The NCHBA 2nd Quarter Committee Meetings, Legislative Conference and Board Meeting will be held at the Renaissance Raleigh Hotel at North Hills in Raleigh June 9-10.
Regular committee meetings are scheduled for Tuesday. The Legislative Reception will be held at the North Carolina Museum of History in downtown Raleigh Tuesday evening from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. This is a great chance to meet your House and Senate members and begin a dialog on our most pressing issues. On Wednesday, from 9 a.m. to noon, we will visit the General Assembly and meet with our legislators and ask members to vote favorably on our issues.
Hotel Reservations The deadline for hotel reservations at the special group rate has passed. To see if rooms are still available, call the Renaissance at North Hills at 1-888-236-2427 or (919) 571-8773 to reserve your room.
Social Networking Seminar Join the Associates Committee June 9 at Bonefish Grill at the Lassister for the Lunch & Learn Seminar, "Where is the ROI for Social Media?". Carol M. Flammer, MIRM, CAPS, CSP, will be the featured speaker. Carol is Managing Partner of mRELEVANCE, LLC, a firm that combines the power of Internet marketing, social media and public relations.
The seminar is scheduled in conjunction with the NCHBA 2nd Quarter Board Meeting being held across the street at the Renaissance Hotel. Tickets are $23 if you pre-register and will include lunch. The seminar will be from 12:15 p.m. to 2:45 p.m. Registration is required. Tickets purchased on-site will be $28.
Note: if you plan to attend the seminar AND the Legislative Conference you must fill out both registration forms.
Raleigh-Wake County HBA member Tom Gipson was featured in the The News & Observer Real Estate Section Saturday May 23 for his philanthropic and community service efforts, including the Builder Blitz that has built 1,000 Habitat homes across the country.
The STARS awards program honors builders, associates, realtors, advertising professionals and many others who make major contributions to the residential home building industry. Enter your favorite projects, and then join us for an evening of excitement on Wednesday, September 16, 2009 at the Hilton Charlotte Center City Hotel in Charlotte, North Carolina.
Please note that category numbering has changed slightly this year, with the addition of a brand new category - Best Internet Marketing/Advertising Project - to the marketing and advertising section of the program. Also, pricing has been reworked for the Single Family Detached Home and Attached Home Plan categories.
Entries will be accepted now through July 31, 2009. Don’t be left out of this exciting event! Enter today!
Registration for the 21st Century Building Expo & Conference (21CBEC) in Charlotte Sept. 16-18 is officially open. 21CBEC is one of the fastest growing regional builder shows in the nation, with attendance projected to surpass 5,000.
If you are a builder, remodeler, realtor, subcontractor or anyone else involved in the home building industry, you don’t want to miss this chance to see a large array of products and services by the industry’s leading manufacturers and suppliers. In addition, a three-day educational conference includes a line-up of more than 50 general session seminars, North Carolina Builder Institute courses and NAHB University of Housing classes ranging from “Green Building” to “Thriving in Times of Uncertainty.”
Why should you sign up now?
Get free admittance to the Expo floor. Simply register before Sept. 15, and you can visit the exhibit hall filled with more than 350 exhibits showcasing products and services for FREE!
Have your pick of the more than 50 general session seminars, NCBI courses and NAHB courses. Act now ... courses such as those needed to fulfill the Certified Green Professional designation fill up quickly!
Get a discount on a full delegate badge, which includes conference lunches, Expo floor access and unlimited general session courses.
Be registered to win a 4-day, 3-night stay at the Amelia Island Plantation in Amelia Island, Florida.
Business Management for Building Professionals will be offered June 17 by the Triangle Green Building Council at the Greensboro Builders Association office. Steve Monroe, CGP, SME & Associates, will be the instructor. Registration deadline is June 5.
The Charleston Trident Home Builders Association and the Sustainability Institute are joining together to bring the first Green Educational Conference and Tradeshow to the Charleston region. Atlantic Green will be held June 19-20 at 10 StoreHouse Row in the Navy Yard at Noisette.
For more information on Atlantic Green, please visit www.hbacharleston.com or call the Charleston Trident Home Builders Association at (843) 572-1414.
The Wilmington-Cape Fear Home Builders Association is offering both NAHB courses required to achieve the NAHB Certified Green Professional (CGP) designation. Green Building for Building Professionals will be offered June 22-23. Cost for members is $395 and $445 for nonmembers. Business Management for Building Professionals will be offered June 24. Cost is $195 for members and $245 for nonmembers. Both classes will be taught by Tom Gotschall and will be held at the UNCW Madeline Suite. For more information contact Tyler Newman at (910) 779-2611 or
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HUD Secretary Donovan Unveils Details Of Plan To Monetize Home Buyer Tax Credit In a speech before the National Association of Home Builders (NAHB) Board of Directors, HUD Secretary Shaun Donovan today unveiled new rules that will help spur the housing market by allowing consumers to use the $8,000 first-time home buyer tax credit to help cover the costs of closing on an FHA-insured home.
“We believe this is a real win for everyone,” said Donovan. “Today, the Obama Administration is taking another important step toward accelerating the recovery of the nation’s housing market. Families will now be able to apply their anticipated tax credit toward their home purchase right away.”
“With the spring home buying season in full bloom, Secretary Donovan’s move to enable buyers to access the tax credit at the time of closing could not have come at a better time,” said NAHB Chairman Joe Robson, a home builder from Tulsa, Okla. “This new rule will further encourage state housing finance agencies to develop programs to monetize the tax credit.” Click here for the entire story.
New-Home Inventories Continue Shrinking In April
The number of newly built single-family homes on the market shrank to 297,000 units in April, thinning supplies to their lowest level since May 2001, according to government figures released today. The report noted that the pace of new-home sales held virtually even with the previous month, at a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 352,000 units.
“The fact that the new-homes inventory is now below the 300,000 mark shows that builders have made substantial progress in winnowing down their backlogs to a much more comfortable level,” noted Joe Robson, chairman of the National Association of Home Builders (NAHB) and a home builder from Tulsa, Okla. April’s results mark two consecutive years of monthly declines in the number of unsold new homes. Click here for the entire article.
The STARS awards program honors builders, associates, realtors, advertising professionals and many others who make major contributions to the residential home building industry. Enter your favorite projects, and then join us for an evening of excitement on Wednesday, September 16, 2009 at the Hilton Charlotte Center City Hotel in Charlotte, North Carolina.
