Pro Builder

JANUARY 25, 2022

Housing's Incremental Innovation Path. housing industry is not innovative are, in a word, crap. And that’s coming from someone who has, through these pages and other channels, championed innovation as a necessary element of operational improvement and business sustainability for builders. Tue, 01/25/2022 - 02:01.

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Pro Builder

JUNE 2, 2022

NAHB and HUD Showcase Housing Innovations. NAHB Policy Briefing | NAHB partners with HUD on Innovative Housing Showcase seeking solutions for housing affordability and resiliency; data show number of active homebuyers drops. Home Affordability Report Shows Increased Pressure for Affordable Housing.

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Green Building Law Update

JULY 24, 2016

Department of Housing and Urban Development and the Department of Veterans Affairs released new guidance, changing their previous positions, now widely allowing residential Property Assessed Clean Energy (PACE) financing. PACE programs are good for the planet and good for improving the housing stock. Last week the U.S.

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Autodesk Construction Cloud

APRIL 22, 2022

Sitting on the grounds of a former petrol station was the COP house – a wooden cottage modelling a much more sustainable form of housing. Housing is a crucial topic across Europe, where many countries are facing a housing crisis. In the Netherlands, it’s estimated that 850,000 extra houses will be needed by 2035.

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BD+C

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

GBBN's Inflation Reduction Act Calculator goes live 0 qpurcell Mon, 02/26/2024 - 13:48 Sustainability GBBN has publicly released its IRA Calculator, a tool that helps you understand funding opportunities in the IRA for sustainable design. Learn more about GBBN’s approach to sustainability here. What is an IRA Calculator?

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Pro Builder

NOVEMBER 19, 2021

Housing Market Data and Predictions. How mortgage rates are affecting housing inventory. Low housing inventory could continue to drive up prices unless increased mortgage rates slow demand, says Bill McBride in his CalculatedRisk Newsletter. Housing Markets. Fri, 11/19/2021 - 09:17. And the data matched my story.

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Pro Builder

OCTOBER 18, 2021

How Mortgage Rates Affect the Housing Market. As mortgage rates go up, the housing rally slows down. As the housing market gradually shows some moderation after a frenzied year for homebuying, housing analyst Ivy Zelman of Zelman & Associates predicts that a rise in mortgage rates will slow an overwhelming demand for new homes.

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Pro Builder

JUNE 20, 2023

ldeakins Tue, 06/20/2023 - 10:44 The Federal Reserve paused interest rate hikes for the first time in nearly a year last week, but experts say one key factor is still sustaining high home prices After 10 consecutive rate hikes, the Federal Reserve gave the U.S. Read more Market Data + Trends Financing Affordability Market Data + Trends

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Pro Builder

JULY 13, 2020

Pittsburgh Combats Affordable Housing Shortage with Modular, Factory-Built Homes. Module, a local start-up modular design and development company, saw the vacant lots as an opportunity to address Pittsburgh’s need for affordable, turnkey housing. Instead of sitting unoccupied, the lots can be used for housing. .

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Pro Builder

MARCH 28, 2022

Why Elevated Mortgage Rates Could Be the Housing Market’s Biggest Threat Yet. After two years of record-breaking price gains, supply chain disruptions, shortages, and heightened competition, a recent spike in mortgage rates could pose the biggest challenge yet for a supercharged housing market. Housing Policy + Finance.

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Pro Builder

MARCH 6, 2023

Combining Mass Timber with Modularity esorum Mon, 03/06/2023 - 13:15 Amid a national housing-shortage crisis , few states have it worse than Washington. The State of Washington’s housing gap ranks as the fifth largest in the country, with a deficit of 140,000 housing units, according to a 2022 report by Up for Growth.

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Pro Builder

JUNE 8, 2023

Implementing a land value tax in Detroit requires a law change at the state legislature, but if successfully legalized, Detroit’s new tax structure could serve as a model for the nation in a wider effort to add more rental supply and resolve the housing affordability crisis.

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Pro Builder

FEBRUARY 15, 2023

Over 200,000 industry members—including 70,000 registered for IBS alone—flocked to Vegas for the largest gathering of housing professionals in the world. Highlighting New Trends While Delivering Sustainability IBS also spotlighted the top features and design trends for 2023.

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Pro Builder

SEPTEMBER 28, 2020

HUD Secretary Carson Discusses Government’s Actions to Address Housing Issues. HUD Secretary Ben Carson on the agency's actions to address affordable housing and easing the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on homeowners. Ben Carson on Affordable Housing and Private-Sector Collaboration. Affordable Housing. cbroderick.

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Pro Builder

NOVEMBER 30, 2022

NAHB will continue to be the housing industry’s voice regarding climate issues, with NAHB's Leadership Council recommending the creation of a new Climate Risk Committee. NAHB Chairman's Message: Proposal to Create Climate Risk Committee. Wed, 11/30/2022 - 16:18. Jerry Konter, 2022 NAHB Chairman.

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Pro Builder

OCTOBER 4, 2021

Housing, Industrialized: Your Road Map to Off-Site Construction. Sidebar: The Synergy of Industrialized Construction and Built-for-Rent Housing. delivers four houses per week, about half the time it would take to frame the same number of houses on-site, Logue says. Mon, 10/04/2021 - 14:02. Analyze comparative costs.

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Pro Builder

JANUARY 27, 2022

Built to Rent Is Booming, But Operational Challenges Loom for This Overheated Housing Sector. Don’t let the current hype about single-family B2R communities obscure the need to create long-term sustainability and asset value. As a housing solution, single-family built-to-rent (B2R) is gaining serious momentum across the country.

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Pro Builder

MARCH 28, 2022

That number is even higher for luxury homes and mansions with upwards of 5,000-square-feet, but new building initiatives seek to address and cut down real estate’s carbon footprint by offering financing tools and blueprints for future green builders. .

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Construction Marketing

APRIL 5, 2023

Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs) are owners, operators, and financers of income-generating real estate properties. Sustainable Construction Practices Over the years, sustainable construction practices became more popular, driven by environmental concerns and the desire for cost savings.

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Pro Builder

SEPTEMBER 20, 2022

as homeowners refuse to sacrifice their low interest rates for new homes with more expensive housing costs. Homeowners across the country are becoming increasingly hesitant to list their homes if it means giving up their low mortgage rates and taking on a more costly monthly housing bill. . Financing. Tue, 09/20/2022 - 10:13.

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Construction Enquirer

JULY 27, 2023

Designed by architect Darling Associate, the phased project will consist of a landmark 26-storey block with associated mid-rises of around nine-storeys and a dozen three-storey town houses. Construction activities will now get underway to prepare the site. Elements Europe is majority owned by $9.5

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Pro Builder

SEPTEMBER 2, 2022

cities, but in the event of a housing downturn, the program could burden more recipients than it benefits. Borrowers will qualify if they show on-time rent, utility, and other payments, but if the housing market slips into a downturn, the recipients of these loans could end up owing more than their homes are worth. Financing.

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Pro Builder

JUNE 12, 2023

Instead, a lack of housing inventory is sustaining elevated prices and driving up competition for available homes. Read more Market Data + Trends Affordability Financing Market Data + Trends

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Pro Builder

JUNE 12, 2023

Instead, a lack of housing inventory is sustaining elevated prices and driving up competition for available homes. Read more Market Data + Trends Affordability Financing Market Data + Trends

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Construction Specifier

JANUARY 25, 2023

The company demonstrates its commitment to sustainability at a global and local level, pioneering solutions to the world’s water and climate challenges, and to improving the quality of life for people. The design was based on our needs, values, and sustainability initiatives.” Green Building Council (USGBC).

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Pro Builder

JULY 29, 2022

Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer and Senator Joe Manchin recently introduced a bill that will provide over $800 million to HUD to improve energy efficiency for affordable housing—here's how that helps and hurts home builders. Housing Policy + Finance. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) Joe Manchin (D-W.V.)

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Constructlaw

JULY 28, 2023

with emerging and sustainable technologies in an effort to meet the Biden administration’s Federal Building Performance Standard, which sets an ambitious goal to cut energy use and electrify equipment and appliances in 30%of the building space owned by the federal government by 2030. [3] with emerging and sustainable technologies. [9]

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Constructlaw

MARCH 14, 2023

On March 2, the New Mexico House of Representatives unanimously approved House Bill 213 , which would allow public agencies to enter into P3 agreements to facilitate public infrastructure and broadband projects. The bill currently sits with the New Mexico Senate Judicial Committee for further consideration.

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Pro Builder

MAY 4, 2023

Liv-Connected Puts Health in Homeowners' Hands With 'Health Hub' qpurcell Thu, 05/04/2023 - 10:20 The concept of the Liv-Connected Conexus Home came about with a goal of improving lives while delivering affordability, sustainability, and good design in a market that is inaccessible for many.

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Green Building Law Update

APRIL 25, 2021

There were no balloons dropped from the balconies at sine die, ostensibly because of Covid-19 social distancing there were no high school pages to drop celebratory balloons from the balconies, but it is worthy of note that this year the legislature passed House Bill 391 making illegal intentionally releasing balloons (see below)?

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Green Building Law Update

OCTOBER 13, 2019

House of Representatives passed H.R. Although there is little if any chance that the bill will become law given the current politics in Washington, DC, the bill’s passage in the House Committee highlights that issues of ESG disclosures continuing to be pressing. On September 20, 2019, the Financial Services Committee in the U.S.

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Natural Building

JANUARY 18, 2022

This kind of communal living is often practiced by students living together in shared houses, programmers in the “hacker homes” of Silicon Valley and young professionals in global cities where housing and rent prices have skyrocketed above the rate of inflation (Barcelona, London, Dublin, New York, and many more).

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Pro Builder

AUGUST 12, 2021

If current rent and income growth trends continue, Zillow says some of the most affordable metros will become the least affordable and many renters will become newly housing-cost burdened by the end of the year. The threshold for which a resident is deemed “housing-cost burdened” is if they pay more than 30% of their monthly income.

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Pro Builder

DECEMBER 15, 2021

Instead, Clark Ivory reassumed his CEO duties and set a bold, uncharted course to diversify the company’s successful semi-custom, move-up home legacy to include affordable housing for an increasing underserved segment of buyers. Design Within Reach—Exploring Attainable Housing Options. See past Builder of the Year winners. and Outward.

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Pro Builder

SEPTEMBER 30, 2020

Lumber prices have increased more than 170% since mid-April, driving up housing costs and dampening residential construction’s contribution to an economic recovery. . Mill operators projected that housing would be adversely affected by the crisis and anticipated a large drop in demand. Wed, 09/30/2020 - 06:00.

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Pro Builder

JANUARY 5, 2023

As supply chain challenges worsened and housing affordability reached new lows, NAHB called on the White House to address the affordability crisis , sending a letter signed by over 10,000 NAHB members, which resulted in several meetings with the White House during the following months.

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Pro Builder

MAY 6, 2023

million new hires over the next three years to keep pace with growth in housing demand and attrition within its labor force. With these grant commitments, the Lowe’s Foundation will fund each grantee for two years to help them build sustainable, innovative training and workforce development programs. Census Bureau. This is a 9.6%

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