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NFA members extol benefits of event’s format

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For vendors, it is that rare opportunity to hobnob with 43 of the most influential flooring retailers in the industry over four hours. Larry Flick of The Floor Store (left), discusses product with Kris Flaherty of Flooringlines. Rose Carpets & Flooring, with three Massachusetts locations, agreed.

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Lions Floor: Slow, steady wins the race

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Roughly 80% of Lions Floor’s offering consists of SPC products. By Reginald Tucker T he skyrocketing popularity of SPC/rigid core continues to lure new players to the game—from those that manufacture other flooring products to pure startups. Each comes with their own unique story or product iteration.

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Housing affordability falls to lowest level since Great Recession

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Taming housing costs will ultimately require building more homes, and it will be easier to increase production in more affordable smaller and mid-sized markets that are growing in population and attracting new businesses.”. For the seventh straight quarter, Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale, Calif., There, just 3.6%

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Housing affordability drops to 10 year low

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Ongoing production challenges and the likelihood of higher interest rates in the months ahead as the Federal Reserve moves to tighten interest rates threaten to drive housing affordability even lower in 2022, according to the NAHB. For the fifth straight quarter, Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale, Calif.

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Port congestion issues likely to persist in 2022

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Major retailers worry they won’t have products on their shelves during the all-important fourth quarter. But this bottleneck is old news for the flooring industry, which has been dealing with it in earnest since the outset of the COVID-19 pandemic. And it has only gotten worse. That, in turn, delays imports.

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Freight woes force dealers to adjust on the fly

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By Ken Ryan The California ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach have been overburdened by container imports over the last few months, resulting in a logjam of freight that has led to product shortages and delays for flooring retailers, mostly in the LVT category. From his location in Anaheim, Calif.,

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NAHB: Housing affordability holds steady

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To keep affordability problems from worsening in the future, policymakers need to tackle supply-chain challenges that are hindering new home production,” Dietz said. For the fourth straight quarter, Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale, Calif., remained the nation’s least affordable major housing market. Napa, Calif.