Building Business News February 2022

February 2022

Economic Forecast for 2022 Mixed

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On the Cover: Cover story Economic Forecast for 2022 Mixed

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Economic growth will continue but at a slower pace in 2022 as demand continues but interest rates increase, according to NAHB’s Chief Economist Robert Dietz and Landmarketing President Dan Whitney.

Features Home Builders Donate $60,000+ in 2021

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Thank you for supporting your Home Builders Charitable Foundation in 2021. Because of your generosity, the HBCF was able to donate more than $60,000 to local charities.

Who’s Leading Your KCHBA in 2022?

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Here’s a quick list of each of the KCHBA’s committees and councils, who is leading them in 2022 and their goals for the year.

In Every Issue Member News

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New Members

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Anniversaries

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Residential Permit Statistics

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Home Builders Charitable Foundation Donates $60,000+ in 2021

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strong, livable neighborhood should be available to all in our society. That is why the Home Builders Association of Greater Kansas City (KCHBA) established the Home Builders Charitable Foundation (HBCF).

• Friends of Johnson County Developmental Services • Habitat for Humanity Kansas City

Started in 2002 and relaunched in 2018, the HBCF is pleased to announce that it donated more than $60,000 to local non-profits in 2021.

• HopeBuilders • Hope House • Inclusion Connections KC • KidsTLC

One of the priorities of the HBCF is promoting education related to the construction industry, such as scholarships and special projects. Of the 24 organizations the HBCF supported last year, nine were KC-area schools preparing students for careers in residential construction:

• Metro Lutheran Ministry • Noah’s Bandage Project • Rebuilding Together Kansas City

2021 at a Glance Total Amount Raised: $147,397.35 Amount Invested in Communities: $60,000+ 2021 Net Assets: $378,360.82 Amount Going Back into KC Community (vs. Expenses): 99.13%

• Bonner Springs School District

• Harry S. Truman Children’s Neurological Center, dba TNC Community

• Career and Technology Center at Fort Osage

• United Inner City Services

• Excelsior Springs Area Career Center

The HBCF did support one organization outside of the KC metro, which was the Louisiana Home Builders Association Disaster Relief Fund to assist with the rebuilding of homes after the deadly and destructive category 4 hurricane Ida, which became the second-most damaging and intense hurricane to make landfall in the state of Louisiana on record.

• Independence School District • Johnson County Community College • Liberty High School • Northland Career Center • Olathe Advanced Technical Center

Thank you to everyone who donated to the Home Builders Charitable Foundation. To see a full list of donors, more details on some of the organizations that received funds, and a list of who leads your Home Builders Charitable Foundation, read the foundation’s 2021 annual report on kchba.org>About Us>Foundation.

• Pittsburg State University Other organizations in the Kansas City area that the HBCF supported with donations include: • Amethyst Place

With the residential construction industry by our side, we believe we can build foundations for the future for everyone.

• Builders Development Corporation • Coldwater • Community Housing of Wyandotte Co.

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Home Stager Named a 2022 Top Influencer KCHBA’s Helen Bartlett, owner of Refined Interiors, was recently chosen a 2022 Top Influencer in Interior Design by Fixr! In the announcement, Helen said, “To be part of this esteemed list has been truly humbling! Thank you for the recognition and opportunity to be here representing our industry!” Congratulations, Helen!

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Workforce Development in Action Drake Vidrine, of NBKC Bank and KCHBA’s Workforce Committee Chairman, was invited to speak to the Construction Trades program at Olathe Advanced Technical Center on Dec. 14. Vidrine covered financial topics, specifically on the importance of saving early, building credit, good and bad loans, and how to invest. Thank you to Drake for your commitment to Workforce Development!

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In the December issue of BBN we incorrectly stated in a headline that First Federal Bank donated $50,000 to Veterans Community Project. North American Savings Bank (NASB) is the financial institution that donated that money to VCP, not First Federal. We apologize for the error!

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Natural gas furnaces heat homes more efficiently than electric heat pumps: the average household can save $400 to $500 a year with a natural gas furnace.

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elcee Allen, KCHBA’s Director of the Parade of Homes and Digital Content Strategy, and her husband Jace Allen announced the birth of Ozzy George Allen on Dec. 26, 2021.

Everyone is healthy and doing well.

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Be the Voice of the Industry at KCHBA’s Legislative Days This is your opportunity to visit legislators in their offices and discuss issues important to the home-building industry.

Kansas Legislative Day: March 9 | 10:00 a.m. KBIA meeting in Topeka| RSVP to Courtney@kchba.org Missouri Legislative Day: March 23 | Bus leaves KCHBA at 7:00 a.m. for Jefferson City and returns around 7:00 p.m. | RSVP to Jordynn@kchba.org We’d like to have large groups participate in both events. The larger the presence the more of an impact we will make on the legislators.

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Who’s Leading Your KCHBA in 2022?

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f your new year’s resolution is to grow your business, increase your network, and/or be more aware and involved in the home-building industry, the KCHBA is the place for you. Here’s a quick list of each of the KCHBA’s committees and councils, who is leading them in 2022 and their goals for the year.

Artisan Committee • Chair: Scott Bickford, Bickford & Co. • KCHBA Staff Liaison: Kelcee Allen, kelcee@kchba.org The 2022 Artisan Home Tour showcases the KCHBA’s custom home builders and it is a ticketed event that supports a charity.

The goal for the 2022 Artisan tour is to promote our custom builders to consumers as well as support JDRF in its efforts to find a cure for type 1 diabetes.

“We are excited to support JDRF for the 2022 Artisan Tour,” said Scott Bickford, chair of the 2022 Artisan Home Tour Committee. “People with T1D are some of the most vulnerable during the Covid-19 pandemic so we are thrilled to be able to support research to find a cure through this tour.”

McCray Lumber and Millwork Wins National Award The ProDealer Lumberyard of the Year is presented by the National Lumber & Building Material Dealers Association and Hardware + Building Supply Dealer.

This award recognizes innovation, growth and performance in accordance with the values of the lumber and building material industry.

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Associates Council • Chair: Misty Hanson, Stewart Title • KCHBA Staff Liaison: Dawn Allen, dawn@kchba.org

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The Associates Council hosts the golf tournament and clay shoot every year. This group is looking for new ways to promote interaction among the KCHBA membership in 2022.

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Foundation Committee • Chair: Hatch McCray, McCray Lumber • Co-Chair: Bill Regan, Hommati • KCHBA Staff Liaison: Kari English, kari@kchba.org The Home Builders Charitable Foundation is the charitable arm of the KCHBA. Its 2022 goal is to better educate the membership on what the Foundation does and who it supports.

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HBA PAC Trustees • Chair: Harold Phelps, Phelps Engineering • Vice-Chair: Stan Woodworth, Woodworth Law Firm • KCHBA Staff Liaisons: Courtney Reyes, courtney@kchba. org and Jordynn Webster, jordynn@kchba.org

MAKE THE MOST OF HOME

The HBA’s Political Action Committee, HBA PAC, enables members to strengthen their civic involvement by helping to elect pro-housing candidates at the local and state level.

Membership Committee • Chair: Ryan Christopher, SVB Wood Floors • KCHBA Staff Liaison: Dawn Allen The Membership Committee’s 2022 goal is to grow the KCHBA’s membership, particularly its builder members.

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• Chair: Gary Kerns, Kerns Homebuilders • Co-Chair: Justin Pfeifer, Pfeifer Homes Inc • KCHBA Staff Liaison: Kelcee Allen

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The Spring Parade is just a few months away! The Parade Committee is hard at work looking for ways to improve the Parade experience and expand its offerings.

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“It is a good feeling to be a part of the committee that makes the decisions for our Parade of Homes, which is the biggest event the KCHBA puts on each Spring and Fall,” said Justin Pfeifer.

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“I would strongly encourage anyone that is looking to get on a committee to come to one of our monthly meetings and see what they think.”

One of the Parade Committee’s main goals for 2022 is to keep expanding the parade app features and other opportunities the KCHBA has with it, according to Pfeifer.

ence to share, an idea to be executed, a voice to be heard, a value to be realized, and a passion to be fulfilled.”

Workforce Development Committee • Chair: Drake Vidrine, nbkc • KCHBA Staff Liaison: Courtney Reyes The Workforce Committee focuses on promoting careers in construction to area students. Look for the KC MADE competition in April, scholarship opportunities and more in the 2022.

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• Chair: Justin Kerns, Kerns Homebuilders • Vice-Chair: Graham Power, Canaan Stone Works • KCHBA Staff Liaison: Jordynn Webster “This committee is where someone can come in not knowing a soul and can leave with five new friends,” said Graham Power.

“They can interact with fellow associates and mingle with builders, helping each other figure out the best strategy to accomplish our projects. We want our meetings to be F.U.N. Friendly. Unpressured. Non-conventional.”

• Chair: Angie Ripley, Engel & Völkers • Co-Chair: Sara Jo De La Isla, Echo Systems Midwest • KCHBA Staff Liaison: Courtney Reyes “Moving into our second year we want to focus on how we bring the most benefit to all of our PWB members,” said Angie Ripley.

“It is one thing to say we want to make an impact on our members but another when it comes to trying to understand from all facets how we can become a collaborative group always looking for additional, as well as the most significant ways to impact on one another, our association and our community.”

In 2022, one of the YP’s goals is to listen, according to Power.

Listen to the associates, listen to the builders, listen to what we can do to make their lives easier. What would make it easier for them to attend more of the events? Would one-on-one time, or smaller group settings, make people feel more comfortable?

In 2022, the KCPWB is about empowering each other, working together, inspiring each other, humility, collaboration and friendships, according to Ripley. “Every PWB member has an experi-

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Economic Forecast for 2022 Mixed conomic growth will continue but at a slower pace in 2022, according to Robert Dietz, chief economist for the National Association of Home Builders (NAHB). Dietz spoke at the KCHBA’s annual Economic Forecast Breakfast on Jan. 20. That slower pace will be due to the Federal Reserve increasing interest rates as a result of inflation, which surged to a 31-year high in October 2021.

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Whitney noted the total number of subdivisions (1,058) in the Kansas City area is up 11 compared to January 2021. The total number of homes currently under construction is 4,997, which is up from 1,076 in January 2021. And the total number of newly finished, unoccupied homes (516) is down 354 homes when compared to January 2021. In terms of spec homes, there were 774 more starts than closings in the last year, according to Whitney.

“Rising interest rates means housing affordability is going to decline,” said Dietz. “The increase in interest rates won’t affect your ‘move-up’ buyers; they have enough equity built up already.

It will affect your first-time buyers.”

When looking at developed lots for single-family houses, several counties showed a decrease in the number of lots developed since January 2021, including Leavenworth, Wyandotte, Johnson, Miami, Jackson and Clay counties. Platte County and Cass County increased the number of lots developed since January 2021. Overall, the total number of developed lots is 12,282, which is down 899 lots when compared to January 2021.

Also speaking at the breakfast, Dan Whitney, president of Landmarketing, noted in the Kansas City area the average new home price is approximately $420,000, with Johnson County having the highest prices and Miami County having the lowest.

Whitney highlighted the hot spots in the Kansas City area, which are Johnson and Jackson counties, but added that there now is activity in areas where there hasn’t been any for a long time, such as Miami County.

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In the end, the takeaways from the breakfast included:

• Growth slowing in 2022 and 2023

The Positive and the Negative The big challenges for home builders in the coming years will be declining population growth and climate change, according to Dietz.

Both Dietz and Whitney agreed that the hybrid work model of working two days at home and three days in the office will positively impact the home-building industry. If people are still working from home then they will continue to be in tune with what they don’t like about their homes, according to Whitney.

“Given the current lack of workers,” said Whitney, “working from home is a strong negotiating tool and employers have to bend to that.”

When asked about the labor shortage and how to fix it, Dietz noted that the construction industry needs to add 740,000 new employees per year to fix the problem. Because that isn’t possible in the immediate future, worker productivity and technological innovations are going to have to be utilized to improve the situation.

• Interest rates will move higher • Building materials challenges ease but

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• Demand for more space in homes

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• Single-family, multifamily construction

gains; remodeling strong in 2022

• Communities with ability to add

affordable housing will grow

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February 2022 • Volume 28 • Issue 1 Copyright 2022 Published by the Home Builders Association of Greater Kansas City 600 E. 103 Street, Kansas City, MO 64131 • (816) 942-8800

Editor Kari English Contributing Writer Paige Waltman Graphics Karla Peterie, Kelcee Allen 2022 Executive Committee President Tommy Bickimer Vice President Brian Tebbenkamp Executive Vice President Will Ruder Secretary/Treasurer Dennis Shriver Immediate Past President Kevin Kirtley Associate Representative Misty Hanson Past Presidents Representative Bruce Rieke

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Single-Family Permits End the Year on a High

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ingle-family home building permit activity once again surpassed the activity reported during December 2020, contributing to a 22 percent increase in permit activity for 2021 compared to activity reported in 2020.

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During December 2021, 6,532 single-family permits were issued compared to 461 issued in December 2020. Throughout the year, 6,545 single-family permits were issued. By comparison, yearend single-family permit activity for 2020 totaled 5,366. This is the most single-family permits issued in a year since 2018.

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Kansas City, Mo., led the metropolitan area as the top-permitting city with 952 single-family permits issued during 2021. Coming in second for the year was Lee’s Summit, with 720 single-family permits issued. Close behind was Olathe with 719 permits issued in 2021.

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Rounding out the top-permitting cities for the year are Overland Park, 658, and Raymore with 274 permits issued in 2021.

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CHBA now has a job board! Members can post openings via GrowthZone and these are shared with consumers, area schools and others. Some recent postings include: • SCI Granite and Quartz Countertop Installer • Pella Business Development Rep • Arrow Circle Electrician To view all current openings, visit kchba.org and in the right-hand corner you will see “Careers”. Hover over “Careers” and a dropdown menu will appear. Click on “Job Board”.

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Residential Building Permit Statistics

Residential Building Permit Statistics DECEMBER 2021 CASS COUNTY Archie Belton Cass County Cleveland Garden City Harrisonville Lake Winnebago Lee's Summit Peculiar Pleasant Hill Raymore Village of Loch Lloyd

CLAY COUNTY Clay County Excelsior Springs Gladstone Kansas City Kearney Lawson Liberty North Kansas City Pleasant Valley Smithville JACKSON COUNTY Blue Springs Buckner Grain Valley Grandview Greenwood Independence Jackson County Kansas City Lake Lotawana Lee's Summit Oak Grove Raytown Sugar Creek PLATTE COUNTY Kansas City Parkville Platte City Platte County Riverside Weatherby Lake Weston JOHNSON COUNTY De Soto Edgerton Fairway Gardner Johnson County Leawood Lenexa Merriam Mission Hills Olathe Overland Park Prairie Village Roeland Park Shawnee Spring Hill Westwood

Single MultiS-F M-F Total Family Family Total Units Units Units % Units^ Units Units YTD YTD YTD 0 20 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 23 53 0 100

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

0 20 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 23 53 0 100

0 154 0 0 0 19 34 39 73 58 274 0 651

0 494 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 494

0 648 0 0 0 19 34 39 73 58 274 0 1145

9 0 0 59 18 0 4 0 0 2 92

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

9 0 0 59 18 0 4 0 0 2 92

50 19 3 577 84 0 66 1 0 48 848

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

50 19 3 577 84 0 66 1 0 48 848

22 0 7 0 0 14 7 15 0 46 13 0 0 124

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

22 0 7 0 0 14 7 15 0 46 13 0 0 124

219 0 128 1 0 140 95 191 0 681 60 0 0 1515

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

219 0 128 1 0 140 95 191 0 681 60 0 0 1515

15 0 0 10 3 0 0 28

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

15 0 0 10 3 0 0 28

184 117 0 134 145 0 0 580

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

184 117 0 134 145 0 0 580

11 0 0 15 3 12 12 0 0 60 81 6 0 11 17 0 228

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 211 0 0 0 0 0 0 211

11 0 0 15 3 12 12 0 0 271 81 6 0 11 17 0 439

56 1 0 102 55 64 233 1 0 719 658 86 0 176 202 0 2353

0 0 0 32 0 0 0 0 0 487 52 0 0 0 0 0 571

56 1 0 134 55 64 233 1 0 1206 710 86 0 176 202 0 2924

December 2021

Single MultiFamily Family Total Units^ Units% Units LEAVENWORTH COUNTY Basehor 10 0 10 Lansing 0 0 0 Leav. County 11 0 11 Leavenworth 0 0 0 Tonganoxie 6 0 6 27 0 27 WYANDOTTE COUNTY Bonner Springs Edwardsville KCK/Wyandotte Co MIAMI COUNTY Louisburg Miami County Osawatomie Paola Spring Hill Totals

S-F Units YTD

M-F Units YTD

Total Units YTD

122 0 124 0 58 304

0 0 10 0 0 10

122 0 134 0 58 314

0 0 19 19

0 0 218 218

0 0 237 237

0 0 146 146

0 0 218 218

0 0 364 364

33 0 0 0 2 35

0 0 0 0 0 0

33 0 0 0 2 35

79 0 0 6 63 148

0 0 0 0 0 0

79 0 0 6 63 148

653

429

1082

6545

1293

7838

Comparison of Single Family Building Units for Greater Kansas City (Cass, Clay, Jackson, Platte, Johnson, Leavenworth, Miami, Wyandotte Counties) Month/Year January February March April May June July August September October November December Annual Total

2014 287 216 362 439 385 364 375 352 383 468 312 328 4,271

2015 240 260 393 437 395 438 399 425 462 459 360 432 4,700

2016 274 408 542 523 503 578 494 536 424 466 417 352 5,517

2017 2018 457 463 477 463 571 549 562 564 504 598 567 569 512 485 480 514 514 353 583 485 502 354 468 276

2019 2020 234 355 234 475 357 438 411 434 391 374 387 421 471 493 429 444 396 557 500 510 410 404 434 461

2021 411 493 560 637 579 558 480 502 458 690 524 653

6,197

4,654

6545

5,673

5,366

Comparison of Permits By Units Issued Year to Date 2014 - 2021 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021

S-F Units 4271 4700 5517 6197 5673 4654 5366 6545

M-F Units 3910 3995 4451 2434 3245 3014 2292 1293

Total Units 8181 8695 9968 8631 8918 7668 7658 7838

^The Single Family number is units and includes both attached and detached units. %Multi-Family units are in buildings with 5 or more units. # Not available at time of report Permit information reflects the most recent data at time of publication. In order to ensure accurate recording of residential building permit statistics, the HBA may revise monthly and year-to-date figures when updated data is made available. Copyright 2022 Home Builders Assoc of Greater Kansas City. All rights reserved.

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Do You Have a Copyright Agreement for Photos of Your Homes?

Does your company own (or at least able to use) any and all photos taken of your home projects?

Not always. There can be major legal and financial consequences if the wrong photo is used the wrong way - and that includes social media. Learn the basics of U.S. copyright relating to photography and how to best protect you and your business at this educational event.

Who should attend? Builders, realtors & marketing professionals When: Wednesday, Feb. 23 Time: 8:30 Networking | 9:00 Presentation Where: KCHBA, 600 E. 103rd St., KC, MO 64131 Speakers: Photographer Matthew Anderson and

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