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Talk of Alabama | Greater Bham Assoc. of Homebuilders 2023

by Crystal Gray | ABC33/40 | February 23rd 2023

Builders, at times, get painted in a bad light, but we are good guys. The Greater Birmingham Association of Homebuilder's helps fight for the American Dream and make sure you have a choice in building your dream home.

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Alabama Builder Elected Chairman of NAHB

By Elizabeth Thompson, National Association of Home Builders Feb 2, 2024

The Home Builders Association of Alabama is proud to announce the installation of Alicia Huey of Birmingham as the 2023 Chairman for the National Association of Home Builders (NAHB)!

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Huey named chairman of the National Association of Home Builders - Birmingham Business Journal

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Existing Home Sales Decline in March

Apr 18^th 2024 : After reaching the -month high last month existing home sales retreated in March due to lingering high mortgage rates according to the National Association of Realtors NAR Meanwhile low resale inventory and strong demand continued to drive up existing home prices marking the ninth consecutive month of year-over-year median sales price increases Eventually mortgage rates ...
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Highest Paid Occupations in Construction in 2023

Apr 18^th 2024 : Half of payroll workers in construction earn more than and the top make at least according to the latest May Bureau of Labor Statistics Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics OEWS and analysis by the National Association of Home Builders NAHB In comparison the U S median wage is while the top ...
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How Quickly Do Prices Respond to Monetary Policy?

Apr 17^th 2024 : As economist Milton Friedman once quipped monetary policy has a history of operating with long and variable lags What Friedman was expressing is that it takes some time for the true effects of monetary policy like the changing of the federal funds rate to permeate completely through the larger economy While some industries like housing ...
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Most Home Buyers Want One, Medium-Sized Home Office

Apr 17^th 2024 : According to the latest What Home Buyers Really Want Study the vast majority of home buyers are looking for a home with at least one home office or space dedicated to work study More specifically would prefer to buy a home with exactly one home office want at least two offices and want ...
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Housing Starts Fall on Interest Rate, Financing Concerns

Apr 16^th 2024 : Housing starts fell in March with interest rates somewhat higher than expected last month as the latest inflation readings failed to show improvement Builders are also still facing higher supply-side costs and tighter lending conditions Overall housing starts decreased in March to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of million units according to a ...
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Green Building: Top Practices

Apr 16^th 2024 : An earlier post based on the report The Building Sustainably Green Resilient Single- Family Homes SmartMarket Brief focused on the prevalence of green home building This post will examine commonly used practices in green building This is the second part of a four-part series that will be published about the report Top Green ...
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