News from the Maryland State Builders Association and the National Association of Home Builders
The HBAWM will bring the latest news from the MSBA and NAHB to keep its membership and the general public informed about today's important issues.
About the MSBA
Maryland State Builders Association, chartered in 1964, is a statewide affiliation of local builder associations whose members include builders, remodelers, developers, and related businesses. They are dedicated to promoting and influencing state legislation and regulations that will provide a suitable environment to ensure the vitality of the building industry, and result in a benefit for its members as well as the citizens of the State of Maryland.
About the NAHB
The National Association of Home Builders is a Washington-based trade association representing more than 235,000 members involved in residential building, remodeling, multifamily construction, property management, subcontracting, design, housing finance, building product manufacturing, and other aspects of residential and light commercial construction. Known as "the voice of the housing industry," NAHB is affiliated with more than 800 state and local home builders associations around the country. NAHB's builder members will construct 80 percent of the more than 1.45 million new housing united projected for 2007.
Latest News
INFRASTRUCTURE SERIES FROM NAHB
The NAHB has issued a three-part series regarding infrastructure.
Click on the links below to connect to the PDF documents for more
information:
HOUSING MARKET STATISTICS AS OF MAY 16,
2008
According to the NAHB multifamily units rose 36
percent for the month of April following a 35 percent drop in March.
However, construction of new single-family units fell 2 percent in
April to an adjusted 692,000, the lowest level in 17 years. To read
more information and view the statistics, please click on this link
- HOUSING MARKET
STATS
MSBA 2008 GENERAL ASSEMBLY SESSION REPORT
Please click on the following link to view the recently released
General Assembly report from the Maryland State Builders
Association.
VIEW REPORT HERE
NEW LAWS EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2008
Please click on the following link to view the recently released a
list of the new laws taking effect on July 1 from the National
Association of Home Builders.
VIEW NEW LAWS LIST
HERE
