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Washington, DC, May 22, 2025-Despite solid income gains and lower home prices, Americans still continue to face major housing affordability challenges, according to the latest data from the National Association of Home Builders (NAHB)/Wells Fargo Cost of Housing Index (CHI).
East Berlin, PA, May 22, 2025—A fire broke out on the roof of Pennwood Products the morning of May 21.
Plattsburgh, NY, May 22, 2025––Schluter-Systems has achieved a sustainability milestone: the release of the first product-specific Environmental Product Declaration (EPD) for an uncoupling membrane in North America.
Washington, DC, May 22, 2025—In the week ending May 17, the advance figure for seasonally adjusted initial claims was 227,000, a decrease of 2,000 from the previous week's unrevised level of 229,000, according to the Department of Labor.
Washington, DC, May 21, 2025—The AIA/Deltek Architecture Billings Index (ABI) dropped to 43.2 in April, down from 44.1 in March. This decline reflects an accelerated decrease in billing activity.
Atlanta, GA, May 20, 2025-The Home Depot reported sales of $39.9 billion for Q1 2025, an increase of 9.4% from Q1 fiscal 2024.
Mooresville, NC, May 21, 2025-Lowe's reported total sales for Q1 2025 were $20.9 billion, a 2.3% decline compared to $21.4 billion in the prior-year quarter.
Dalton, GA, May 21, 2025-John Robert (Bob) Spahn, 72, former vice president with Shaw Industries, died May 19.
Washington, DC, May 21, 2025—Mortgage applications decreased 5.1% from one week earlier, according to data from the Mortgage Bankers Association’s (MBA) Weekly Mortgage Applications Survey for the week ending May 16, 2025.
Boston, MA, May 20, 2025—Climit, a technology to monitor jobsite conditions, has announced a new integration with JobRunner from Pacific Solutions, a Cyncly company.