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Washington, DC, December 21, 2022—Mortgage applications increased 0.9% from one week earlier, according to data from the Mortgage Bankers Association’s (MBA) Weekly Mortgage Applications Survey for the week ending December 16, 2022.
High Point, NC, December 21, 2022—"Consumers did some last-minute holiday shopping on Super Saturday, inching the traffic numbers up slightly over last year but by greater percentages than earlier Saturdays in December,” reports Furniture Today.
Marietta, GA, December 21, 2022-James (Jim) Dewitt Ogletree, 76, died December 5.
Washington, DC, December 20, 2022-Privately-owned housing starts in November were at a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 1,427,000, 0.5% below the revised October estimate of 1,434,000 and 16.4% below the November 2021 rate of 1,706,000, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.
Washington, DC, December 20, 2022—An estimated 4.78 million existing homes will be sold, prices will remain stable, and Atlanta will be the top real estate market to watch in 2023 and beyond, forecasts Lawrence Yun, NAR chief economist and senior vice president of research.
Dalton, GA, December 20, 2022—CARE is pleased to announce its latest public carpet recycling California drop-off sites.
Irvine, CA, December 20, 2022—Dennis Egan, 81, carpet and laminate industry veteran, died October 28 due to renal failure.
New York, NY, December 20, 2022—"European energy ministers reached an agreement Monday to impose an emergency limit for natural-gas prices, which have been sent soaring by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine,” reports the Wall Street Journal.
Calhoun, GA, December 20, 2022—Three Mohawk trucks are among hundreds from across the country that are collectively delivering wreaths in partnership with Wreaths Across America to decorate veterans’ graves for the holiday season at approximately 2,500 cemeteries across the United States and abroad.
Washington, DC, December 19, 2022—Builder confidence in the market for newly built single-family homes posted its 12th straight monthly decline in December, dropping two points to 31, according to the National Association of Home Builders (NAHB)/Wells Fargo Housing Market Index (HMI).