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Arlington, VA, October 28, 2015—Construction employment declined in 144 out of 358 metro areas between September 2014 and September 2015, according to the Associated General Contractors of America.
New York, October 27, 2015—The S&P/Case-Shiller U.S. National Home Price Index recorded a slightly higher year-over-year gain with a 4.7% annual increase in August 2015 versus a 4.6% increase in July 2015.
Washington, DC, October 27, 2015—New orders for manufactured durable goods in September decreased $2.9 billion or 1.2% to $231.1 billion, the U.S. Census Bureau announced.
Bethany, CT, October 27, 2015—Laticrete has named Eerik Maandi, Ph.D., vice president of research and development in North America.
Chesterfield, MO, October 27, 2015—The National Wood Flooring Association Education & Research Foundation’s new Wood Studies Scholarship program will give $1,000 to a current high school senior who plans to study forestry in college.
Florence, AL, October 27, 2015—Schönox held its first annual conference for all of its distribution partners to discuss strategy and long term planning.
Washington, DC, October 26, 2015—Sales of new single-family houses in September 2015 were at a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 468,000, according to the U.S. Census Bureau and the Department of Housing and Urban Development.
Chicago, IL, October 26, 2015—The National Association of Floor Covering Distributors (NAFCD) has released the 2015 Q2 NAFCD Quarterly Sales Trends Report, which showed that growth overall the past 90 days has slowed slightly.
La Grange, GA, October 26, 2015—Interface’s chief innovation officer, Nigel Stansfield, recently did an interview with edie.net in which he said that Interface’s reputation as a sustainability leader has helped the company attract the top talent.
Denver, CO, October 26, 2015—BiggerPockets has released the Real Estate Investor Market Index, which outlines the ten best and worst major markets for real estate investment in 2015.