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2020 Artisan Home Tour Postponed Until August

As the Home Builders Association of Greater Kansas City (KCHBA) continues to do its part to help slow the spread of the COVID-19 virus, it has decided that it is in everyone’s best interests to postpone the 2020 Artisan Home Tour until later this year.

KCHBA wants to ensure that the superior craftsmanship and quality that Kansas Citians have come to expect from the Artisan Home Tour can be enjoyed by all who want to visit homes on the tour, while also being cognizant of the need to keep people healthy and safe. With that in mind, the Artisan Home Tour will not be taking place during its previously scheduled dates of June 5-7, 12-14, and 19-21. Instead, it is being rescheduled for August.

The Artisan Home Tour is a ticketed event benefiting JDRF. The homes will be scattered throughout the Kansas City metropolitan area and tickets are available online at artisanhometourkc.org. To tour all eight homes, the first ticket costs $25 and each additional ticket costs $15. Or, consumers can tour one home for $10.

Builders participating in the 2020 Artisan Home Tour and the location of their Artisan home are as follows:

Don Julian, Don Julian Builders,

25260 W. 104th Place, Olathe, KS

Louie and Kyle Freeman, Freeman Custom Homes,

8609 NE Shoal Creek Parkway, Kansas City, MO

Jeff Robinson, JS Robinson Fine Homes,

15709 El Monte St., Overland Park, KS

John Moffitt Jr., Mojo Built,

10238 Lee Blvd., Leawood, KS

Scott Bamesberger, SAB Construction,

16 Black Hawk Drive, Lake Winnebago, MO

Gerry Starr, Starr Homes,

10670 W. 192nd Place, Overland Park, KS

Todd Hill, Todd Hill Homes,

4409 W. 191st St., Stilwell, KS

Tom French, Tom French Construction,

9334 Juniper Reserve Drive, Prairie Village, KS

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KCHBA Issues Full Refunds to Home Show Vendors

KCHBA’s heart goes out to those who have lost loved ones and the millions of Americans who are out of work due to the COVID-19 outbreak. The 2020 KC Home & Lifestyle Show planned for March 13-15 was an unfortunate casualty of these difficult circumstances. KCHBA’s Executive Committee and Board of Directors have made the decision to provide 100% refunds to vendors for the fees paid to the KCHBA to exhibit at the show.

KCHBA is not currently able to project dates for a possible reschedule and does not anticipate any change in this fact with so many unknowns stemming from both COVID-19 and the federal, state, and local government responses to it.

Vendors must confirm their company’s contact information. Details were sent to all vendors via email in late April.

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YPs Host Virtual Happy Hour

The KCHBA’s Young Professionals group hosted a virtual happy hour last month to network and enjoy each other’s company during COVID-19. The group included YP Chair Brian Tebbenkamp and NAHB’s YP Director Topher McLarty.

Thank you to those who made the ultimate sacrifice . Wishing you a peaceful & blessed Memorial Day .

Activity Book Keeps Kids Busy, Promotes Careers in Industry

The HBA has a children’s activity book to help keep your young ones occupied at home while also sharing why it’s cool to have a job in the skilled trades. Thanks to the Des Moines, Iowa, Women in Professional Building Group for sharing their activity book with us.

Download the activity book at kchba.org/news/careercenter/.

New Home Sales Decline in March amidst Virus Concerns

Despite a strong start for 2020, new home sales weakened significantly in March due to challenges associated with COVID-19.

Contracts for new, single-family home sales declined in March by 15.4 percent to a 627,000 seasonally adjusted annual rate according to estimates from the joint release of HUD and the Census Bureau. NAHB expects further declines in a challenging April, which has seen 26 million job losses in recent weeks.

How strong was the start of the year? Despite the March decline, January and February, helped by warm weather during the winter,

lifted the first quarter total to a 6.7 percent gain over the first quarter of 2019.

The pace of new home sales will post significant declines during the second quarter due to the impacts of higher unemployment and shutdown effects of much of the U.S. economy, including elements of the real estate sector in certain markets. However, given the momentum housing construction held at the start of 2020, the housing industry will help lead the economy in the eventual recovery.