New Legislature, New Opportunities
January/February 2011 CAHB greets year by introducing several measures to ’11 state legislators. With Republicans at the helm of Colorado’s State House of Representatives, builders are hopeful that several bills they introduce this session will have a good chance of passage. For the first time in several years, the Colorado Association of Home Builders will [...]
Top 5 Construction Defects Claims – and how to avoid them
January/February 2011 Take a look at what tops CAHB’s legislative agenda, and you’ll see construction defects right up there, year after year after year. If that’s the case, and if there areways to prevent claims against builders, why do builders continue to fend off lawsuits? Obviously, if the answers were that easy, there’d be no [...]
President’s Letter: Will home building rebound this year?
January/February 2011 Peter Tobin, CAHB President Last year will go down as one of the toughest in the history of home building. So what lies ahead for 2011? The Colorado economy is still sputtering, unemployment is 8.7 percent and consumer confidence is low. However, interest rates are still exceptionally low and retail sales were up [...]
