| | | Jul 24, 2024 / The Right News Right When It Happens | | Top Story | | | | AIA Billings Index Score Rose to 46.4 in June, Remains Soft | | Washington, DC, July 24, 2024-Business conditions remained soft at architecture firms in June with the AIA Architecture Billings Index (ABI) reporting a score of 46.4. | | |
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| | Today's Flooring News | | | | New Single-Family Home Sales Declined 0.6% in June | | Washington, DC, July 24, 2024—Sales of new single-family houses in June 2024 were at a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 617,000, according to estimates released jointly by the U.S. Census Bureau and the Department of Housing and Urban Development, 0.6% below the revised May rate of 621,000 and is 7.4% below the June 2023 estimate of 666,000. | | |
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| | | | Total Construction Starts Declined 19% in June on Non-Building Loss | | Bedford, MA, July 24, 2024—Total construction starts lost 19% in June, falling to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of $1.0 trillion, according to Dodge Construction Network. Much of the decline was due to a stark decline in utility/gas starts following a strong May that saw several megaprojects get underway. | | |
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| | | | Mortgage Applications Declined 2.2% in Week Ending July 19 | | Washington, DC, July 24, 2024—Mortgage applications decreased 2.2% from one week earlier, according to data from the Mortgage Bankers Association’s (MBA) Weekly Applications Survey for the week ending July 19, 2024. | | |
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| | | Once-In-A-Generation Job Market Has Ended | | New York, NY, July 24, 2024-"Americans’ once-in-a-generation job market has come to an end,” reports the Wall Street Journal. | | |
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| | | AHF Launching "Wood Wow" Campaign with Dave & Jenny Marrs | | Mountville, PA, July 24, 2024—AHF Products, a hard surface flooring manufacturer for the residential and commercial markets, has announced a new partnership with HGTV’s “Fixer to Fabulous” stars and hardwood flooring aficionados, Dave and Jenny Marrs, for its new national “Wood Wow” campaign. | | |
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| | | Warm Browns Returning to Flooring, Says Christina Hall | | New York, NY, July 24, 2025-"While cool neutrals like white and gray have reigned supreme in the world of flooring since the 2010s, HGTV-famed designer Christina Hall has announced that there's a new floor color trend (back) in town: warm browns,” reports House Digest. | | |
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| | | Taylor Murphy Named VP of Operations for Footprints Floors | | Denver, CO, July 24, 2025-Taylor Murphy has been named vice president of operations for Footprints Floors. | | |
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