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Washington, DC, October 29, 2020—The Pending Home Sales Index (PHSI) fell 2.2% to 130.0 in September, according to the National Association of Realtors. Year-over-year, contract signings rose 20.5%. An index of 100 is equal to the level of contract activity in 2001.
Portsmouth, NH, October 29, 2020—The total U.S. hotel construction pipeline, at the end of Q3 2020, stands at 5,282 projects/655,026 rooms, down 7% by projects and 6% by rooms, year-over-year (YOY), according to the latest U.S. Hotel Construction Pipeline Trend Report by Lodging Econometrics (LE).
Palo Alto, CA, October 29, 2020-Houzz Inc. has released the Q4 2020 Houzz Renovation Barometer, which shows that businesses have recovered to pre-pandemic activity levels. In fact, the construction sector is reporting its strongest business activity since Q3 2018.
Washington, DC, October 29, 2020—In the week ending October 24, the advance figure for seasonally adjusted initial claims was 751,000, a decrease of 40,000 from the previous week's revised level, according to the Department of Labor.
South Holland, Netherlands, October 29, 2020—Global Flooring Alliance (GFA) has canceled its general meeting that would have taken place in Munich, Germany in mid-January. The meeting will now be a virtual one and will take place online on the same date, January 14.
Chicago, IL, October 27, 2020-NeoCon is moving dates for the 2021 edition from June 14 to 16 to October 4 to 6, 2021.
Atlanta, GA, October 28, 2020—The United Nations’ Climate Change Team announced on October 27 that Interface is a winner of the 2020 UN Global Climate Action Awards.
Washington, DC, October 28, 2020—Mortgage applications increased 1.7% from one week earlier, according to data from the Mortgage Bankers Association's (MBA) Weekly Mortgage Applications Survey for the week ending October 23, 2020.
Stafford, TX, October 28, 2020—Redi Carpet has named Scott Stokes senior vice president of the central region.
Ocala, FL, October 28, 2020—ProSource Wholesale announces the opening of ProSource of Ocala, Florida.