Confidence in the market for new multifamily housing increased in the second quarter, however, it still remains in negative territory, according to results from the Multifamily Market Survey released by the National Association of Home Builders.

Design For A Difference, a community driven design movement, announced Home Is Where The Heart Is, a nationwide contest that awards community heroes with free flooring and expert advice for a complete room makeover.

The story that Frills & Drills influencer Lindsay Dean is currently sharing on Instagram, Pinterest, and her blog shows consumers how she single-handedly installed a room of real porcelain tile flooring quickly and easily in her own home, using Daltile’s new revolutionary click-tile product RevoTile. 

In a sign that housing continues to lead the economy forward, builder confidence in the market for newly-built single-family homes increased six points to 78 in August.

In a further sign that housing continues to boost the economy, single-family and multifamily starts each posted solid gains in July, with total housing production up 22.6 percent to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 1.50 million units.

Sustainable interior finishes pioneer Smith & Fong Co. announced the introduction of six new colors to its award-winning Durapalm line of palmwood flooring.

Laticrete has elected Thomas Tullo as its 7th and newest member to their board of outside directors.

Each year Mohawk Group partners with Georgia United Credit Union Foundation to “crash” deserving schools all over the state.

J+J Flooring announced the launch of the Impact Project, a program to improve environments for seniors in underserved communities.

Daltile recently helped the Gary Sinise Foundation provide a new home for wounded veteran Rico Roman and his family.