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Rogersville board votes to boost home building by cutting impact fees
At its February 6 meeting, the Rogersville Board of Aldermen approved a proposal to cut the city’s water and sewer impact fees by 75% through August 31. Water and sewer impact fees in Rogersville range from $1,500 to $2,600 per house, depending on location. The vote was taken following comments by HBA President Matt Bailey, who both resides in and …
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HBA Home Show Dollar-Off Promo Yields 1,887 Pounds of Food for Hungry
The Home Builders Association of Greater Springfield’s 2011 Home Show drew more than 13,000 people in attendance. That was good news for professionals in the building industry, as it likely bodes well for 2012 as a recovery year. But the HBA also leveraged the show’s robust attendance to provided needed support for the work of Ozarks Food Harvest to feed …
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HBA Home Show Attendance Tops 13,000 – Vendors Call it Best Show in Years
The Home Builders Association of Greater Springfield’s annual Home Show concluded on Sunday, January 29 with hundreds of exhausted but happy vendors and exhibitors packing up their wares to exit the downtown Springfield Expo Center. Overall attendance topped 13,100 for the show – once again reinforcing the HBA Home Show as the region’s largest consumer trade show. The HBA Home …
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HBA Home Show Opens Friday: See it ALL in One Place!
The Home Builders Association of Greater Springfield will open the doors to its annual Home Show in just one week, promising a big helping of what’s new, along with the tried and true favorites. The 2012 HBA Home Show has everything to inspire your next home improvement or building project – all under one roof. Attendees of the 2012 HBA Home Show (which …
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You Saw the Show – Now See Joplin Extreme Makeover Behind the Scenes!
Last Friday, ABC Television Network aired its two part series finale: the largest build in the history of the show – seven homes in seven days in Joplin, Missouri. You can watch part one and part two of the historic show online via these links (Finale Part 1 & Finale Part 2). And, for a peek behind the scenes, see …
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2012 HBA Home Show To Offer HUGE Sales Advantages to Those Who Exhibit
Year-in and year-out, the HBA of Greater Springfield’s Home Show is the region’s largest annual consumer trade show. In 2011, HBA Home Show attendance topped 14,500 – the largest attendance the show has seen since 2006 (See videos, testimonials, news coverage, and more by clicking here). This year’s robust turnout represented a 16% attendance increase year-over-year, and Home Show organizers …
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Extreme Makeover: Home Edition Joplin Project Airs this FRIDAY
The heart-tugging original feel-good series “Extreme Makeover : Home Edition” will conclude its 9th and final season on ABC with its biggest-ever build — the 200th episode, in which the team builds 7 homes in 7 days for tornado victims in Joplin, Missouri. The final regularly scheduled episode, “Joplin, Missouri,” January 13 (8:00-10:00 p.m., ET), on the ABC Television Network. …
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New-Home Sales Rise for Third Consecutive Month in November
Sales of newly built, single-family homes edged up 1.6 percent to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 315,000 units in November, according to newly released figures by the U.S. Commerce Department. This marks the third consecutive monthly gain in new-home sales and the fastest pace of such activity since April. “With today’s report, we have now seen three straight months …
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Merry Christmas! Families Cut Ribbon on Green-Built HBA/Habitat Homes
Habitat for Humanity of Springfield hosted a very special “Hammering for the Holidays” dedication ceremony on December 22 to celebrate the completion of three Green Certified, Energy Star rated homes. Two of these homes (sponsored by BancorpSouth with financing provided by the Federal Home Loan Bank of Dallas) have been purchased by the Barnett and Carpenter families, and were built …
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2011 Awards Announced – Farhlander is HBA Builder Member of the Year
At its annual Christmas party and banquet, the Home Builders Association of Greater Springfield announced its most prestigious honors of the year, including HBA Builder Member of the Year, Associate Companies of the Year, and Associate Individual of the Year. The banquet and award presentations were held on Tuesday, December 13 at the Hilton Garden Inn in south Springfield. “This …
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