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NFA Honors Bill Waters & Ann McDermott at Fall Meeting

NFA Honors Bill Waters & Ann McDermott at Fall Meeting

Anchorage, AK, September 17, 2025-At its fall meeting in Anchorage, Alaska, the National Floorcovering Alliance honored The Dixie Group’s Bill Waters, regional vice president-central U.S., and Ann McDermott, vice president of national accounts for Shaw, upon their retirements.

Builder Confidence Flat at 32 in September

Builder Confidence Flat at 32 in September

Washington, DC, September 16, 2025—Builder confidence in the market for newly built single-family homes was 32 in September, unchanged from the August reading, according to the National Association of Home Builders (NAHB)/Wells Fargo Housing Market Index (HMI).

Retail Sales Rose 0.6% in August

Retail Sales Rose 0.6% in August

Washington, DC, September 16, 2025—Advance estimates of U.S. retail and food services sales for August 2025 were $732.0 billion, up 0.6% from the previous month, and up 5.0% from August 2024, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.

Absorption Rate for Newly Built Apartments Rose to 48% in Q1

Absorption Rate for Newly Built Apartments Rose to 48% in Q1

Seattle, WA, September 15, 2025—Roughly half (48%) of newly built apartments completed in the first quarter of 2025 were rented within three months, according to a new report from Redfin. That is up from 47% in the fourth quarter of 2024 and 46% the quarter before that.