Wednesday, November 20, 2013

Texas construction booming on economic strength via Real Estate Center at Texas A&M

While many parts of the country have not fully emerged from the housing crisis and recession, Texas continues on a tear with new building and thriving residential and commercial real estate markets.

Single-family home building rebounded dramatically in 2012 after a trough in 2011 and is on pace to gain this year while home sales also rebounded in 2012 from a 2010 trough, with more gains on pace this year, said Mark Dotzour, chief economist of the Real Estate Center at Texas A&M University.

The 2011 single-family housing market in Texas saw just 67,254 building permits issued, Dotzour notes. The next year permits were up to 81,926, and this year is apt to notch 90,000.

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