HBA of St Louis & Eastern Missouri

The HBA will be closed December 24-January 3 and will re-open Monday,  January 4, 2010.

Go to www.stlhba.com/events to learn more about the HBA seminars on January 5 and 6 you can’t afford to miss, Improve Online Marketing Performance and Successful Strategies to Sell Homes Online. Register Today!

Missouri Housing Development Commission (MHDC) approved a proposal to pay the first year of property taxes for income-eligible citizens who buy a new or existing home after Jan. 1, 2010. Families making less than $98,000 a year who enter into contract to purchase a new or existing home after Jan. 1 would have their property tax paid up to $1,250. Those families would be eligible to have an additional $500 paid towards the tax bill if homeowner purchases an energy efficient home or appliances. For more information, contact Lyzel Krebs at 314-994-7700 x115 or KrebsL@hbastl.com.

OPTIONS Newsletter is Going Electronic! Only one more issue of OPTIONS newsletter will be mailed to HBA members. As of January 4, 2010, OPTIONS will be sent electronically to all members. The HBA is communicating to members who do not have e-mail addresses in the system. Please respond with your e-mail address so you can continue to receive important communication from the HBA. Send your e-mail address to Jessica Hogan at HoganJ@hbastl.com.

50+ Builder Forum Webinar December 15.  From 1-2 p.m. CST on your personal computer. A 50+ builder panel will offer candid assessments of current industry conditions, thoughts on the future, tell how they’re making deals and staying afloat when others are struggling and more. 50+ Housing Council members are FREE and HBA/NAHB members pay $69 to participate. To learn more or to register, go to the 50+ Housing Web channel at www.NAHB.org. Questions? Contact Jeff Jenkins at 800-368-5242, x8292 or jjenkins@nahb.org.

The President’s Holiday Party is at Bellerive Country Club in Ladue. Register ASAP at www.stlhba.com/events.

Many builders are taking advantage of this new FREE service from the HBA which is part of membership dues. If you haven’t responded to the requests to put your communities on the site, see what you are missing out on at www.stlhba.com and click on “Search for New Homes Now.” You can list here and benefit from the leads for free as long as you are an HBA builder. You can sign up at http://www.builderhomesite.com/listings/hbas/ or contact the local representative from BDX, Sheliza Adams at sadams@buildehomesite.com or 512-651-8864. This new free service from the HBA is a way to help improve business for all members.  Questions? Contact Shelly Stengel  at 314-994-7700 x138 or StengelS@hbastl.com

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