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The Greater Birmingham Association of Home Builders strives to protect the American Dream in Central Alabama for housing opportunities for all, while working to promote professional success for its members who build, remodel, and maintain communities, create jobs and improve our local economy.

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Talk of Alabama | Greater Bham Assoc. of Homebuilders 2023

by Crystal Gray | ABC33/40 | February 23rd 2023

Builders, at times, get painted in a bad light, but we are good guys. The Greater Birmingham Association of Homebuilder's helps fight for the American Dream and make sure you have a choice in building your dream home.

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Alabama Builder Elected Chairman of NAHB

By Elizabeth Thompson, National Association of Home Builders Feb 2, 2024

The Home Builders Association of Alabama is proud to announce the installation of Alicia Huey of Birmingham as the 2023 Chairman for the National Association of Home Builders (NAHB)!

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Huey named chairman of the National Association of Home Builders - Birmingham Business Journal

States with Highest and Fastest Rising Construction Wages, 2024

May 02nd 2024 : Reflecting persistent long-term labor challenges wages in construction continue to rise often outpacing and exceeding typical earnings in other industries Not seasonally adjusted NSA average hourly earnings AHE in construction increased since a year ago and approached the mark in March according to the latest Current Employment Statistics CES report from the ...
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Fed on Hold with Limited Inflation Progress

May 01st 2024 : The Federal Reserve s monetary policy committee held constant the federal funds rate constant at a top target of at the conclusion of its April-May meeting In its statement the Federal Open Market Committee FOMC noted Recent indicators suggest that economic activity has continued to expand at a solid pace Job gains have remained strong ...
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Private Residential Construction Spending Dips in March

May 01st 2024 : NAHB analysis of Census data shows that private residential construction spending was down in March after increasing in February It stood at a seasonally adjusted annual pace of billion Spending on single-family construction dropped in March This is the first monthly decline after ten straight months of gains as elevated mortgage ...
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Large Decline for Open Construction Jobs in March

May 01st 2024 : Due to tightened monetary policy the count of total job openings for the entire economy has trended lower over the last year This is consistent with a somewhat cooler economy that is a positive sign for future inflation readings However the number of open jobs for the aggregate economy was relatively unchanged in March per ...
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Home Prices Continue to Rise for February

Apr 30th 2024 : The S P CoreLogic Case-Shiller U S National Home Price Index HPI reported by S P Dow Jones Indices rose at a seasonally adjusted annual rate of for February This was following an adjusted rate for January This marks the fourth consecutive monthly rate increase from November On a year-over-year basis the S P CoreLogic Case-Shiller U S ...
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Lowest Homeownership Rate for Younger Householders in Two Years

Apr 30th 2024 : The Census Bureau s Housing Vacancy Survey CPS HVS reported the U S homeownership rate declined to in the first quarter of This is percentage points lower from the prior quarter reading and is the lowest rate in the last two years The homeownership rate remains below the -year average rate of a ...
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