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FREE Seminar for Builders, Remodelers, Window Installers

FREE Seminar for Builders, Remodelers, Window Installers

98% of window failures are due to improper window installation. This seminar will show how the QUAD Window and Door System offers three layers of protection against moisture penetration and air loss so you can stop worrying about window failures and start getting ready for the next job.

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Who’s Ready for Summer?

Who’s Ready for Summer?

Our own Huitzilopochtli will lead us in the ceremonial burning of the socks which will usher in summer. Yes, we are really going to burn socks.

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Who’s Ready for Summer?

Is your team signed up for the sporting clays shoot?

Join us on Friday, May 15th at 11:00 am for our 10th Annual Sporting Clays Event. This is a fun and relaxing way to spend time with coworkers, employees and fellow YBA members with a little friendly competition to boot. We’ll start the day with BBQ lunch and finish with our awards ceremony.

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Who’s Ready for Summer?

And the winner is

Come to the Remodeling Awards of Excellence Banquet on April 8th and experience the excitement as the 2015 winners are announced. See the creativity and workmanship of York Builders Association’s top remodelers. See the products used in these projects supplied by York Builders Association members. Enjoy mingling with the Best of the Best in remodeling.

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Who’s Ready for Summer?

Draw Down Reverse Raffle

Tickets are $20 a piece and limited to 100. Grand prize is $800 with various other amounts awarded as the tickets fall.

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Who’s Ready for Summer?

Register for our Tenth Annual Sporting Clays Shoot

Guns, ribs, friends, and the great outdoors are what the annual Sporting Clays Shoot is all about. Gather your team clients, work colleagues, friend and family. No team, we’ll pair you up with one. Whether you’re at one with the clays or picking up a gun for the first time, there’s fun to be had.

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​Latest NAHB News
  • First Quarter 2026 Multifamily Construction Data
    by Robert Dietz on May 26, 2026

    According to NAHB analysis of quarterly Census data, the count of multifamily, for-rent housing starts increased year-over-year during the first quarter of 2026. For the quarter, 107,000 multifamily residences started construction. Of this total, 103,000 were built-for-rent. This built-for-rent […]

  • Custom Home Building – A Bright Spot for Construction
    by Robert Dietz on May 25, 2026

    With overall single-family construction down 5% for the first four months of 2026, custom home building has been a relative bright spot. The custom building market is less sensitive to the interest rate cycle than other forms of home building but is more sensitive to changes in household wealth and […]

  • Single-Family Built-to-Rent Slowed at Start of 2026
    by Robert Dietz on May 25, 2026

    Single-family built-for-rent (or built-to-rent, BTR) construction fell back in the first quarter of 2026, as a higher cost of financing, increased multifamily supply and policy concerns over Congressional legislation related to institutional capital froze parts of the development market. […]

  • Cyclical Weakness for Townhouse Construction
    by Robert Dietz on May 22, 2026

    First quarter 2026 data reveal softer conditions for townhouse construction volume as housing affordability challenges affect homebuyer demand. According to NAHB analysis of the most recent Census data of Starts and Completions by Purpose and Design, during the first quarter of 2026, […]

  • Single-Family Home Size Posts Small Gains
    by Robert Dietz on May 22, 2026

    New single-family home size had been falling since 2015 in response to declining affordability conditions. An exception occurred in 2021, when new home size increased as interest rates reached historic lows. However, as mortgage interest rates increased in 2022 and 2023 and affordability worsened, […]

​Latest PBA News
  • PA Home Improvement Contractor Registration – IMPORTANT
    by Rick Cochran on May 18, 2026

    Due to a change in the Commonwealth Fiscal Code, 72 P.S. § 1603-U, the registration fee has been increased to $100 every two years. This fee applies to all new and renewal applications. There The post PA Home Improvement Contractor Registration – IMPORTANT appeared first on Pennsylvania […]

  • Wilkes-Barre Area CTC Dedicated to Providing Quality Education
    by Rick Cochran on May 8, 2026

    The final re-certification visit of the year for the Pennsylvania Builders Association’s Endorsed Trade Program recently concluded at Wilkes-Barre Area Career & Technical Center, where an impressive 10 programs earned The post Wilkes-Barre Area CTC Dedicated to Providing Quality Education […]

  • Summer 2026 Regional Meeting Registration OPEN
    by Rick Cochran on April 27, 2026

    Registration for the Summer Regional Meetings is now open. Regional Meetings are the most important for members to attend. This is where members can be informed about what’s going on The post Summer 2026 Regional Meeting Registration OPEN appeared first on Pennsylvania Builders Association.

  • Summer Room Block & Registration is NOW OPEN!
    by Rick Cochran on April 20, 2026

    With the warmer temperatures, thoughts are turning to summer. The PBA Summer Roundtables and Board of Directors gathering will take place once again at the Omni Bedford Springs Resort in The post Summer Room Block & Registration is NOW OPEN! appeared first on Pennsylvania Builders Association.

  • Housing Headwinds: War and Economic Uncertainty Continue – News from NAHB’s Eye on the Economy
    by Rick Cochran on March 31, 2026

    Cracks are showing in the economic foundation due to the Iran war. As NAHB Economics forecasted at the International Builders’ Show, the housing market needed stability to have a better The post Housing Headwinds: War and Economic Uncertainty Continue – News from NAHB’s Eye on the Economy […]