Press Releases
This section contains CBIA's most recent press releases. Previous releases can be found in our press release archive.
- 2/24/2010
- California New-Home Production Rebounds in January, CBIA Announces
New-home building in California rebounded in January from a year earlier, but homebuilding officials cautioned against calling it a recovery as the numbers for January 2009 were extremely low.
- 2/17/2010
- California Housing Affordability Continues Slide in Fourth Quarter, CBIA Announces
Housing affordability in California continued to fall throughout most of the state during the fourth quarter of 2009, the California Building Industry Association said today.
- 2/16/2010
- California New-Home Market Ends 2009 in Lackluster Condition, CBIA Announces
The pace of home sales at California new-home communities in 2009 was moderately lower than levels seen a year ago.
- 2/11/2010
- Study Shows Housing Industry is Vital to California’s Economic Recovery
A preliminary report released by the California Homebuilding Foundation, in conjunction with the Center for Strategic Economic Research, shows that the downturn in new-home building has resulted in the loss of hundreds of thousands of jobs and tens of billions of dollars in economic output to California’s economy.
- 1/26/2010
- It’s Official: California Housing Production Reached New Low in 2009
California homebuilders put up the lowest number of homes for a single year in 2009, beating the previous low that was set in 2008.
- 1/13/2010
- California New-Home Market Dips Slightly in November, CBIA Announces
The pace of home sales at California new-home communities in November was slightly lower than levels seen a year ago.
- 1/6/2010
- Homebuilders Applaud Governor's State of the State Address
California homebuilders applauded Governor Schwarzenegger for his determination to reinvigorate the state’s economy by focusing on jobs, streamlining the construction permitting process and establishing a new homebuyer tax credit.
