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New York, NY, January 28, 2025-Home prices made a 3.8% annual return for November, up from a 3.6% annual gain in the previous month, the S&P CoreLogic Case-Shiller U.S. National Home Price NSA Index, covering all nine U.S. census divisions, reported.
Mansfield, MA, January 28, 2025—UCX conhas realigned its marketing and products teams to better serve its customers, suppliers and internal teams.
Manchester, NH, January 28, 2025—Darwin Sterken of Johnson Carpet One Floor & Home in Grandville, Michigan has been appointed the newest Carpet One Floor & Home advisory council member, representing the Central Region, which includes Iowa, Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Missouri and Wisconsin.
Washington, DC, January 28, 2025—New orders for manufactured durable goods in December, down four of the last five months, decreased $6.3 billion or 2.2% to $276.1 billion, the U.S. Census Bureau announced. This followed a 2.0% November decrease.
Washington, DC, January 27, 2025-Sales of new single-family houses in December 2024 were at a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 698,000, according to estimates released jointly by the U.S. Census Bureau and the Department of Housing and Urban Development, 3.6% above the revised November rate of 674,000 and 6.7% above the December 2023 estimate of 654,000.
Seattle, WA, January 27, 2025—Rented single-family homes are the housing market's big standout right now, with costs 20% higher than that of a typical multifamily apartment, according to the latest market report from Zillow. That's the largest difference ever recorded by Zillow.
LaGrange, GA, January 27, 2025—The Resilient Floor Covering Institute announces that The Classen Group has joined RFCI as an associate manufacturing member.
Washington, DC, January 24, 2025—Total existing-home sales elevated 2.2% from November to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 4.24 million in December, according to the National Association of Realtors.
Ann Arbor, MI, January 24, 2025—Consumer sentiment declined 3.9% to 71.1 in January, according to final results from the University of Michigan Survey of Consumers.
Sterling, VA, January 24, 2025—U.S. imports of hardwood flooring grew by 24% in November with strong gains in imports from Malaysia and Brazil, according to the Decorative Hardwoods Association.