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Las Vegas, NV, January 27, 2022-I4F, a group of companies providing patents and technologies to the flooring industry, is introducing True Grout on SPC/rigid core tiles and planks, offering durability as well as a middle grout line mimicking two tiles in one.
Washington, DC, January 27, 2022—The Pending Home Sales Index (PHSI) fell 3.8% to 117.7 in December, according to the National Association of Realtors. Year-over-year, transactions decreased 6.9%. An index of 100 is equal to the level of contract activity in 2001.
Washington, DC, January 27, 2022—New orders for manufactured durable goods in December decreased $2.4 billion or 0.9% to $267.6 billion, the U.S. Census Bureau announced.
Washington, DC, January 27, 2022—In the week ending January 22, the advance figure for seasonally adjusted initial claims was 260,000, a decrease of 30,000 from the previous week's revised level, reports the Department of Labor.
Dalton, GA, January 27, 2022—The World Floor Covering Association (WFCA) announced its lineup of guest speakers and in-booth event details for TISE 2022, themed “Reset. Reconnect. Renew.”
Portsmouth, NH, January 27, 2022—In the recent U.S. Construction Pipeline Trend Report released by Lodging Econometrics (LE), at the close of the fourth quarter of 2021, Dallas leads the U.S. markets in the number of pipeline projects with 152 projects/18,180 rooms.
Washington, DC, January 26, 2022-Sales of new single-family houses in December 2021 were at a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 811,000, according to estimates released jointly by the U.S. Census Bureau and the Department of Housing and Urban Development, 11.9% above the revised November rate of 725,000 but 14.0% below the December 2020 estimate of 943,000.
Dalton, Ga, January 26, 2022-CARE’s annual conference, the organization’s 20th, is scheduled for May 3 and 4 at the Minneapolis Marriott City Center in downtown Minneapolis.
Arlington, VA, January 26, 2022-Coverings, the largest international tile and stone exhibition and conference in North America, has announced a comprehensive roster of both popular and new activations for Coverings 2022, which will take place April 5 to 8, 2022, at the Las Vegas Convention Center in Las Vegas, Nevada.
Washington, DC, January 26, 2022—Mortgage applications decreased 7.1% from one week earlier, according to data from the Mortgage Bankers Association's (MBA) Weekly Mortgage Applications Survey for the week ending January 21, 2022.