September 2016
Fall Parade Begins September 24 Kansas Area Council -- page 3 Onsite Home Construction – page 6 Sponsorship for 2017 – page 16
HBA’s Newest Event Check page 8 for information on a special event designed to get you ready to vote in November.
When we think of the Kansas City Parade of Homes, one word always comes to mind: pride. Home builders take great pride in constructing quality new homes to showcase during the Parade. Home buyers are proud to have beautiful new homes in which to live. And we all should be proud of the fact that we have such a strong new-home construction industry in Kansas City, which supports the second-largest Parade of Homes in the country. This fall, the Home Builders Association of Greater Kansas City is showcasing more than 300 residences constructed by 96 of its member builders. Consumers will have the opportunity to view new homes and neighborhoods across a spectrum of price, style and location including 30 homes in maintenance-provided communities as well as several townhomes and villas. The homes are located all across the Kansas City metropolitan area and range in price from approximately $180,000 to more than $1.5 million. In comparing homes entered in this year’s Fall Parade with those entered in the 2010 event, the preferred style has shifted from a mix of 44% two story homes/34% story and a half six years ago, to 33% two story/55% story and a half in this year’s Parade. Home size appears be slightly larger with an increase in the average number of bedrooms to 4 from 3.8 and 3.5 bathrooms versus 3.2 in 2010. A statistic which has changed significantly is the average selling price: from $380,000 in 2010 to $480,000
this year. The Fall Parade, sponsored by Stewart Title, begins on September 24 and runs through October 9; homes are open daily from 11 am to 6 pm. The
Awards Celebration, on September 28, will be held at Children’s Mercy Park where winners of the Pick of the Parade and Distinctive Plan & Design will be announced.