Wilmington-Cape Fear Home Builders Association Membership Tool Box

The Wilmington-Cape Fear Home Builders Association is the Voice of the Building and Development Industries in Southeastern North Carolina. Comprising nearly 9,500 members and 1,000 member-firms, the Association represents an industry that contributes approximately $2.8 billion to the economy of Southeastern North Carolina and supports more than 28,000 jobs in the greater Wilmington area.

We welcome your interest in joining the WCFHBA. Membership is open to all companies and individuals involved in the housing industry, from remodelers to manufacturers and service providers to custom builders. To apply, please download the application from this site, or call (910) 799-2611 to have an application sent to you.

If you’d like to learn more about joining the Association, feel free to contact Kelly Wiggins, Director of Member Services, at (910) 799-2611 or kelly@wilmhba.com.

Marketing and Advertising 

Want to increase your business’ visibility and credibility? Opportunities abound to sponsor a major event, including the Parade of Homes and HomeEXPO or general membership meeting. In addition, you can advertise in the Association’s monthly newsletter, annual directory and on the web site. The Association’s advertising rates are consistently below local media outlets while getting your company’s name and message before your targeted audience. For more information about sponsorships, contact Bryan Sartin, and for more information about advertising, contact Hannah Lane.

Industry Publications
The Association keeps its members on top of local, state and national trends, legislative actions and technology through various publications. Members receive complimentary subscriptions to the National Association of Home Builder’s Builder magazine and the e-newsletter Nation’s Building News. In addition, the Association produces the following members-only publications:

• The Tool Box
  The monthly newsletter covering local governmental affairs and legal issues and Association news and events
• Builder’s News
  The weekly e-newsletter including industry news and local meeting and course listings
• The Annual Membership Directory
  A convenient telephone directory of all builder members, associate members, board of directors and staff, as well as a Buyers Guide
• The Wilmington-Cape Fear Home Builders Website
  A tool used by both members and the general public to access member information and the latest Association events and programs.
• NewHomeSource.com
  A web site dedicated solely to new home sales. The site allows prospective buyers and agents to search for new homes in New Hanover, Brunswick and Pender counties. Members advertising on the site get a reduced rate and can list unlimited houses and communities.

Three-in-One Membership
By joining the Association, you automatically become a member of the National Association of Home Builders and the North Carolina Association of Home Builders. The National Association of Home Builders, a federation of more than 235,000 builders, remodelers and industry associates, strives to enhance the climate of the housing and building industry through public policy analysis, industry-wide media relations, and representing the industry’s issues on Capitol Hill. The North Carolina Home Builders Association is a dynamic group of builders and associate member-firms across the state who pool information and efforts to provide the collective clout and muscle the home building industry needs.

Governmental Affairs
As a member of the Wilmington Cape Fear Home Builders Association your legislative and regulatory interests are well represented by the associations partnership with BASE (Business Alliance for a Sound Economy), the North Carolina Homebuilders Association (NCHBA) and the National Association of Homebuilders (NAHB). The Association’s Governmental Affairs staff works closely with federal, state and local elected officials on issues that affect the home building and development industries.  As an umbrella organization, BASE provides governmental affairs services to the Brunswick County Home Builders Association, the Topsail Island Association of REALTORS®, the Brunswick County Landowners Association, the Pitt County Economic Development Partnership, and over 75 private sector member represented consulting firms.  By representing you at the local, state and national levels, BASE and its extensive network with NCHBA, and NAHB keeps you in business!  Click here to access BASE.

Meetings/Networking
The Association hosts many events allowing members to meet and do business with other members in both formal and casual atmospheres, including the Parade of Homes, HomeEXPO, monthly general membership meetings, educational courses, golf tournaments and council meetings. The “Do Business with a Member” program encourages business relationships between builders and associates for the mutual benefit of both their companies and the industry.

Education
From regular classes and seminars to keynote speakers and nationally-recognized certification programs, the Association keeps members up-to-date on issues and developments crucial to their success in the industry. Participation in these member-only educational opportunities enables you to stay ahead of your non-member competitors.

Insurance
Builders Mutual Insurance, the Association’s premier provider of worker’s compensation insurance, offers money-saving discounts exclusively to members. More detailed information is provided upon joining.

Project Management 
The WCFHBA has partnered with Construction Journal to help make new project opportunities available to members. Construction Journal can help you identify new construction projects and active architects, contractors, developers, engineers and owners in the area. Through the new partnership, the WCFHBA has secured discounted subscription opportunities to Construction Journal for members. In addition to the subscription discounts, WCFHBA members can also review Construction Journal services for 24 hours in order to evaluate the offering. To take advantage of the subscription discounts or to review Construction Journal's services, please contact them directly at (800) 880-2309 or visit ConstructionJournal.com.

Fuel 
Being a  Quarles Fuel Network Member means savings, convenience, and quality fuels for  your fleet.  Quarles is a privately owned and operated business that believes its customers come first.  With three 24-hour Quarles Fuel Network  locations in Wilmington, and 80 locations across the mid-Atlantic, you’ll never be far from premium diesel and gasoline.  Become a QFN Member  today!  Apply securely online here or call 877.444.3835.

Printing 
As a new member of the Wilmington Cape Fear Home Builders Association, All Ways Graphics (located on Racine Drive) has created a special offer for fellow members. By registering as a Commercial Account with All Ways Graphics, members will receive preferred pricing for all engineering copies. To receive the following rates, please contact Jessica Siragusa at (910) 392-0883 or at info@allwaysgraphics.com and mention this ad:

• < 24" x 36" = $0.75 (or high volume matrix, which ever is lower)
• 24" x 36" = $0.90 (or high volume matrix, which ever is lower)
• 36" x 48" = $1.80 (or high volume matrix, which ever is lower)

Build PAC represents members uniting to support the best-qualified, pro-housing candidates running for local office. Build PAC is completely independent and bipartisan, and candidates are chosen on their merits alone, giving the Association political clout in the election process.