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Ecore Shares Covid-19 Floor Cleaning Guidelines

Ecore Shares Covid-19 Floor Cleaning Guidelines

Lancaster, PA, May 12, 2020—Ecore has shared fitness maintenance guidelines and a video series on its YouTube channel that includes comprehensive cleaning, maintenance, restoration and disinfecting protocols for performance fitness flooring.

State-By-State Coronavirus Construction Tracker Available Online

State-By-State Coronavirus Construction Tracker Available Online

Washington, DC, May 11, 2019—Builder Online released a Coronavirus Construction Limits: State-By-State Tracker, which provides up-to-date information on which states and areas classify construction as essential, meaning that it can continue under the quarantine, and which classify it as inessential, meaning it is halted.

Housing Affordability Declined in Q1

Housing Affordability Declined in Q1

Washington, DC, May 8, 2020-Surging job losses in March stemming from the COVID-19 pandemic contributed to a decline in U.S. median income and housing affordability in the first quarter of 2020, according to the National Association of Home Builders (NAHB)/Wells Fargo Housing Opportunity Index (HOI).

Wholesaler Sales Slid 5.2% in March

Wholesaler Sales Slid 5.2% in March

Washington, DC, May 8, 2020-March 2020 sales of merchant wholesalers were $475.0 billion, down 5.2% from the revised February level and were down 5.2% from the revised March 2019 level, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.