Raise the property value in your home

Not all home improvement projects are worth the time or money if your goal is to increase your property value. And not all major improvements are worth the ROI. There are some that you can do yourself, saving money in the long run, while others don’t cost all that much to have done professionally. Most are easily accomplished in a weekend if doing them yourself, or a couple of days if you hire out. All are worthwhile the effort, expense and time you’ll put into them. Let’s look and see what you might be able to accomplish this coming week.

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Washington, DC, April 8, 2016—Consumer credit rose 5.75% or $17.3 billion in February, according to the Federal Reserve’s preliminary report.
Source: Floor Daily

Washington, DC, April 8, 2016—February 2016 sales of merchant wholesalers, except manufacturers’ sales branches and offices were $427.6 billion, down 0.2% from the revised January level, the U.S. Census Bureau announced.
Source: Floor Daily

Washington, DC, April 8, 2016—Vacation home sales cooled in 2015 but remained at the second highest amount in nearly a decade, while investment purchases increased for the first time in five years, according to the National Association of Realtors.
Source: Floor Daily

Sunnyvale, CA, April 8, 2016—CEO of Armstrong Flooring Don Maier recently appeared on Yahoo Finance where he said that the onshoring of engineered hardwood flooring production has been financially beneficial for the company.
Source: Floor Daily

Washington, DC, April 8, 2016—Eight construction industry organizations have filed a petition for review of the final crystalline silica rule by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration with the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit.
Source: Floor Daily

Milan, IT, April 7, 2016—Milan Design Week, the largest annual furniture trade fair in the world, is set to take place April 12 to 17.
Source: Floor Daily

Johnson City, TN, April 7, 2016—Kevin Murphy has been named south central sales manager for Mullican Flooring.
Source: Floor Daily

Cleveland, OH, April 7, 2016—Blue Point Capital Partners, in conjunction with its portfolio company, Shnier-GESCO Limited Partnership (Shnier), has acquired Tierra Sol Ceramic Tile Ltd.
Source: Floor Daily

Seattle, WA, April 7, 2016— Pulpwood costs have fallen substantially worldwide with the softwood and hardwood pulpwood price indices in the 4Q 2015 being at their lowest levels in over ten years, reports the Wood Resource Quarterly.
Source: Floor Daily