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Houston Remains Resilient for New Construction Jobs and New Homes Built

Excerpts from Houston Chronicle article: “Houston area ranks No. 1 for construction job growth” Houston is hiring construction workers at a fast clip, and there’s plenty of work to keep them busy. The Houston region led the nation for construction job growth over the last 12 months, adding 25,600 jobs through October, the Associated General Contractors of America said Thursday. …

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Construction Jobs Shot Up by 39,000 in January

CMD recently announced that January’s $22.5 billion of construction starts, excluding residential activity, was 10.1 percent lower than in December. The decline all but disappears, however, when allowance is made for seasonality. CMD’s long-term average December-to-January moderation, due to obstructionist winter weather, has been 8.5 percent. (Despite making the foregoing allowance, the figures referred to throughout this report are not …