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WASHINGTON, D.C. - April 4, 2014 - (RealEstateRama) -- The National Association of Home Builders (NAHB) is calling on the Senate to advance the Patent Transparency and Improvements Act of 2013 (S. 1720), legislation that would significantly improve the U.S. patent process and stop patent abuse

WASHINGTON, D.C. - March 28, 2014 - (RealEstateRama) -- uring New Homes Month in April, the National Association of Home Builders (NAHB) is sharing with home buyers the most popular features in new single-family homes in 2014. Builders from across the country were surveyed on what features they were most likely to include in a typical single-family home this year, revealing that convenience, livability and energy efficiency are top priorities.

WASHINGTON, D.C. - March 28, 2014 - (RealEstateRama) -- The National Association of Home Builders (NAHB), building science society ASHRAE and the International Code Council (ICC), developers of the ICC Family of Codes for the built environment, today agreed to jointly develop the 2015 edition of the ICC/ASHRAE 700 National Green Building Standard. This is the third edition of the standard and the first time that ASHRAE has partnered on its development

WASHINGTON, D.C. - March 25, 2014 - (RealEstateRama) -- The Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) proposal to expand the reach of the Clean Water Act will increase the cost of new homes without a corresponding benefit to America’s lakes, rivers and other water bodies, the National Association of Home Builders (NAHB) said today.

WASHINGTON, D.C. - March 25, 2014 - (RealEstateRama) -- Sales of newly built, single-family homes fell 3.3 percent to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 440,000 units in February, according to newly released figures from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development and the U.S. Census Bureau.

WASHINGTON, D.C. - March 25, 2014 - (RealEstateRama) -- The National Green Building Standard™ Commentary, the companion publication to the ANSI-approved 2012 ICC-700 National Green Building Standard (NGBS), is now available for purchase through BuilderBooks.com, the publishing arm for the National Association of Home Builders (NAHB), in both print and eBook formats

WASHINGTON, D.C. - March 19, 2014 - (RealEstateRama) -- The Building Systems Councils (BSC) of the National Association of Home Builders (NAHB) announced its 2014 Board of Trustees last month during the International Builders’ Show in Las Vegas. The BSC represents the concrete, log, modular and panelized building system industries, as well as builders and suppliers to those industries

WASHINGTON, D.C. - March 18, 2014 - (RealEstateRama) -- Nationwide housing starts were virtually unchanged in February, inching down 0.2 percent to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 907,000 units, according to newly released data from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development and U.S. Census Bureau.

WASHINGTON, D.C. - March 17, 2014 - (RealEstateRama) -- Builder confidence in the market for newly-built, single-family homes rose one point to 47 on the National Association of Home Builders/Wells Fargo Housing Market Index (HMI), released today.

WASHINGTON, D.C. - March 17, 2014 - (RealEstateRama) -- Meetings begin this morning in hundreds of conference rooms, jobsites and legislative offices all over the country as members of the National Association of Home Builders (NAHB) hold a week-long legislative event to underscore the importance of maintaining the American Dream of homeownership.

WASHINGTON, D.C. - March 13, 2014 - (RealEstateRama) -- The National Association of Home Builders (NAHB) today applauded the Senate for approving flood insurance legislation that will provide much-needed certainty to home owners and financial stability for the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP). H.R. 3370, the Homeowner Flood Insurance Affordability Act, was approved by the House earlier this month and is expected to be signed into law shortly by President Obama

WASHINGTON, D.C. - March 11, 2014 - (RealEstateRama) -- Kevin Kelly, chairman of the National Association of Home Builders (NAHB) and a home builder and developer from Wilmington, Del., issued the following statement on today’s announcement by Senate Banking Committee Chairman Tim Johnson (D-S.D.) and Ranking Member Mike Crapo (R-Idaho) that they had reached an agreement on a housing finance reform proposal:

WASHINGTON, D.C. - March 11, 2014 - (RealEstateRama) -- Today, the National Association of Home Builders (NAHB) released the results of a new study, What Home Buyers Really Want: Ethnic Preferences. The latest release from NAHB’s publishing arm, BuilderBooks is a further analysis of the 2013 study, What Home Buyers Really Want, which presented preferences of all home buyers combined. This new study compares and contrasts how housing preferences are affected by the racial or ethnic background of a home buyer, after controlling for factors such as age and income.

WASHINGTON, D.C. - March 11, 2014 - (RealEstateRama) -- Remodeler Paul Sullivan, CAPS, CGR, CGP, of Waterville Valley, N.H., was recently appointed the 2014 chairman of the National Association of Home Builders (NAHB) Remodelers during the International Builders’ Show in Las Vegas. As chairman of the leading professional organization for residential remodeling, Sullivan represents the more than 24,000 remodeling industry members of NAHB

WASHINGTON, D.C. - March 6, 2014 - (RealEstateRama) -- Markets in 59 out of the approximately 350 metro areas nationwide returned to or exceeded their last normal levels of economic and housing activity, according to the National Association of Home Builders/First American Leading Markets Index (LMI), released today. This represents a net gain of one from the previous month

WASHINGTON, D.C. - March 6, 2014 - (RealEstateRama) -- Carol Morgan, of mRELEVANCE LLC in Atlanta, was recently sworn in as the 2014 chair of the National Association of Home Builders (NAHB) Professional Women in Building (PWB) Council during the International Builders’ Show in Las Vegas

WASHINGTON, D.C. - March 5, 2014 - (RealEstateRama) -- The National Association of Home Builders (NAHB) today commended the House for passing flood insurance legislation that will benefit home buyers and home owners and provide a boost to home building and remodeling, while providing certainty and financial stability to the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP).

WASHINGTON, D.C. - February 26, 2014 - (RealEstateRama) -- Though the average size of new homes keeps getting bigger, there is more to this home buying trend than meets the eye, according to Census Bureau data presented by the National Association of Home Builders (NAHB) during the International Builders’ Show in Las Vegas

WASHINGTON, D.C. - February 26, 2014 - (RealEstateRama) -- Kevin Kelly, chairman of the National Association of Home Builders (NAHB) and a home builder and developer from Wilmington, Del., issued the following statement on flood insurance legislation pending in the House:

WASHINGTON, D.C. - February 20, 2014 - (RealEstateRama) -- Slightly lower median home prices along with a small uptick in mortgage rates contributed to housing affordability holding steady in the fourth quarter, according to the National Association of Home Builders/Wells Fargo Housing Opportunity Index (HOI), released today.