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Friday, March 7, 2025 from Floor Covering Weekly Trends & technology lead tile’s 2025 offerings [Las Vegas] At The International Surface Event (tise) 2025, new looks… Read More

Every year, the tile industry eagerly anticipates the unveiling of the latest trends that will shape design and architecture. In celebration of National Tile Day on February 23, Coverings, North America’s premier ceramic tile and natural stone event, has announced the must-see tile trends for 2025. This year’s selection presents a dynamic blend of timeless craftsmanship and groundbreaking innovation, highlighting the enduring appeal and sustainability of ceramic tile in a wide range of applications. Read More

The homebuilding industry faces a challenge: building more homes and ensuring they are affordable and of the highest quality. To accomplish that goal, the builders are committed to continually enhancing the efficiency and quality of the homebuilding process. Read More

Real gross domestic product (GDP) increased at an annual rate of 2.3 percent in the fourth quarter of 2024 (October, November, and December), according to the second estimate released by the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis. In the third quarter, real GDP increased 3.1 percent. Read More

"Many Americans are pinching pennies, exhausted by high prices and stubborn inflation. The well-off are spending with abandon,” reports the Wall Street Journal. Read More

In a clear signal of America's growing housing affordability crisis, the National Association of Home Builders (NAHB) reports that typical families are now spending an unsustainable portion of their income on housing while builder confidence has plummeted to a five-month low. Read More

Angi’s 2024 State of Home Spending Report reveals that 93% of homeowners plan to take on home projects in 2025, even as total spending on home projects dropped by 12% in 2024. Read More

Spending on nonresidential buildings — commercial, industrial, and institutional — increased about 6.5 percent last year. Admittedly, much of this gain was merely the increased cost of labor and materials but given all of the economic challenges that the industry was facing, it performed reasonably well. How is this year likely to turn out? Like always, a new year, a new set of issues. The challenges of last year have largely been replaced by the economic and policy uncertainties of this year. Three sources of uncertainty are worth discussing, namely tariffs, project mix and immigration. Read More

In a clear sign illustrating the housing affordability challenges facing Americans, the National Association of Home Builders (NAHB)/Wells Fargo Cost of Housing Index (CHI) found that in the fourth quarter of 2024, a family earning the nation’s median income of $97,800 needed 38 percent of its income to cover the mortgage payment on a median-priced new home. Low-income families, defined as those earning only 50 percent of median income, would have to spend 76 percent of their earnings to pay for the same new home. Read More

Mohawk COO Paul De Cock, Engineered Floors’ senior vice president of residential sales Will Young, Mannington’s chairman of the board Zack Zehner and Shaw Industries’ executive vice president of residential sales Ben Liebert took the stage at tise to share their insights on “Flooring in 2025: Trends, Sustainability & Market Shifts,” an education session moderated by World Floor Covering Association’s Scott Humphrey which offered an in-depth look at the current challenges facing the industry — such as declining home sales and affordability issues — as well as strategies for navigating these downward pressures. The panel also discussed advancements in technology, labor issues and the potential impact of government policies set forth by the current administration. Read More