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 Mungo Homes Recognized as 2008 National Housing Quality Award Winners
Mungo Homes is pleased to announce that, together with its sister company Harbor Homes, it was recently selected as a winner of the 2008 National Housing Quality (NHQ) Award. The NAHB Research Center and Reed Business Information, publishers of Professional Builder and Professional Remodeler magazines, announced the winners recently in Atlanta.
Project HOPE Contributing to SC Home Building Industry Workforce
The Midlands’ home building industry now has a new workforce resource to tap into. Project HOPE (Homebuilding Opportunities for Positive Employment), a home building training and education program for persons with disabilities, opened its doors recently to help provide better employment opportunities for its students.
Greater Columbia HBA Launches Buy Now Build Now Campaign
It’s a buyer’s market, and the Home Builders Association of Greater Columbia is making sure consumers know. They recently launched their $90,000 Buy Now Build Now campaign, which highlights all the reasons why now is a great time to buy a home or to build a new home.
Daniel Joins HBA of SC Staff
The Home Builders Association of South Carolina is proud to announce the hiring of Vee Daniel to the part-time position of Director of Meetings and Membership Services.
South Carolina Home Builders Self Insurance Fund
The South Carolina Home Builders Self Insurers Fund is pleased to announce a number of positive changes.
Legislative Conference, Oyster Roast Attendance Good Despite Rain
Sometimes rain can put a damper on a good time, but members of the Home Builders of South Carolina know how to have a good time regardless of the weather.
BUILD-PAC: SOUTH CAROLINA AT A GLANCE
BUILD-PAC is charged with reaching a $5 million goal in the 2007-2008 Election Cycle. South Carolina will play an important part in reaching that goal!
New-Home Sales Rise 4.8 Percent In September
Sales of new single-family homes rose 4.8 percent in September, recovering a portion of the substantial ground they lost in the previous month, according to data released by the U.S. Commerce Department today. Sales reached a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 770,000 units following major downward revisions to figures for the previous three months.
Small Dip Helping to Improve Health of Remodeling Market
Looking on the bright side, the current slump in remodeling activity will gradually lead back to a healthier market than existed at the height of the housing boom, when big spenders accounted for a disproportionate share of home owner improvements, Kermit Baker, senior research fellow at the Harvard Joint Center for Housing Studies and project director of its Remodeling Futures Program, said at last week’s Remodeling Show in Las Vegas.
PATH Announces First Top 10 Remodeling Technologies
The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development's Partnership for Advancing Technology in Housing (PATH) today unveiled its first Top 10 Technologies list exclusively for remodeling.
New NAHB Designations for 2008: Graduate Master Remodeler, Certified Green Professional
The National Association of Home Builders will begin two new designations in February 2008: Certified Green Professional and Graduate Master Remodeler.
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