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Jul 26, 2023 / The Right News Right When It Happens

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New-Home Sales Drop 2.5% in June but are Nearly 24% Above Last June

Washington, D.C., July 26, 2023--Sales of new single-family houses in June 2023 were at a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 697,000, according to the most recent estimates released jointly by the U.S. Census Bureau and the Department of Housing and Urban Development.

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Circular Polymers by Ascend Debuts New Line of Recycled Polymers

Houston, TX, July 26, 2023-Circular Polymers by Ascend, a leading recycler of post-consumer carpet, has launched Cerene, a line of recycled polymers and materials made from the company’s proprietary carpet reclaiming technology.

I4F Becomes Exclusive Provider of Poreguard Wood Coating

Turnhout, Belgium, July 26, 2023-I4F, a group of companies providing patents and technologies to the flooring industry, has signed a technology licensing partnership agreement with Hesse-Lignal for its Poreguard technology.

Midwest Continues to Top Emerging-Housing-Market Index

New York, NY, July 26, 2023—Three Indiana metro areas topped The Wall Street Journal (WSJ)/Realtor.com Emerging Housing Markets Index for the second quarter: Lafayette, Fort Wayne and Elkhart; followed by Bloomington, Illinois and Sioux City, Iowa.

New HBI Report Spotlights Labor Shortages

Washington, D.C., July 26, 2023—The lack of skilled construction labor is a key limiting factor to expanding home construction and improving housing inventory and affordability, according to the latest Construction Labor Market Report from the Home Builders Institute (HBI).

CCA Global University Rolls Out Retail 2.0 Training Program

Manchester, NH, July 26, 2023—CCA Global University has developed a training program exclusively designed to accelerate the onboarding process of CCA’s Retail 2.0 initiative.