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Purchase Your Team and/or Sponsor the 2nd Annual TBF Open!

Registration is open for the Texas Builders Foundation’s golf tournament that will be held on...

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They signed contracts for their dream homes last year. Now their borrowing costs are ballooning.

People who agreed to buy homes under construction but haven’t yet closed are facing mortgage-interest rates that could be nearly double what they anticipated when they paid their deposits. New-home buyers are confronting...

source: The Wall Street Journal

Homebuilder bets on Rio Grande Valley with $85 million development

Esperanza Homes is bringing hundreds of houses, an apartment complex and thousands of feet of shopping space to the small town of Harlingen, Texas near the Mexican border. South Texas builder Esperanza is behind the mixed-use Paso...

source: The Real Deal

Donald Trump had nothing new to say in Austin. His fellow speakers did.

The presumptive 2024 Republican presidential nominee came to Austin to speak at a day-long conference attended by some six or seven thousand of his most passionate fans and supporters. In Ye Olden Days, that first sentence would be...

source: Texas Monthly

Meet the two Democrats running for Texas land commissioner

Texas Democrats decide next week who will be their party's nominee for state land commissioner. The position oversees the Texas General Land Office, which manages thousands of acres in state land and is in charge of distributing aid for communities recovering from natural...

source: KUT Radio

Texas runoff face-off: GOP, Democratic Attorney General candidates vie for Paxton's seat

Monday marked the first day of early voting for the May 24 runoff, where Texas voters will choose respective nominees for their party in several key races, including the Attorney General. Voters were split enough in both...

source: KXAN-TV

Texas' grid operator told a power plant to delay repairs ahead of a May heat wave. It was among six that crashed.

Texas’ power grid operator told at least one power plant to delay its scheduled repairs and keep operating to help meet demand during hotter-than-expected May weather. The next day, the plant went offline...

source: The Texas Tribune

Biden releases plan to tackle housing affordability crisis

The Biden administration released what it calls a "Housing Supply Action Plan" to ease high housing costs by increasing the supply of quality housing throughout the nation over the next five years.

source: NAHB Now

DHS, DOL to issue additional 35,000 H-2B visas

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and the Department of Labor (DOL) announced today the availability of an additional 35,000 H-2B temporary nonagricultural worker visas during the second half of fiscal year 2022. These visas are for U.S. employers seeking to employ...

source: NAHB Now

Builder confidence plunges on rising interest rates, growing affordability woes

In a sign that the housing market is now slowing, builder confidence took a steep drop in May as growing affordability challenges in the form of rapidly rising interest rates, double-digit price increases for material costs and...

source: Eye on Housing

TWC expands opportunities for Texans to earn a high school diploma or equivalency

The Texas Workforce Commission (TWC) encourages Texans to take advantage of programs that provide assistance in obtaining their high school diploma or Texas Certificate of High School Equivalency (TXCHSE), widely known as a GED....

source: Texas Workforce Commission

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ICYMI: The New Construction Buyer: Trends and Data You Need to Help Meet Consumer Demand Today

The Texas Association of Builders (TAB) hosted an education webinar "The New Construction Buyer: Trends and Data You Need to Help Meet Consumer Demand Today” presented and sponsored by Zillow. This webinar covered...

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Interested in exhibiting or sponsoring at Sunbelt? You better hurry! - only 50 booths left

If you have been thinking about exhibiting at Sunbelt, it is not too late, but you better act fast! The Sunbelt Builders Show™ is for any service or product used in or by the residential building industry. Whether you’re...

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There is fun to be had off the Trade Show floor at Sunbelt!

Other than two days of interacting with exhibitors, great education and demonstration sessions, two excellent...

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Purchase Your Team and/or Sponsor the 2nd Annual TBF Open!

They signed contracts for their dream homes last year. Now their borrowing costs are ballooning.

Homebuilder bets on Rio Grande Valley with $85 million development

Donald Trump had nothing new to say in Austin. His fellow speakers did.

Meet the two Democrats running for Texas land commissioner

Texas runoff face-off: GOP, Democratic Attorney General candidates vie for Paxton's seat

Texas' grid operator told a power plant to delay repairs ahead of a May heat wave. It was among six that crashed.

Biden releases plan to tackle housing affordability crisis

DHS, DOL to issue additional 35,000 H-2B visas

Builder confidence plunges on rising interest rates, growing affordability woes

TWC expands opportunities for Texans to earn a high school diploma or equivalency

Plan your Marketing and Advertising Strategies with TAB

ICYMI: The New Construction Buyer: Trends and Data You Need to Help Meet Consumer Demand Today

Interested in exhibiting or sponsoring at Sunbelt? You better hurry! - only 50 booths left

There is fun to be had off the Trade Show floor at Sunbelt!

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