The Indiana Quality Assurance Builder Standards (QABS) program has changed in two ways: Indiana QABS manuals are now offered through IBA directly to you, the member, and in digital format. All builder members can participate. The Indiana QABS program creates a series of performance guidelines that builders/remodelers and...
What a year. When starting my time as IBA president after our December board meeting last year, I never would have expected what 2020 had in store for us as individuals, a community and an industry. I came in to my term as IBA president...
The Indiana Builders Association (IBA) members on the ballot found success on November 3 as general election results poured in across the state. After all the votes were counted, IBA will add 2 members to the Indiana General Assembly, with now 10 members of the...
INDIANAPOLIS (Oct. 29, 2020) – “Indiana single-family permits are continuing to show strong gains as we head in to the fall season. With new single-family construction numbers we haven’t seen in 10 plus years and historic lows in interest rates, pursuing the American dream of...
“Indiana home builders are continuing to keep pace with the growing housing demand from home buyers. However, we are still facing concerns in terms of rising lumber prices and supply shortages, but low interest rates and steady demand are helping bolster single-family construction growth throughout...
Indiana joins eight other states when Governor Eric Holcomb officially declared the month of October to be Careers in Construction Month. Indiana’s Careers in Construction Month is designated to help increase public awareness of the opportunities available in construction trades professions. “The importance of the construction industry’s...
INDIANAPOLIS (Sept. 2, 2020) – “The Indiana home building industry continues to see an unprecedented rebound in single-family permit pulls for July. Housing demands, supported by low interest rates and a new consumer focus on home functionality, are taking center stage in Indiana’s recovering economy....
INDIANAPOLIS (July 31, 2020) – “Applications for home construction permits have made a very solid rebound in June. A huge increase from permit pulls in May and June of last year show us that home buyers are ready to take advantage of Indiana’s historically low...
We have all heard the phrase “beauty is in the eye of the beholder”, which means that what one person finds beautiful another person may not. In some Indiana communities, beauty is less subjective, and in fact, it is quite prescriptive – mandating that new...
In times of crisis, we usually revert back to what we know and understand. The housing industry is no different. 2020 has proven to be a very tough year for a lot of us. There has been plenty of uncertainty and unknown variables that have...
