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Dallas, TX, June 1, 2022––CBRE, a commercial real estate services and investment firm, is raising its forecasts of hotel performance for 2022 and beyond, based on Q1 2022 strength, continued slowing of construction activity, higher inflation and continued optimism about employment and economic growth.
Washington, DC, June 1, 2022—Construction spending during April 2022 was estimated at a seasonally adjusted annual rate of $1,744.8 billion, 0.2% above the revised March estimate of $1,740.6 billion.
Tempe, AZ, June 1, 2022—The May Manufacturing Purchasing Managers Index (PMI) registered 56.1%, an increase of 0.7 percentage point from the reading of 55.4% in April, say the nation’s supply executives in the latest Manufacturing ISM Report On Business.
Washington, DC, June 1, 2022—Mortgage applications decreased 2.3% from one week earlier, according to data from the Mortgage Bankers Association’s (MBA) Weekly Mortgage Applications Survey for the week ending May 27, 2022.
New York, NY, June 1, 2022—From April 26 to 28, HD Expo + Conference, the largest U.S.-based hospitality event of its kind, gathered 5,000 designers, architects, brand executives, hoteliers, developers, purchasers, and other attendees from 36 countries at the Mandalay Bay in Las Vegas to experience new products, engaging conversation, and strategic networking events.
Glen Ellyn, IL, June 1, 2022—The 13th Annual Total Solutions Plus (TSP) will bring the ceramic tile industry together again to network and learn from each other at the Hyatt Regency Indian Wells in the Palm Springs, California, November 6 to 8.
New York, NY, June 1, 2022—After four straight days with no Covid-19 deaths and with new cases at their lowest levels since early March, Shanghai is preparing to end more than two months of lockdowns, reports the Wall Street Journal.
New York, NY, May 31, 2022- Home prices made a 20.6% annual gain in March, up from 20.0% in the previous month, the S&P CoreLogic Case-Shiller U.S. National Home Price NSA Index, covering all nine U.S. census divisions, reported.
Dalton, GA, May 31, 2022-Chris McKee has been appointed president of CFI, and Dave Garden has been appointed to the newly created position of executive director of education.
Pratteln, Switzerland, May 31, 2022—Archroma, a global producer of specialty chemicals towards sustainable solutions, introduces a Siligen MIH liq, a new biocide-free wood protection technology developed together with the University of Goettingen, Germany.