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Consumer Confidence Posts a Solid Gain in June

Wednesday, June 25, 2014

Consumer confidence rose 3.0 points in June to 85.2, marking a new cycle high. Both the present situation and future expectations series improved during the month and consumers expressed more optimism about both current and expected employment conditions....

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New Home Sales Through the Roof

Wednesday, June 25, 2014, CHARLOTTE, NORTH CAROLINA

New homes sales surged 18.6 percent in May, more than making up for the modest downward revision to April’s numbers. The strongest gains were seen in the South and the West. Housing Market Is Looking up                                ...

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Home Starts: Little Change From Last Year

Friday, June 20, 2014, WASHINGTON, D.C.

From Builder Pulse Monthly figures on U.S. home-construction starts make the industry appear bipolar: down significantly in March, up big in April and down again in May. The reality is, when the focus is broadened to the first five months of this...

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New Single-Family Homes 2006 and 2013

Tuesday, June 17, 2014

From American Consumers Newsletter  How much have the characteristics of new single-family homes changed since the peak in 2006? Although fewer new single-family homes are being completed, according to the Census Bureau, those coming on the market...

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Weber's GrillWatch Survey Shows Spike in Female Grillers

Tuesday, May 27, 2014, PALATINE, ILLINOIS

PR Newswire Heading into the top grilling holidays of the year – Memorial Day (62 percent of grill owners will be firing up the grill); Father's Day (45 percent); Fourth of July (84 percent) and Labor Day (71 percent) – the 25th annual Weber...

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Existing Home Sales Rebound in April

Tuesday, May 27, 2014, CHARLOTTE, NORTH CAROLINA

From Wells Fargo Economics Group Following three consecutive months of declines, existing home sales rose 1.3 percent in April to a 4.65 million-unit rate. Inventories reached their highest level since August 2012. Condo sales jumped 7.3 percent. ...

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Company Financials

Wednesday, May 21, 2014

HNI Corporation MUSCATINE, IA — HNI Corp. announced first quarter net sales of $452.2 million for the quarter ending March 29, 2014, an increase of $9.9 million, or 2.2 percent, compared to the same quarter last year. The change was driven by an...

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In Defense of the American Dream

Tuesday, May 13, 2014, IRVINE, CALIFORNIA

From RealtyTrac Suddenly, the American Dream of homeownership is under assault. Some are claiming that homeownership is a poor investment. Others argue that mortgages are a bad idea. Renters like Josh Barro, writing in The New York Times...

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Millennials Are Slow to the Altar

Friday, May 9, 2014, ITHACA, NEW YORK

From New Strategist Publications The Millennial generation has postponed marriage for so long it will go into the record books. According to projections by the  Urban Institute , Millennials will be less likely to have married by age 40 than any...

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