IndusParquet, original Brazilian exotic hardwood flooring manufacturer, recently announced the addition of Mark Bayuk as western regional sales manager.
Barry Rutenberg, chairman of the National Association of Home Builders (NAHB) and a home builder from Gainesville, Fla., recently issued the following statement on the latest actuarial review of the FHA mutual mortgage insurance fund:
"In light of the recent report, there will certainly be a discussion about altering the structure or role of the FHA. We would urge policymakers to proceed cautiously."
This year marks the 10-year anniversary since Warmboard, Inc., supplier of the most energy-efficient radiant heating panels in the world, opened its doors.
Mannington Mills, Inc. announced recently that it will be implementing a price increase of up to 6% on all engineered wood floors effective with shipments on December 17, 2012.
After more than a year of development, green building industry leaders officially released the Health Product Declaration (HPD) Open Standard Version 1, an open standard format for reporting contents and chemical hazards in building products.
The missing piece of the economic puzzle, the one thing that has made this recovery so much weaker than previous ones, may finally be falling into place: The housing market appears to be in a sustained recovery from what can only be called a depression.
Armstrong recently announced that it will initiate up to a six percent price increase in the United States and Canada on all Engineered Hardwood flooring products effective with shipments on December 17, 2012.
At its Greenbuild International Conference & Expo, the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) announced the launch of the Green Building Information Gateway.
Lower interest rates helped make homes more affordable to median-income families even as house prices continued to inch up in metro areas across the country in the third quarter, according to the National Association of Home Builders/Wells Fargo Housing Opportunity Index (HOI), released recently.
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