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Incoming NAHB Chairman Jerry Konter on Regaining a Culture of Membership

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Incoming NAHB Chairman Jerry Konter on Regaining a Culture of Membership. as well as serving in various roles in his local NAHB chapter. as well as serving in various roles in his local NAHB chapter. Pro Builder: What are your goals as NAHB chairman in 2022? PB: You’ve come up through the ranks of NAHB leadership.

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NAHB Talks Lumber Concerns with Commerce Secretary

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NAHB Talks Lumber Concerns with Commerce Secretary. Since mid-April, lumber prices have increased nearly 170%, according to NAHB. NAHB Chairman Chuck Fowke has called on US officials to end the high tariffs from Canadian lumber imports and to increase lumber production from domestic mills. Building Materials. cbroderick.

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Time to Bring Housing Home to Elected Officials

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NAHB is promoting "Bringing Housing Home," an outreach for builders to meet and contact their elected officials about issues affecting the industry. Chuck Fowke, NAHB Chairman. Fighting to keep housing a priority in Congress is at the core of what we do at the National Association of Home Builders ( NAHB ).

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How to Navigate Appraisals Amid Volatile Building Material Prices

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How to Navigate Appraisals Amid Volatile Building Material Prices. From softwood lumber to gypsum, builders are facing new highs in building material prices and new delays in shipments. Building Materials. Building Materials. cbroderick. Wed, 02/24/2021 - 09:29. Our price increase was to cover cost increases.

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Rising Interest Rates Send Housing Affordability to 10-Year Low

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Building material supply chain disruptions, high inflation, and soaring home prices have sent housing affordability to its lowest level since the National Association of Home Builders (NAHB) began tracking it in 2012, NAHB reports. According to the NAHB/Wells Fargo Housing Opportunity Index (HOI), just 42.2%

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How Excessive Design Standards Hurt Home Affordability

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NAHB Housing Policy Briefing. Design regulations are supposed to ensure the health, safety and welfare of residents, but superficial and excessive rules that price lower- and moderate-income families out of the market should not be prioritized over the need to address the housing affordability problem. Building Materials.

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Housing Affordability Dips in First Quarter

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Housing affordability slipped slightly from the fourth quarter of 2020 to the first quarter of 2021 due to building material costs, supply shortages, and mortgage rate increases, says the National Association of Home Builders (NAHB). The NAHB/Wells Fargo Housing Opportunity Index found 63.1% income of $79,900.

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