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On Thursday, November 19th, BIA hosted its Annual Southern California Housing Policy Conference. Due to the ongoing pandemic, the event was held virtually. Speakers on our five panels discussed what current issues the housing market is facing.
The Building Industry Association of Southern California (BIASC) has created the BIASC Academy of Home Building Education. The new program will provide online educational services to help keep its members informed and up-to-date on how to best adapt to the continually changing circumstances impacting the industry.
While the coronavirus has helped build anxiety over public health and the economy, it has also dampened the construction and building industry.
The construction industry did catch some luck in being deemed “essential”, but the pandemic did toss a wrench into the works. According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, the April unemployment rate of 16.6% for the industry was more than triple what it was at the beginning of 2020.
One of the most significant, and perhaps surprising, impacts of COVID-19 is that a large number of Americans plan to move residences.
As part of the growing effort to stop and delay implementation of the state of California’s Vehicle Miles Traveled (VMT) regulations, numerous elected officials and governmental bodies have joined with the Building Industry Association of Southern California (BIASC) in asking Governor Gavin Newsom to delay the state’s July 1 VMT implementation date.
The Building Industry Association of Southern California (BIASC) is celebrating the first anniversary of its highly successful New Homes Showcase. The online showcase has become a valuable and authoritative resource for the building industry by directly engaging consumers with the latest builder communities without the intermediation of third-party websites.
As residents and businesses find themselves dealing with the impacts of a historic public health and economic crisis, the Southern California Association of Governments is preparing to move forward with a new long-range transportation and housing plan, which will have a substantial impact on Southern California communities over the next 25 years.
STAY UP TO DATE ON THE LATEST COVID-19 CITY POLICIES FOR NEW CONSTRUCTION. Click here to see the BIA Jurisdiction Precaution Measure List.
The Small Business Administration (SBA) has announced it has run out of funding to process any more small business loans through the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) and Economic Injury Disaster Loan Program (EIDL) that were created under the CARES Act.
This April’s National New Homes Month arrives with some welcome news for homebuyers as well as all Baldy View region residents.
Based on feedback from our builders around the state, we have compiled a series of legislative proposals aimed at relieving the state’s ever-growing housing affordability crisis.
Amid the coronavirus pandemic, our nation is facing a tremendous amount of uncertainty when it comes to the health of our residents and the future of our economy. Skyrocketing unemployment, coupled with a volatile stock market, has led to one of the most fragile economic periods in history.
Amid the coronavirus pandemic, our nation is facing a tremendous amount of uncertainty when it comes to the health of our resident and the future of our economy.
'We're not New York': Newsom says California has enough safeguards to continue construction
The California State Public Health Officer and Director of the California Department of Public Health is ordering all individuals living in the State of California to stay home or at their place of residence, except as needed to maintain continuity of operation of the federal critical infrastructure sectors.
Probably at no point in our recent history have worldwide events focused light on the importance of our homes to our lives, futures and economy. ‘Sheltering in place’ and ‘social distancing’ would be exercises in futility without our homes.
The first consideration for BIA, our member companies and all those we encounter in the homebuilding process, are for their health and safety. Download the latest job-site safety protocols from CBIA
Back in the days before personal computers, financial professionals were fond of the term ‘pencil’ to indicate whether columns of figures totaled out correctly. To say ‘it pencils’ means ‘it works. For new homebuyers, a great deal of information is required …
The first choice most homebuyers make when deciding to shop for a new home is whether to purchase a state-of-the-art new home or an existing home – and both of those choices come with their own advantages.
The 2020 BIA Baldy View Crafted event was a great success! Presented by BIA Baldy View Chapter’s new Emerging Leaders Committee - the event was held at Last Name Brewing Co in Upland.
Spring started with good news for home buyers and sellers when the Bankrate.com National Survey of Mortgage Lenders reported that mortgage rates were falling for 30-Year Fixed-Rate mortgages (FMR) and reported “signs point to more downward action”. The website reported that the 10-year Treasury Note “slipped to 1.080 percent, creating yet another historic low for yields. The 10-year Treasury and mortgage rates typically move in the same direction, so where the 10-year goes, mortgage rates usually aren’t far behind”.
A theme you will see repeated often in real estate columns is: for most Americans, their home will be the biggest and best investment they will make in their lifetimes. Factor in all the tax and credit benefits and you will see how homeownership offers opportunities presented by few other investments. However, since few investments offer the enjoyment and excitement of actually shopping for a new home, it is important for home buyers to stay focused on the importance of approaching their purchase as a major investment.
BIA works with the Cities of Rancho Cucamonga and Ontario to ensure Development Fees remain reasonable and fairly implemented.
In 1974, a pop song swept the nation containing the lyrics “dreams can come true again, when everything old is new again”. If you remember hearing this song on the radio, you are one of a generation of Americans who are living longer, more active and healthier lives and planning for retirement. Today those planning for their golden years have far more housing options while enjoying greater convenience and comfort than previous generations thanks to new remodeling innovations known as ‘aging-in-place’ – innovations that can make older homes new again.
While all of the old ranchos and ranches in the Baldy View region featured orchards and vineyards; cattle ranching was our region’s key industry until citrus growers harnessed the waters of the Santa Ana River and vintner Secundo Guasti realized that an underground water table could nourish huge tracts of vineyards without surface irrigation.
Last week, the legendary Groundhog Day groundhog Punxsutawney Phil failed to see his shadow and ‘predicted’ an early spring for 2020. For those of us who are fortunate enough to live in Southern California, an early spring isn’t big news as it might be in other states – but it is always good news for homeowners and home shoppers. This is because for homeowners looking to prepare or ‘stage’ their homes for sale as the home shopping season begins, these next few weeks offer a terrific opportunity to get a head start on a number of details that will benefit the sale and enhance the value of the home considerably.
Take a walk through the state-of-the-art models in any new home community here in the Baldy View region and you will experience how today’s homes are built to address today’s – and tomorrow’s - buyer’s needs, concerns and preferences.
These designs continue to be state-of-the-art thanks to events like the January National Association of Home Builders (NAHB) 2020 International Builders’ Show (IBS) which - combined with the Kitchen & Bath Industry Show for the annual Design & Construction Week - drew a total of approximately 90,000 home building professionals.
‘Wintering’ was a popular term among east coast and midwestern Americans in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. It described moving to Southern California for a few months to bask in our mild winters while less fortunate neighbors braced against far sterner winter weather back home. And today, our mild winters account for one of the key reasons our region is one of the most desired destination for homebuyers and businesses in the nation.