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Seattle, WA, July 7, 2025-Five years ago, a median-income household could afford a typical U.S. home. Today, they're more than $17,000 short, even if they have $73,000 saved for a down payment, a new Zillow analysis finds.
Charlotte, NC, July 7, 2025—Truist analyzed Q2 weather conditions in relation to construction.
Toronto, ON, July 7, 2025—Ross Langhorne will be joining Lynx Flooring as the president of Shehadi Commercial Flooring in Fairfield, New Jersey.
New York, NY, July 3, 2025-The U.S. and Vietnam have struck a tariff deal that will see American goods enter Vietnam duty-free, President Trump announced Wednesday, reports the Wall Street Journal.
Washington, DC, July 3, 2025—The goods and services deficit was $71.5 billion in May, up $11.3 billion from $60.3 billion in April, revised, the U.S. Census Bureau and the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis announced.
Washington, DC, July 3, 2025-Total nonfarm payroll employment increased by 147,000 in June, and the unemployment rate changed little at 4.1%, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today.
Orlando, FL, July 3, 2025—PureCycle Technologies, a U.S.-based company specializing in plastic recycling, has announced a partnership with Emerald Carpets, a producer of trade show carpets.
Crossville, TN, July 3, 2025—Stonepeak has achieved the Organizational Carbon Footprint Validation ISO 14064-1, one of the first companies in the U.S. flooring industry to earn this distinction, according to the company.
Washington, DC, July 3, 2025-New orders for manufactured goods in May, up five of the last six months, increased $48.5 billion or 8.2% to $642.0 billion, the U.S. Census Bureau reported.
Dallas, TX, July 3, 2025-Spanning over seven decades of domestic production, Daltile serves the market today as the nation’s largest manufacturer and marketer of tile for both residential and commercial use, manufacturing 500 million square feet of tile products in its nine U.S. plants annually.