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New York, NY, February 28, 2023—Home prices made a 5.8% annual gain in December, down from 7.6% in the previous month, according to the S&P CoreLogic Case-Shiller U.S. National Home Price NSA Index, covering all nine U.S. census divisions.
Dalton, GA, February 28, 2023—In an all-time record, the California Carpet Stewardship Program achieved a recycling rate of 33% for 2022.
Solon, OH, February 28, 2023-Tarkett recently expanded its sustainability and design teams.
New York, NY, February 28, 2023—"While U.S. offices are half empty three years into the Covid-19 pandemic, workplaces in Europe and Asia are bustling again,” reports the Wall Street Journal.
Washington, DC, February 27, 2023—The Pending Home Sales Index (PHSI) improved 8.1% to 82.5 in January, according to the National Association of Realtors.
Omaha, NE, February 27, 2023—Berkshire Hathaway reported fiscal year 2022 results over the weekend; the company owns Shaw Industries, Nebraska Furniture Mart and RC Willey.
Portsmouth, NH, February 27, 2023-At the close of 2022, Lodging Econometrics (LE) analysts report that the total global construction pipeline stands at 14,267 projects, a 4% increase year-over-year (YOY), with 2,298,846 rooms, according to the company’s Q4 year-end Global Construction Pipeline Trend Report.
Columbus, OH, February 27, 2023—Bob Broda has joined Strnet as new membership development representative.
Washington, DC, February 27, 2023-New orders for manufactured durable goods in January, down two of the last three months, decreased $13.0 billion or 4.5% to $272.3 billion, the U.S. Census Bureau announced. This followed a 5.1% December increase.
Washington, DC, February 24, 2023-Sales of new single-family houses in January 2023 were at a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 670,000, according to estimates released jointly by the U.S. Census Bureau and the Department of Housing and Urban Development, 7.2% above the revised December rate of 625,000 but 19.4% below the January 2022 estimate of 831,000.