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Builder confidence holds steady in March Monday, March 18, 2019 by Floor Covering Weekly [Washington] Builder confidence in the market for newly-built single-family homes held steady at… Read More

While the construction industry remains generally optimistic, there is growing concern that a broader economic downturn may be materializing over the next 12 to 24 months. Sources of this concern include a softening investment environment, an international slowdown and weakness in the housing and auto sectors, which are considered leading indicators of the economy.  Read More

Canadian imports and consumption of ceramic tiles decreased to 41 million sq.m in 2018. Read More

While carpet and hardwood are suffering a decrease of their market share, the US floor covering market experiences the strong advance of LVT. Read More

US tile consumption grew just 1.2% in 2018 to about 288 million sq.m. Domestic sales of US tile dropped to 84 million sq.m, while imports rose to 205 million sq.m (+5%), mainly from China, Spain and Brazil. Read More

After five consecutive years of record earnings, the US flooring giant Mohawk Industries encountered greater difficulties than anticipated in 2018, with inflation increasing dramatically, luxury vinyl tile impacting ceramic tile and other flooring products and most markets slowing. Read More

The Center’s Remodeling Futures Program finds that, as homebuilding struggled to meet the nation’s growing housing needs, spending on improvements and repairs to both owner-occupied and rental properties hit a record of nearly $425 billion in 2017. Read More

Ceramics of Spain Releases its Sector Forecast March 8, 2019 from Floor Trends Magazine ASCER, the Spanish Association of Ceramic Wall and Floor… Read More

Housing starts rebound in January Friday, March 08, 2019 from Floor Covering Weekly [Washington] Total housing starts rose 18.6 percent in January to a seasonally adjusted annual… Read More

New Home Sales End the Year Up 1.5% March 6, 2019 from Floor Trends Sales of newly built, single-family homes posted a yearly… Read More