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HBA Lake-Sumter
Official Newsletter of the Home Builders Association of Lake-Sumter
2013 Business Silver Sponsor
February 2013 Vol 37 Issue 7
2013 Corporate Sponsor
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Home Builders Association Lake-Sumter 1100 N Joanna Avenue Tavares, FL 32778 Ph 352-343-7101 Fax 352-343-4650 www.LakeHBA.com www. facebook.com/LakeHBA
Officers & Directors President William Dorman - White Aluminum Vice President TBD Associate Vice President Paul Swanson - George Nahas Chevrolet Secretary/Treasurer James Moore - Aluminum Contractors Immediate Past President Andrew Nutt - Holly Homes Immediate Past Associate Vice President Loretta Maimone - Loretta C. Maimone, Inc Builder Directors Sean del Castillo - Lake-Sumter Habitat for Humanity Cynthia Couillard - DiBarco Building Corp Craig Hegstrom - Hegstrom Homes William Wilburth - WC Wilburth Inc Joe Ziler - Kevco Builders Associate Directors Chuck Hiott - Booth, Ern, Straughan & Hiott Inc Dale Roberts - Dale E. Roberts & Assoc. Dave Van Winkle - Citizens First Bank Life Directors Mike Carter - Granger Construction Carl Ludecke - Charlie Johnson Builder George Hansford - Prominent Construction Clarence Tibbs - STE Electrical Systems
Calendar of Events Day and Date Wed Feb 6 " Thu Feb 7
Tue Feb 12 " Wed Feb 13 " Wed Feb 13 Thu Feb 14 Wed Feb 20 Fri Feb 22 Fri Feb 23 -
Start Time 8:00 AM 11:00 AM 8:00 AM Noon 3:30 PM 4:30 PM 5:00 PM 8:30 AM 10:00 AM Noon
6:00 PM Sun March 3rd
End Time 10:30 AM 12:00 AM 9:00 AM 1:00 PM 4:30 PM 5:00 PM 6:00 PM 9:30 AM
Event The Buzz Gov. Affairs Meeting Sale & Market. Meeting Membership Meeting Golf Tourn. Meeting Finance Meeting Board Meeting POH Meeting Home Show Wrap Up Meeting
Where RALSC HBA HBA HBA HBA HBA HBA HBA
11:00 AM HBA 1:00 PM Remodelers/Green Meeting Field Trip Valentines Day Parade of Homes Judging Day Parade of Homes Banquet Trilogy 2013 Parade of Homes
Staff Carolyn Maimone - Executive Director Kelly Hoover - Administrative Assistant On The Level is published monthly by the Home Builders Association of Lake Co. Every attempt has been made to insure the accuracy of all information presented, however no guarantee or warranties are provided. For advertising, contact the HBA at 352343-7101 or visit our website. The HBA reserve the right to refuse any advertising.
Sponsorships Available for Parade of Homes and Golf Tourn: Call us at 352-343-7101
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PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE Things they are a changing’ The Dream is Back!! Preparation for the 2013 Parade of Homes is in Full Swing! It is going to be one for the history books. We are very proud to share that Trilogy by Shea Homes in Groveland is our Dream Community. The Parade Banquet is being held at their beautiful 57,000 SF Clubhouse and we could not be more excited about it!! We have 60% more entries so far this year over last year, and we still have a couple more coming. Sponsorships are still available and range from $150 to $1,500. Don’t you want to be a part of the Dream?? Contact Carolyn or Kelly 352-343-7101 and find out how you can participate. I want to take this opportunity to thank all the Committee Chairs. Without those of you who step up and take charge, this association just would not be able to keeps it’s doors open. Loretta Maimone with Loretta C. Maimone, Inc. thank you for a fabulous Home Show. It was a huge sucBud Dorman cess and we have you to thank for all your hard work. Susan Adams with Ro-Mac Lumber, thank White Aluminum you for heading up the Spike Club. Jeanne Abernathy with Southern Style Management, you have a Morning Buzz event coming up real soon on Feb 6 at the Realtors® Association of Lake and Sumter Counties. Congratulations, this is the first time the Builders and Realtors® have come together for a combined event of this nature. We look forward to hearing about it’s success!! Dale Roberts with Dale E. Roberts and Associates, the 2013 Parade of Homes is making drastic changes to the way the HBA of Lake-Sumter looks at putting on a Parade. Thank you for your guidance and leadership as we re-navigate these waters and re-invent our Parade of Homes. Chuck Hiott with BESH, you’re getting all geared up for our 22nd Annual Golf Tournament on April 19th. Thank you for all your hard work on last year’s event and we are all looking forward to what you are planning for this year. I also want to thank Jimmy Moore with Aluminum Contractors Inc., for taking the helm of the Finance Committee as our 2013 Treasurer, Mike Carter with Granger Construction for taking the lead on the Governmental Affairs Committee, Andrew Nutt with Holly Homes, for his leadership on the Membership Committee, George Hansford with Prominent Construction our PAC Chair, Don Magruder, with Ro-Mac Lumber for handling the Community Service/Scholarship Committee, Carl Ludeke from Charlie Johnson builders for take charge as our program chair and Bill Wilburth with W.C. Wilburth Inc & Jim Rahman with Westmonte Construction LLC, for co-chairing the Remodelers Council and Green Building Committee. To all members please contact one of BROWNE DISTRIBUTORS these Committee Chairs to join a committee & GET INVOVLED! LANDSCAPE SUPPLIERS Thank you ~Bud COMMERCIAL ● WHOLESALE ● RETAIL Rubber Mulch Red Mulch 15 Varieties of Stone Cypress Mulch Lava, River, Pine Bark Nuggets White Marble, etc. Also in Bags PATTY or DEBBIE Baled Pine Straw Office (352) 326-8461 Potting Soils Two Locations Fax (352) 365-8338 Top Soils 2600 N. U.S. Hwy 27 ● Fruitland Park, FL 34731 www.landscapesuppliers.com U.S. Hwy 27 ● Minneola, FL 34755 Office: (352) 242-0810
Building Permits NOVEMBER #Single Family Permits Lake County Tavares Eustis Leesburg Lady Lake Montverde Clermont Mount Dora Sumter County
51 5 4 3 0 0 34 3 271
Value 18,450,528 2,225,868 966,528 692,524 4,469,930 747,013 77,736,668
Thank you to the building departments for supplying this information. Cities missing did not report. www.lakehba.com
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SALES AND MARKETING Seven is a great number! The My Florida Regional MLS statistics for the Realtors® Association of Lake & Sumter Counties for 2012 are certainly good news to the housing industry! During the last quarter of 2012, there was an average of 7 months of inventory of homes available for sale. The average during the last quarter of 2011 was 12 Jeanne Abernathy months. Months of inventory is used to (Southern Style Managecalculate how long it would take to sell of ment), Sales & Marketing the active inventory, based upon the rate Committee Chair homes are being sold. When you reach the 7-month mark, it becomes a Seller’s market, rather than the Buyer’s market seen in 2011. More importantly, the two counties sold 4089 homes in 2012, nearly a 19% increase over 2011, and the average sales price increased from $128,535 in December 2011 to $146,447 in December 2012, a 12% increase. On average, homes are selling for 95% of list price, and spend an approximately 120 days on the market. This data clearly reflects a strengthening resale market. Some homebuyers are finding that they are in multiple offer situations or missing homes by not acting fast enough. I have personally had to go knock on some doors and ask, “Would you sell your home, if I have a qualified buyer?” A tight re-sale inventory bodes well for HBA builders and remodelers. Consumers will start to entertain staying in their current homes, but upgrade them to keep them happy. If there are pink and blue toilets left in a home, they should be replaced! And a lack of affordable homes means builders will need to pick up the pace and offer specs, find more lots, and be prepared to build for more qualified buyers. The Sales & Marketing Committee has a Buzz Seminar on February 6, 2013 at the Realtors® Association of Lake & Sumter Counties (RALSC) to help inform the Realtors about selling and financing new construction, and selling the benefits of green construction. The HBA and RALSC hope to build bridges to help more real estate agents sell new homes, because we are certainly going to need them!
The Morning Buzz “Selling New, Selling Green, & Financing Options ” Wednesday, Feb 6 from 8:30 AM - 10 AM RSVP by: Noon Feb 5th at the REALTORS® Association of Lake & Sumter Counties Located at 3001 SR 19 in Tavares FREE to HBA and RALSC members! A Panel Presentation With: Joan Nagle - Broker, Sales Associate for KB Home, Joe Williams, GCP, FGBC - Builder/Owner of TownSquare Construction Nate Ritter, LEED AP, BD&C, CGP - GreenBuilt Solutions LLC Jeff Tierney - Branch Manager for DHI Mortgage
Sponsored by:
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Making Final Preparations as the 2013 Parade of Homes Draws Near
Dale Roberts 2013 Parade Chair Dale E Roberts & Associates
More great news. In addition to our Dream Community, Trilogy by Shea Homes in Groveland, we now have a Diamond Sponsor. Please welcome LOWE'S. All three Lowe's stores in Lake County; Mount Dora, Leesburg and Lady Lake are our official Presenting Diamond Sponsor. Clay Tew, Manager of Lowe's in Leesburg was instrumental in helping seal the deal with the 3 area Lowe's. You will be seeing Lowe's products at Parade Entries and in the Guidebook. Thank you Clay!
More entries. Several parade entries were submitted right up to the deadline of January 25. Several builders have entered virtually. Virtual entries are gaining in popularity. Renderings or photos and floor plans are all you need to get wide spread exposure in the 2013 Parade. Your entry will be getting attention in 70,000 guidebooks being distributed by The Orlando Sentinel in Lake, Sumter, Seminole and Orange Counties. Your virtual entry will be online year round with links to your web site and videos and photos if you have them. The Parade Banquet. Friday, February 22, our Parade Banquet will be held at our Dream Community, Trilogy by Shea Homes. This impressive community has resort style amenities beginning with the 57,000 sq ft clubhouse with Restaurant, Bar, Gourmet Cooking Facility, Art Studio, Banquet Hall, Fitness Facility, Tennis, Bocce... the list goes on. We feel privileged to be guests at Trilogy. Thank you Jeff Gersh and staff for making us feel so welcome. All Parade entries are provided two Banquet Tickets. Please RSVP by February 15th to attend or assign representatives from your company to be at the banquet. Still time to be a part of the Parade. There are still a few Sponsorships available. Call Carolyn, Kelly or Dale for more information. Everyone can participate as a "Friend of the Parade", our Sponsorships start as low as $150. We look forward to a fantastic Banquet and Parade in February... THE DREAM IS BACK! Are you dreamin' yet? Dream Community
Presenting Diamond Sponsor
Platinum & Realtor Awards Sponsor Platinum Sponsor
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PICTURE GALLERY - Home Show USB participates in most of the HBA shows which provide some excellent referrals resulting in new checking, investment accounts and loans! ~Janet Noack, USB
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‌we received over 50 leads. Although the traffic was light compared to previous shows, the quality of leads were an improvement. ~ Loretta Maimone, Loretta C. Maimone Inc.
... we had great contact with the vendors & consumers attending the show‌ it gives us a chance to be out in the community. ~Omma Samaroo-Tahal, Fairwinds
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PICTURE GALLERY - January GMM
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MEMBERS IN ACTION Lumber & Commodity News Your Home Builders Association Wood Commodity Index (Index) for January 2013 increased 11.0% in price to $420.84 per thousand as higher demand pressured narrowing Don Magruder inventories. Many dealers and suppliRo-Mac Lumber & Supply ers have refused to stock heavier inventories fearing a winter collapse in pricing, and this tight supply is adding fuel to an already hot market. It is truly unprecedented to have price increases of this magnitude during this time of year. Not one item in the Index dropped in price over the last 30 days. The lumber portion of the Index increased 5.7% to $416.40 per thousand with spruce studs increasing from 3.1% to 8.7% while spruce dimension pushed upward a solid 7% plus. Pine dimensional lumber showed the greatest strength with prices jumping in the plus 15% range. The sheathing portion of the Index increased a whopping 15.1% primarily on the strength of OSB sheathing, which increased on average $73 per thousand--or plus 21%. CDX pine plywood was nowhere near as strong with increases from 1.1% to 6.2% for thicker panels. It is worth noting that normally the swing in increases or decreases between CDX and OSB are not that wide, and this may be an indication the market is overdone. Not included in many of these prices is the $5 per thousand fuel surcharge, which is being added on many loads after the first of the year. Fuel is definitely creating inflation in the markets in both logistics and manufacturing. January’s increase in drywall and insulation, coupled with proposed increases in February in roofing and cement, is making a lot of builders have second thoughts. Firm bids from October with these increases will result in heavy losses unless the builder included a price escalation clause in the contract. A general rule when markets heat up this fast in a short time period--it is usually a sure bet that it will be going down. It is hard to say, but a couple more weeks of watching instead of buying is probably a good idea for dealers and suppliers. The word for everyone is “cautious”.
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THANK YOU FOR RENEWING
WELCOME NEW MEMBERS
20 - 24 Years Emmett Sapp Builders Inc. (21) Eustis Roofing Co. (23)
Shea Homes / Jeff Gersh Ph (352) 432-5902 Builder Sponsor: Dale Roberts / Dale E. Roberts & Assoc.
15 - 19 Years Grand Rental Station (18) Daily Commercial (16) 10 - 14 Years Fortin Construction (11) American Home Corp. (13) 1 - 4 Years Mid Florida Metal Roofing Supply (3) Highland Homes (1) Baird Home Corporation (4) Thank You For Being Members :) If you know or do work with someone who is not a member please ask them to join. Let’s build our membership - There is strength in numbers
SolarCity / Steven Broyles Ph (650) 554-0263 PV Solar Power Sponsor: Jeff Gersh / Shea Homes Dibarco Building Corp. / Randall Hayward Ph (352) 461-6464 Builder Affiliate Sponsor: Cindy Couillard / Dibarco Building Corp. Bogin, Munns & Munns P.A. / Rulon D. Munns Ph (407) 578-1334 Attorney Sponsor: Bud Dorman / White Aluminum ZGraph / Bill Zachary Ph (386) 255-5556 Web Design & Marketing Sponsor: Bud Dorman / White Aluminum
TIME TO RENEW Dalton & Owens Electric Service If you know or do business with those listed please encourage them to renew their membership.
WELCOME BACK D.R. Horton / Jonathan Byrom Ph (407) 850-5200 Builder Sponsor: Gerry Suarez / Mortgage Financial Group Munz Design Inc. / Brian E. Munz Ph (352) 748-4542 Cabinetry Sponsor: Paul Swanson / George Nahas Chevrolet
Ongoing Benefits for New & Renewing Members From Daily Commercial •
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Renewals: $50 gift certificate toward advertising campaign New Members: $100 gift certificate toward advertising campaign
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WE VALUE YOUR MEMBERSHIP NAHB SPIKE CLUB Statesman George Hansford
Super
500-999 517.5
250-499
Carl Ludecke Karen Schroeder
Royal
428 409.5
150-249
Ann Hagen Craig Hegstrom Clell Coleman Bud Dorman Don Magruder Paul Fallman
Red
201 199 185.5 158 156 154.5
100-149
Clarence Tibbs Andrew Nutt
120 103.5
Green
50-99
Dale Roberts Paul Swanson Lee Humphrey Susan Adams Gerry Suarez Jim Bible
$500 NAHB Discount
99.5 95.5 93.5 90.5 82.5 78.5
Jody Coursey Mike Carter Dick Stier
73.5 64 52
Life
25-49
Rob Granger Ron Griffith Joe Ziler
45.5 30.5 29
Blue
6-24
Ron Schwarz Jason Hansford Mike Torres Joe Williams Glenn Phillips Loretta Maimone Bart Lucas Jimmy Moore
22.5 20 12 14 8 8 7 6
The Spike Club is an elite group of Association members recognized for outstanding achievement in membership. Become a spike by recruiting new members. 2013 number of new members noted in parentheses next to name.
Remodelers/Green Council The Remodeler's / Green Building Council is very excited for 2013. We are bringing innovative ideas and new products along with interesting services to the up Bill Wilburth (WC Wilburth) and coming meetings. The Jim Rahman (Westmont Construclast meeting we had a tion), co-chairs great time talking of fresh ideas. In the next 10 months, we will be going on 4 field trips, holding 3 learning sessions and 3 guest speakers on innovative green products. This is an exciting time to be a part of this special group of talented individuals. We welcome all who would like to attend these great networking opportunities. Our next meeting is February 13, 2013, where we will be going on a field trip to Harbor Hills in Lady Lake to view a Certified Green Home. Please RSVP all who wish to attend. Bill Wilburth, Co-Chairman, bill@wcwilburth.com
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