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NFA members extol benefits of event’s format

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This year, 34 vendors—including six new ones—took part in the meeting, which occurs the day before Surfaces. due to heavy congestion at Los Angeles/Long Beach ports, which is contributing to the supply chain slowdown. “We Larry Flick of The Floor Store (left), discusses product with Kris Flaherty of Flooringlines.

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Housing affordability drops to 10 year low

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To help ease growing affordability problems, policymakers must take steps to help builders to increase production to meet strong demand and stem the rapid climb in home prices that has taken place over the past year.”. For the fifth straight quarter, Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale, Calif. There, just 7.5%

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Kitchen and Residential Design: Trading palm trees for corn fields

Kitchen and Residential Design

My nieces wat to shop and my brother wants to see New York through my eyes and to meet some of my friends there. I did not like the Long Beach area, but the woman I married in 1976 had a family in Orange County, so I knew we could never go too far from there. Meet my new living room carpet. While you are there, eat up.

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Shaw Residential talks multi-phase product rollout

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If you go into places like Long Beach, you’re waiting two weeks just to dock it. Sandlin : Well, in places like Long Beach, it’s a real problem. It may be meeting competitive products and being able to say, “Hey, there’s a void out there we believe our retailers need.

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Housing affordability plunges in Q2

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housing market more than 1 million homes short of what is needed to meet the nation’s demand, policymakers need to focus on supply-side solutions that will enable builders to increase housing production and rein in rising home prices.”. For the third straight quarter, Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale, Calif., With the U.S.

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Lions Floor: Slow, steady wins the race

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Therefore, we need to have long-lasting product selections in our inventory, and not just ride the trend of SPC.”. All products meet environmental guidelines. every vessel that comes to Long Beach has two weeks or more of lead time to get offloaded. A winning formula. As a result, there are constant postponements.