Watsco: HVAC equipment sales slid 7% in 2025
“The recent business environment has been among the most complicated in memory,” CEO Albert Nahmad said in a statement
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Rheem aims to hold 1 million plumber trainings by 2035
A Rheem spokesperson told Homepros that trainings will take place at the company’s Innovation Learning Centers, of which there are over a dozen worldwide
Residential water heater shipments spike in December, flat in 2025
Roughly 4.25 million gas water heaters were shipped in 2025, up 1.8 percent from 2024, while electric water heater shipments fell 0.6 percent to just over 5 million
HVAC shipments fell 20% in 2025
Just over 7.7 million combined air conditioners and heat pumps were shipped during the year, down from roughly 9.6 million in 2024
Gen Z survey: 60% want into the trades
Gen Z has been increasingly drawn to the trades, a trend that could help fill the roughly 40,000 job openings for HVAC techs and installers projected each year until 2032
Federal bill could cut contractor training costs by up to 50%
The Employer-Directed Skills Act would ultimately establish employer-directed skills accounts through which the federal government would reimburse employers’ training costs
HVAC distributor sales rose slightly in December — with a caveat
“We estimate for the month sales would have declined by 2.3% with the same number of billing days,” said HARDI's Brian Loftus
U.S. housing trend pressures replacement demand
“Sellers at the end of 2025 had owned their homes for an average of 8.6 years — a record in data going back to early 2000, when the average was 4.2 years”
Metals prices hit near-decade high
“For HVACR businesses, this upward trend suggests that embedded input costs within equipment and system components may face renewed upward pressure in the months ahead,” HARDI wrote
Senate hearing warns of cyberattacks on U.S. water systems
There are approximately 170,000 water and wastewater utilities across the U.S., whose systems are increasingly utilizing digital tools