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Mountville, PA, October 27, 2021—Parterre, a brand of AHF Products, has diversified into hardwood, introducing three commercial engineered hardwood flooring lines for the architecture and design community, providing customers one point of contact for both hardwood and luxury vinyl products for the contract market.
Scottsdale, AZ, October 27, 2021—The Resilient Floor Covering Institute (RFCI) board has announced leadership for the 2022 to 2024 term.
Columbus, OH, October 26, 2021-Starnet Commercial Flooring reveals the 2021 Starnet Design Awards Grand Prize Winner.
Wielsbeke, Belgium, October 27, 2021—Beaulieu International Group (B.I.G.) announces global price increases for all of its flooring product brands to take effect during Q4 2021 and Q1 2022, or as contract terms allow.
Washington, DC, October 27, 2021-Only 14 states and the District of Columbia have added construction jobs since just before the start of the pandemic in February 2020, according to a analysis of federal employment data by the Associated General Contractors of America.
Washington, DC, October 27, 2021—New orders for manufactured durable goods in September decreased $1.0 billion or 0.4% to $261.3 billion, the U.S. Census Bureau announced.
Washington, DC, October 27, 2021—Mortgage applications increased 0.3% from one week earlier, according to data from the Mortgage Bankers Association's (MBA) Weekly Mortgage Applications Survey for the week ending October 22, 2021.
Washington, DC, October 26, 2021-Sales of new single-family houses in September 2021 were at a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 800,000, according to estimates released jointly by the U.S. Census Bureau and the Department of Housing and Urban Development, 14.0% above the revised August rate of 702,000 but 17.6% below the September 2020 estimate of 971,000.
New York, NY, October 26, 2021—Home prices made a 19.8% annual gain in August, remaining the same as the previous month, The S&P CoreLogic Case-Shiller U.S. National Home Price NSA Index, covering all nine U.S. census divisions, reports.
Sherbrooke, Quebec, October 26, 2021-American Biltrite was granted a U.S. patent for its Nfuse process used on ABPure rubber flooring that provides superior durability and ease of maintenance as well as making it an occupancy-ready flooring.