The newly formed National Association of Floor Covering Technicians, a non-profit 501(c)(6) trade association, announced its development of a trade association, comprised of technical flooring professionals, with a common goal to improve the flooring industry through training. 

Sales of newly built, single-family homes in September fell 3.5 percent to 959,000 from a downwardly revised August number, according to newly released data by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development and the U.S. Census Bureau.

Aside from the ongoing risks of COVID-19 and the uncertainty surrounding the lifting of travel restrictions and bans on large gatherings, favorable market conditions for installers have allowed members an opportunity to make up ground lost during the quarantines as demand surges.

CTEF, the Ceramic Tile Education Foundation, has scheduled its first Certified Tile Installer hands-on testing event for 2021 at The Carpet & Tile Warehouse in Vero Beach, Florida on Saturday February 20th, 2021.

The economic crisis has worsened rental affordability challenges and put homeowners at risk of foreclosure, widespread calls for racial justice have pointed out sharp disparities in access to decent affordable housing, and a series of powerful hurricanes and raging wildfires have shown how vulnerable the country is to the impacts of climate change.

The Pambiche Collection are dry pressed porcelain designs slightly weathered along the edges with a matte finish that imparts a feathery hand like that of finely crafted terra cotta tile. 

Mindful MATERIALS (mM) is a database initiative developed by stakeholders across the building industry to promote transparency for building products.

Single-family starts showed continued growth in September as overall housing production increased 1.9 percent to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 1.42 million units.

In a further show of strength for the housing sector, builder confidence in the market for newly-built single-family homes increased two points to 85 in October, further surpassing the previous all-time high of 83 recorded in September.