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Washington, DC, March 15, 2016—Builder confidence in the market for newly-built single-family homes was unchanged in March at a level of 58 on the National Association of Home Builders/Wells Fargo Housing Market Index (HMI).
LaGrange, GA, March 15, 2016—Domo Engineering Plastics US, Inc. has appointed Frank Endrenyi, president of Marketing Collaborative LLC, Acworth, Georgia, as an agent for its U.S. post-industrial and post-consumer recycled feedstocks product line.
St. Louis, MO, March 15, 2016—NWFA Certified Professionals and Lägler are working together to offer a dual-certification program for wood flooring sand and finishers.
Washington, DC, March 15, 2016—Advance estimates of U.S. retail and food services sales for February were $447.3 billion, a decrease of 0.1% from the previous month, and 3.1% above February 2015, the U.S. Census Bureau has announced.
Washington, DC, March 15, 2016—The Producer Price Index for final demand fell 0.2% in February, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics has reported.
Washington, DC, March 15, 2016—The combined value of distributive trade sales and manufacturers’ shipments for January was estimated at $1,296.2 billion, down 0.4% from December 2015 and down 1.1% from January 2015, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.
Glen Burnie, MD, March 14, 2016—Haines has opened a new, larger flooring warehouse in Orlando, Florida.
Arlington, VA, March 15, 2016—Forty-four states and the District of Columbia added construction jobs between January 2015 and January 2016, according to the Associated General Contractors of America.
Washington, DC, March 14, 2016—U.S. households closed 2015 with home equity at the highest level in a decade, according to the Wall Street Journal.
New York, NY, March 14, 2016—The office sector is expected deliver strong performance in 2016, according to National Real Estate Investor.