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Soft landing: while 2006 is expected to see a slowdown from the explosive growth of the past few years, the outlook for the kitchen and bath industry continues to be positive.(FORECAST 2006)
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Kitchen & Bath Design News
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January 1, 2006
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The kitchen and bath industry--booming, like the nation's housing market, for the past several years--may be headed for a modest softening in 2006. However, no one could tell it from the comments of dealers and designers, who are generally bullish about their prospects for continued growth in the new year.
But while kitchen and bath professionals remain upbeat about both 2006 market conditions and their business strategies (see related story, Page 58, and Market Pulse, Page 12), housing industry analysts are pointing to an inevitable slowdown from what has been a torrid and unsustainable pace in recent years.
In other words, the housing market should be down this year ...