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Exciting New Member Benefit: 50% Tuition Discount at Faulkner University!

At the recent Local Presidents meeting at Summer Board, we introduced an incredible new benefit for HBAA members, their full-time employees, and their children. Faulkner University, with campuses across Montgomery, Birmingham, Huntsville, and Mobile—as well as a range of online programs—is now offering a 50% tuition discount on eligible programs!

This exclusive opportunity is designed to make quality education more accessible to our members and their families. For full details, please see the attached flyer. If a member requires confirmation of at least one year of membership to qualify, we are happy to provide a confirmation letter.

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2024 Birmingham Builder Named to Hall of Fame

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (Oct. 1, 2024)

A decorated Birmingham-area home builder added to her list of accolades Thursday with the announcement of 2024’s Alabama Building Industry Hall of Fame inductees. Alicia Huey, Owner and President of AGH Homes, secured her place in industry history as one of two nominees selected for induction into the exclusive group of professionals chosen by her peers within the Home Builders Association of Alabama (HBAA).

Huey’s induction follows on the heels of a productive tenure at the helm of the National Association of Home Builders, where she served as chairman in 2023. Prior to that national role, Huey also served in various capacities on the Executive Committee of the HBAA and led the Greater Birmingham Association of Home Builders as president.

“I want to thank my fellow members and the leadership of the HBAA for selecting me to join the ranks of this esteemed group,” Huey said.

“Your faith in my work and my leadership at all levels has been indispensable in the fight for a secure, prosperous future for our housing industry.”

Huey went on to congratulate her fellow 2024 inductee, Jimmy Rutland of the Greater Montgomery Home Builders Association. Rutland is the president of Lowder New Homes and has served previously in multiple leadership roles within the HBAA, including as president in 2018.

Huey and Rutland will be officially inducted into the Hall of Fame during the HBAA Annual Convention in November in Destin, Florida.

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 Rebound in October

Nov 21^st 2024 : Existing home sales in October rebounded from a -year low and posted the first annual increase in more than three years as buyers took advantage when mortgage rates briefly reached a -year low in late September according to the National Association of Realtors NAR While elevated home prices persist due to the lock-in effect we ...
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Families Must Spend 38% of Their Income on House Payments

Nov 21^st 2024 : In another sign of America s ongoing housing affordability crisis the National Association of Home Builders Wells Fargo Cost of Housing Index CHI found that in the third quarter of a family earning the nation s median income of needed of their income to cover the mortgage payment on a median-priced new home Low-income ...
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Flat Conditions for Custom Home Building

Nov 21^st 2024 : NAHB s analysis of Census Data from the Quarterly Starts and Completions by Purpose and Design survey indicates relatively flat conditions for custom home builders after a period slight softening of market share due to declining mortgage interest rates However post-election stock market gains should support custom building at the end of and going into There ...
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Immigrant Share in Construction Sets New Record

Nov 20^th 2024 : Reflecting the sharp increase in net immigration of recent years the number of new immigrants joining the construction industry rose substantially in According to the latest American Community Survey ACS the industry managed to attract close to new workers coming from outside the U S to help with persistent labor shortages For comparison this ...
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Growth for Single-Family Built-for-Rent Construction

Nov 20^th 2024 : Single-family built-for-rent construction posted year-over-year gains for the third quarter of as builders sought to add additional rental housing in a market facing ongoing elevated mortgage interest rates According to NAHB s analysis of data from the Census Bureau s Quarterly Starts and Completions by Purpose and Design there were approximately single-family built-for-rent SFBFR starts during ...
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State-Level Employment Situation: October 2024

Nov 19^th 2024 : Clouded by hurricanes in the southeast part of the country and strike activity in the manufacturing sector October nonfarm payroll figures were mediocre Nonfarm payroll employment increased in states in October compared to the previous month while it decreased in states and the District of Columbia According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics ...
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