| | | Apr 27, 2022 / The Right News Right When It Happens | | Top Story | | | | Pending Home Sales Decline 1.2% in March | | Washington, DC, April 27, 2022—The Pending Home Sales Index (PHSI) fell 1.2% to 103.7 in March, according to the National Association of Realtors. Year-over-year, transactions sank 8.2%. An index of 100 is equal to the level of contract activity in 2001. | | |
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| | Today's Flooring News | | | | Mortgage Applications Declined 8.3% in Week Ending April 22 | | Washington, DC, April 27, 2022-Mortgage applications decreased 8.3% from one week earlier, according to data from the Mortgage Bankers Association’s (MBA) Weekly Mortgage Applications Survey for the week ending April 22, 2022. | | |
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| | | | Milliken & Shaw Named to Forbes' Best Employers for Diversity '22 | | Chattanooga, TN April 27, 2022—Two flooring companies have been recognized among The Best Employers for Diversity 2022 by Forbes and Statista: Milliken, 323 and Shaw, 406. | | |
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| | | | Shaw Releases 14th Sustainability Report | | Dalton, GA, April 27, 2022—Shaw Industries has released its 14th annual corporate sustainability report. Leveraging results from the 2021 Materiality Assessment and ongoing engagement with customers, key stakeholders and industry partners, the company details progress made toward its 2030 goals. | | |
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| | | Metroflor Partners with Belknap–Haines for NE & Mid-Atlantic Distrib. | | Norwalk, CT, April 27, 2022-Metroflor Corporation announced that the company has engaged Belknap–Haines to be the exclusive distributor for its Metroflor-branded flooring products and Prevail-branded accessories in the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic regions, from Maryland to Maine. | | |
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| | | TCNA Releases Updated Standard on Ceramic Installation | | Anderson, SC, April 27, 2022—The Tile Council of North America has announced the release of an updated ANSI A108/A118/A136-21 standard. | | |
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| | | Ceramics of Italy Names Winners of 2022 Tile Competition | | New York, NY, April 27, 2022— Ceramics of Italy has announced the five winners and three honorable mentions from the 2022 Tile Competition. | | |
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| | | Di Anna Borders, Armstrong's VP of Design, Dies of Breast Cancer | | Lancaster, PA, April 27, 2022-Di Anna Borders, vice president of design at Armstrong Flooring, 50, died March 17 after a long battle with breast cancer. | | |
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