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7 Paint Colors That Boost Home Sale Prices — and 6 That Hurt

When the paint is in the blue or purple color families and applied to bathroom walls, according to Zillow. The real estate website's 2017 Paint Color Analysis found that homes with bathrooms painted with hues like light powder blue or periwinkle sell for $5,440 more, on average, compared with similar homes with white walls. No other combination of paint color and area of the home fetched a greater price increase, although the analysis shows certain paint colors can definitely help or hurt a home's sale price.


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Class 8 orders drop in May

Dip not unexpected, as it heralds the beginning of the annual “summer order slump,” according to one industry analyst.

North American orders for Class 8 trucks dropped to 16,800 units for May, according to data tracked by ACT Research; a 30% decline from April, the firm noted.

While Steve Tam, ACT's vice president, noted in a statement that May's Class 8 order volume is the lowest in the past seven months, it is still 18% higher year-over-year when compared to May 2016. On top of that, the May's dip corresponds to a seasonally-expected decline in orders, he stressed.

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