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HBA Parade of Homes Magazine Available Online and at HBA Member Locations
In conjunction with the HBA of Greater Springfield’s 59th annual Parade of Homes, the HBA last week released the 2012 HBA Parade of Homes magazine to the public. The Parade of Homes concludes this weekend, when homes …
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Summer Swarms are Coming – Guard Your Home from Bug Invasion
NOTE: This post is re-printed with permission from the HA Construction Design Blog. The ants filed in many a window sill the last few weeks: creeping into sinks of dirty dishes, making their way across counter tops, …
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HBA Parade of Homes Opens Friday, Featuring Fresh Ideas and Variety!
The 2012 HBA Parade of Homes opens this Friday, June 15, featuring a strong mix of both custom and spec homes in a number of price points. The event is the 59th annual HBA Parade of Homes, and …
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HBA Parade of Homes Boasts Variety, Illustrates Importance of Home Building
The 2012 HBA Parade of Homes (June 15-17 and June 22-24) features a strong mix of both custom and spec homes in a number of price points. “Builders continue to offer incredible craftsmanship, value and innovation in …
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Builders’ Circle Blog: The Sound of Green is Free
You have to love words that don’t go together, words like “sound”, “green” and “free”. Placed in a sentence as in this title, they don’t appear to make sense. The confusion is that you first have to …
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Green Home Building to Increase as Much as 38% by 2016
A new report produced by McGraw-Hill Construction and released during the National Green Building Conference and Expo in Nashville this week estimates that the green homes share of the construction market will rise 29% – 38% by …
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ProtectHomeownership.com Launched to Enlist Public in Homeownership Defense
With numerous legislative and regulatory proposals taking aim at the American Dream of homeownership and federal elections just around the corner this November, NAHB is seeking to harness the public’s well-documented support for this worthy cause through …
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Builders’ Circle Blog: Can You Hear Me Now?
Remember those old “tin can” phones connected with a string that we all played with as kids? “Can you hear me now” was always the question and the answer was seldom related to that question. Communication was …
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HBA Partners with BBB to Strengthen & Streamline Membership Requirements
The Home Builders Association of Greater Springfield announced today that it has updated its list of qualifications required for companies that wish to join the southwest Missouri professional trade association of builders, remodelers and associates. The HBA …
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Builders’ Circle Blog: 30.78 Acres of Trees
It is not too often that I get to brag about the building industry that I work in, but bragging proof came in the mail yesterday. ENERGY STAR notified me that I had rated 38 houses that …
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