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Washington, DC, June 18, 2018—Builder confidence in the market for newly-built single-family homes fell two points to 68 in June on the National Association of Home Builders/Wells Fargo Housing Market Index (HMI).
Washington, DC, June 18, 2018—Forty-two states and the District of Columbia added construction jobs between May 2017 and May 2018, while 28 states added construction jobs between April and May, according to an analysis by the Associated General Contractors of America of Labor Department data.
Edison, NJ, June 18, 2018—FloorFolio announces its expansion from the flooring industry into cabinets, wall tiles, and countertops with its newly formed division, Design-Suite.
Ann Arbor, MI, June 15, 2018—Consumer sentiment rose 1.3% to 99.3 in early June from May’s 98.0 rate, according to the University of Michigan Survey of Consumers.
Washington, DC, June 15, 2018—President Donald Trump announced that the U.S. would apply tarriffs of 25% to around $50 billion worth of Chinese imports, reports Business Insider.
Washington, DC, June 15, 2018—Regulation imposed by all levels of government accounts for an average of 32.1% of multifamily development costs, according to new research released today by the National Association of Home Builders (NAHB) and the National Multifamily Housing Council (NMHC).
Washington, DC, June 15, 2018—Industrial production edged down 0.1% in May after rising 0.9% in April, according to the Federal Reserve.
Salem, NJ, June 15, 2018—Mannington Mills is a corporate sponsor of the National Merit Scholarship Corporation and underwrites a scholarship for children of its associates.
Atlanta, GA, June 14, 2018—Interface has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Nora Systems in a stock purchase transaction valued at approximately $420 million.
Washington, DC, June 14, 2018—Advance estimates of U.S. retail and food services sales for May 2018 were $502.0 billion, an increase of 0.8% from the previous month, and 5.9% above May 2017, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.