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Washington, DC, June 25, 2025—Sales of new single-family houses in May 2025 were at a seasonally-adjusted annual rate of 623,000, according to estimates released jointly by the U.S. Census Bureau and the Department of Housing and Urban Development, 13.7% below the April 2025 rate of 722,000, and is 6.3% below the May 2024 rate of 665,000.
Washington, DC, June 25, 2025—Mortgage applications increased 1.1% from one week earlier, according to data from the Mortgage Bankers Association’s (MBA) Weekly Mortgage Applications Survey for the week ending June 20, 2025.
Atlanta, GA, June 25, 2025—Interface has released its 2024 Impact Report.
Chicago, IL, June 25, 2025—At NeoCon, Women In the Floorcovering Industry (WIFI) announced WIFI’s 2025 scholarship program winners.
Dalton, GA, June 25, 2025—The challenges came one after another for Sheila, a 15-year veteran of the flooring industry who now works as a utility relief associate in a manufacturing plant.
New York, NY, June 24, 2025—The S&P CoreLogic Case-Shiller U.S. National Home Price NSA Index, covering all nine U.S. census divisions, reported a 2.7% annual return for April, down from a 3.4% annual gain in the previous month.
Charlotte, NC, June 24, 2025—A surprisingly high number of young homeowners say they plan to never move out of their current home, reports Truist.
New York, NY, June 24, 2025—"Homeowners who bought around the peak of the market are increasingly finding they owe more on their mortgages than their properties are worth,” reports the Wall Street Journal.
Raleigh, NC, June 24, 2025—On June 19, USA Flooring, a provider of high-quality flooring solutions, opened a new store in Raleigh, North Carolina and announced a partnership with The Karen Beasley Sea Turtle Rescue and Rehabilitation Center.
Waregem, Belgium, June 24, 2025—Unilin Technologies, the intellectual property division of Unilin, has announced a new partnership with Jiangsu BBL Home Technology, wherein Jiangsu will integrate Unilin's Comfort Core technology into its resilient product portfolio.