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Washington, DC, June 5, 2024—Fueled by a lack of existing inventory and pent-up demand, single-family permit growth is occurring across all tracked geographic regions of the nation while the opposite holds true for the multifamily sector, according to the latest findings from the National Association of Home Builders (NAHB) Home Building Geography Index (HBGI) for the Q1 2024.
Washington, DC, June 5, 2024—The construction industry had 338,000 job openings on the last day of April, according to an Associated Builders and Contractors analysis of data from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics’ Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey.
Littleton, CO, June 5, 2024-Bryan Park, founder and CEO of Footprints Floors, has been elected to the National Wood Flooring Association board of directors.
Roseland, NJ, June 5, 2024—Private sector employment increased by 152,000 jobs in May, and annual pay was up 5.0% year-over-year, according to the May ADP National Employment Report produced by the ADP Research Institute in collaboration with the Stanford Digital Economy Lab.
Washington, DC, June 4, 2024—High mortgage rates and double-digit growth in home prices since Covid-19 are putting buyers in a position to compromise on lot sizes and shrink their square footage to buy a home they can afford, according to survey results from National Association of Home Builders’ (NAHB) What Home Buyers Really Want, 2024 Edition.
Washington, DC, June 4, 2024—New orders for manufactured goods in April, up three consecutive months, increased $4.3 billion or 0.7% to $588.2 billion, the U.S. Census Bureau reported.
Washington, DC, June 4, 2024—National nonresidential construction spending decreased 0.3% in April, according to an Associated Builders and Contractors analysis of data published by the U.S. Census Bureau.
Columbus, OH, June 4, 2024--Accents and Interiors, an Artisan Design Group Company, has joined Starnet.
Shanghai, China, June 4, 2024—Domotex Asia/Chinafloor 2024 brought the worldwide flooring community together for the 26th time from May 28 to 30 at the Shanghai National Exhibition and Convention Centre (NECC).
Richmond, VA, June 4, 2024-In response to Tom Sullivan’s launch of a proxy fight at LL Flooring, which he founded as Lumber Liquidators, the LL Flooring board issued the following letter to shareholders: