NAHB

NAHB (National Association of Home Builders) is a trade association that helps promote the policies that make housing a national priority. Since 1942, NAHB has been serving its members, the housing industry, and the public at large.

Contact:

Ann Marie Moriarty
202-266-8350

   http://www.nahb.org/

    Michigan Builder Bob Jones Elected Chairman of the Board of NAHB

    January 22, 2010 - (RealEstateRama) — Bob Jones, a home builder and developer from Bloomfield Hills, Mich., yesterday was elected as the 2009 chairman of the Board of the National Association of Home Builders (NAHB). As president of Robert R. Jones Homes, he specializes in land development and the design and construction of single-family luxury homes throughout metropolitan Detroit.

    FHA Issues Condo Project Approval Guidance

    June 15, 2009 - (RealEstateRama) — New regulatory guidance designed to streamline the Federal Housing Administration’s approval process for condominiums nationwide is expected to have an immediate impact in the state of Michigan, where single-family projects are frequently developed under a condominium structure, according to the National Association of Home Builders (NAHB).While most of the new rules announced on June 12 by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development will not take effect until October 1, a provision that eliminates the need for FHA approval of “site condominiums” that are prevalent in Michigan, but may also exist in other states, will take effect immediately, opening the door for thousands of home buyers to use low-downpayment FHA financing to purchase new single-family homes