To impose a mechanic’s lien against a property owner, contractors soon will have a new series of hoops to jump through before they start building projects costing $30,000 or more.

Tagged with: North Carolina Home Builders Association

You’re either fer it, or you’re agin it, as they say in the mountains of western North Carolina, and that’s true of possible legislation that REBIC will either back or oppose this year on the other end of the state in Raleigh, where the state legislature is in session.

Tagged with: building codes Charlotte Regional Realtor Association Eric Locher Jack Simoneau Joe Padilla North Carolina General Assembly North Carolina Home Builders Association Pat McCrory REBIC Tamara Lynch town of huntersville

In June, a new state law went into effect to stop unlicensed contractors from skirting the system. The goal is to crack down on contractors who solicit a property owner to apply for a permit for work they will do ...

Tagged with: Marvin Bethune Mecklenburg County Building Development Commission Mike Carpenter North Carolina Home Builders Association

There is precedent in North Carolina for homebuilders associations to combine into a larger group or secede from another. In February 2007, the Brunswick County Homebuilders Association was formed following a merger between the Homebuilders Association of Brunswick County, which ...

Tagged with: Lake Norman Home Builders Association Mike Carpenter North Carolina Home Builders Association

In the Charlotte metro area, there are nine homebuilders associations. Many of them are suffering from lower membership numbers, a side effect of the housing market’s troubles. For some HBAs, memberships are down by more than 50 percent, which means ...

Tagged with: Home Builders Association of Charlotte Lake Norman Home Builders Association Mark Baldwin Mike Carpenter National Association of Home Builders North Carolina Home Builders Association Ryland Homes

The future of a controversial fee the construction industry is charged to build housing in Cabarrus County will be in the hands of the state Supreme Court next week. On Monday, the court will hear arguments in the case involving ...

Tagged with: Cabarrus County Mike Carpenter North Carolina Home Builders Association Union County