single-family homes fell four points to 86 in December, according to the latest NAHB/Wells Fargo Housing Market Index.