Expo Holdings Inc. (EXPH)

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The tax credit was only a small reason or as they stated in the article partly due for the increase in spending. The bottom line is that home improvement spending increased 3.5% in 2010 from 2009.

Fitch Ratings expects home improvement
spending to increase 3.5% in 2010 over 2009 levels, partly due to an influx of home sales incentivized by the first-time homebuyer tax credit:

Existing home sales are an important driver of home improvement spending, as owner occupants will often remodel existing home purchases and renovate homes before selling.