GHBA leadership attended the National Association of Builders (NAHB) Mid-Year Board Meeting and Legislative Conference in Washington, D.C. in June, which gave us the opportunity to visit with the Houston area congressional delegation. More importantly, …
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Westin Homes Begins Construction of Benefit Home in Lago Mar
Westin Homes is full speed ahead on construction of its 2017 GHBA Benefit Home. This 37 year old GHBA charity fundraiser has raised $10 million for local charities. This is Westin Homes’ second Benefit Home, …
Sandcastle Homes Teams with HomeAid on ‘Caring Safe Place’ Project
Sandcastle Homes teamed up with HomeAid Houston to remodel a transitional living facility for A Caring Safe Place, an agency that provides crisis intervention services for men living with HIV who are also victims of …
HomeAid and GHBA Remodelers Council Change Lives Through Charity Renovations
On April 29, members of the Remodelers Council partnered with HomeAid Houston to give the young men and women at Agape Development’s Gateway Houses safe, updated living spaces in which they would be proud to …
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Collaborating to Make a Difference
Ongoing charity work at Casa de Esperanza lands “2017 Group of the Year” distinction for Greater Houston Builders Association and HomeAid Houston The Greater Houston Builders Association (GHBA) and HomeAid Houston were honored as the …
Lumber Prices and Canadian Tariffs
NAHB has been closely monitoring the situation regarding U.S.-Canadian lumber trade. To provide a quick background, the Softwood Lumber Agreement between the United States and Canada expired on October 12, 2015. There was a one-year …
Lago Mar is Site for GHBA Benefit Home
Land Tejas Communities has donated a prime lot in its new development, Lago Mar that is the site for the second GHBA Benefit Home of 2017. Westin Homes has begun construction on the home that …
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A Win for Land Development, Homebuilding Nationwide
Update: Waters of the U.S. / Clean Water Act Executive Order On June 29, 2015, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (the Corps) finalized their much-discussed joint Clean Water …
Immigration and its Economic Impacts
Recently, Senator Tom Cotton from Arkansas and Senator David Perdue from Georgia introduced legislation aiming to reduce legal immigration to slightly more than 500,000 per year from the current rate of one million per year. …
Rally Day 2017 Brings Industry Voice to Texas Legislators
Rally Day 2017 was a huge success on Wednesday, February 22! Approximately 170 GHBA members registered for Rally Day. The GHBA had 20 teams of members that visited all 46 of our delegation legislators and …
2016 Spikes of the Year Honored
GHBA’s top recruiters for 2016 were honored at the association’s annual Installation Celebration, January 28 at River Oaks Country Club. The “Spike of the Year” distinction went to Brian Stevenson with The Stevenson Group/One Digital. …
Chesmar Breaks Ground on 2017 Benefit Home in Elyson
Chesmar Homes and the community of Elyson launched the first of two Benefit Homes for 2017 at their official groundbreaking ceremony in January. Chesmar Homes is donating construction management of its Poplar Plan. Newland Communities, …
SMC’s Million Dollar Circle Tops $4 Billion in New Home Sales for 2016
The Greater Houston Builders Association (GHBA) Sales & Marketing Council (SMC) recently honored the Million Dollar Circle winners at an event held at the Westin Galleria. The Million Dollar Circle awards is a nationally-recognized program …
GHBA Names Industry’s ‘Of the Year’ Award Winners for 2016
The GHBA recently announced the 2016 “Of the Year Awards” for the coveted Bud Inscho Associate, Young Professional, Developer, Custom Builder, Remodeler, and Builder of the Year at the GHBA’s 2017 Installation Celebration, “Tackling the …
85th Texas Legislature Now in Session
At noon on January 10, members of the Texas Senate and House of Representatives gathered in their respective chambers at the Capitol to convene the 85th legislative session. That began the 140 day countdown to …