Tag: Washington DC
Budget accord misses the mark on affordable housing
Randy Noel, chairman of the National Association of Home Builders (NAHB) and a custom home builder from LaPlace, La., today issued the following statement on the...
New NAHB resource shows professionals how to build a successful social media marketing plan
Social media has become increasingly important to businesses as a marketing and sales tool, however with the plethora of social media sites now available...
UIP opens 100-unit renovated apartment community in former Washington, DC WAMU HQ
Urban Investment Partners (UIP) of Washington DC has unveiled Frequency Apartments, a 100-unit luxury apartment community located in a former northwest Washington, DC office...
Multifamily drop pushes total housing starts down as single-family makes gains
A decline in multifamily starts pushed overall housing production down 7.0 percent in February to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 1.24 million units,...
Regulatory horror story highlights need to reform permitting process
Illustrating how the federal regulatory system has run amok and the need for Congress to pass legislation to fix a broken permitting process, a...
HUD Secretary Carson launches new financial controls to enhance department’s fiscal strength and integrity
U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Secretary Ben Carson today announced new measures to protect the financial integrity of the agency and...
Builder confidence remains on solid footing in March
Builder confidence in the market for newly-built single-family homes edged down one point to a level of 70 in March from a downwardly revised...
New research confirms apartments outperform across time, geography and market conditions
Apartments outperform other commercial real estate property types, on both a risk-adjusted and unadjusted basis, regardless of holding period, geographic region, metro size, and...
Statement from NAHB Chairman Randy Noel on Senate Banking Bill
Randy Noel, chairman of the National Association of Home Builders (NAHB) and a custom home builder from LaPlace, La., today issued the following statement...
FHA extends foreclosure moratorium for Hurricane Maria victims
For the second time since Hurricane Maria devastated Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands, the Federal Housing Administration (FHA) today announced that the...
City building for the future: The Urban Land Institute’s 2018 spring meeting looks at...
Innovative city building will be front and center at the Urban Land Institute’s (ULI) 2018 Spring Meeting, set for May 1-3 at the Cobo...
New home sales drop 7.8 percent in January
Sales of newly built, single-family homes fell 7.8 percent in January to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 593,000 units after an upwardly revised...
HUD and Census Bureau report new residential sales in January 2018
The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) and the U.S. Census Bureau jointly announced the following new residential sales statistics for January...
NAHB commends Trump infrastructure plan
The National Association of Home Builders (NAHB) today commended President Trump's $1.5 trillion infrastructure plan to rebuild and revitalize the nation's aging transportation network. "This...
2-Year Delay of WOTUS Rule a Much-Needed Step, NAHB Says
The National Association of Home Builders (NAHB) applauds today's announcement by the Environmental Protection Agency mandating a two-year delay of the Obama-era "waters of...
