WFB Briefs: Gym Floor Sanders, Riders For Sale; Smith & Fong Website

Nov 21, 2016

Used gym floor sanders with attached riders are for sale in Wisconsin. See more details in the WFB Classifieds.

Smith & Fong Company (San Francisco) relaunched its Durapalm.com website. The website features flooring, paneling and plywood products manufactured from reclaimed palm wood.

Mahesh Ramanujam became president and CEO of the United States Green Building Council on Nov. 4, and he will also serve as president and CEO of USGBC’s sister organization, Green Business Certification Inc. Ramanujam was previously the USGBC’s COO.

New Single-Family Home Sales Up 7.4% in March

April 23, 2025

New Single-Family Home Sales Up 7.4% in March

Houzz: Homeowners Spent $20,000 on Renovations in 2024

Zillow: Home Values Stalled, Inventory Increased 19% in March

WFB Briefs: Taylor Adhesives Earns FloorScore Certification; Kährs to Exhibit at ChangeNOW; More

Flooring adhesives manufacturer Taylor Adhesives’ (Dalton, Ga.) urethane products—Alpine and Timberline—earned FloorScore certification, signifying indoor air quality standards compliance.

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Remodeling Spending Expected to Increase 2.5% in 2026

Annual expenditures for improvements and maintenance to homes are expected to grow 2.5% through 2026, according to the Joint Center for Housing Studies of Harvard University’s latest Leading Indicator of Remodeling Activity.

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Builder Confidence Up One Point in April

Builder confidence for newly built single-family homes increased to 40 in April, up one point from March, according to the National Association of Home Builders/Wells Fargo Housing Market Index.

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Single-Family Housing Starts Drop 14.2% in March

Single-family housing starts decreased 14.2% from February to March to a 940,000 seasonally adjusted annual rate, according to a report from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development and the U.S. Census Bureau.

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